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Friday, June 14, 2013

New submarine for the Vietnamese Navy is on it's way from Russia

Ha NoiThe first two Project 636 diesel-electric submarines Varshavyanka (NATO reporting name Kilo) will be handed over to the Vietnamese Navy later this year.

The contract envisages the delivery of six of these submarines. In December 2012, the first commissioned diesel-electric submarine successfully completed the first phase of trials, during which all of its systems and mechanisms performed well.

The submarine performed 12 divings, including a deep-water one. Sea trials of the first submarine will be completed in the summer.

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