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Friday, November 25, 2011

Russia to Waive Lada Class Submarines?

Project 677 Lada class Project 1650 Amur class Diesel-Electric SubmarineConstruction program of Project 677 Lada non-nuclear submarines can be suspended, reports Izvestiya referring to a source in Russian Navy Main HQ.

According to the source, SSK St. Petersburg will not be commissioned into the Navy and remain an experimental prototype.

Defects of Lada-class submarine – unfinished propulsion plant, sonar, Lithium tactical data system, torpedo TE-2 – make Russian Navy return to submarines of well-proved project Varshavyanka, reports the newspaper.

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