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Friday, February 17, 2006

Russian naval shipyard to service Indian submarines

A Russian naval shipyard has signed a three-year contract with the Indian Navy for servicing submarines in India.

Under the contract effective till 2009, Severodvinsk-based Zvyozdochka shipyard would provide full servicing for four Kilo class diesel-electric submarines of the Indian Navy at their bases in India, ITAR-TASS reported.

Located on the White Sea coast in north Russia, Zvyozdochka shipyard specialises on the servicing and scraping of nuclear submarines.

It has already upgraded three Kilo class submarines of the Indian Navy beginning from INS Sindhuvir, and fourth INS Sindhghosh is currently undergoing deep refit including the installation of vertical tubes for launching Club-S cruise missiles.

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