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Monday, April 09, 2012

Serial Project 677 submarines to have air-independent power plants

[Project 677 Lada class Project 1650 Amur class Diesel-Electric Submarine]The Project 677 serial conventional submarines Kronshtadt and Sevastopol, which are in different degrees of readiness at Admiralty Shipyard will be provided with air-independent power plants and finished, Andrei Baranov, Deputy Director-General of the Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering “Rubin”, said.

The Russian Navy needs such submarines because they can stay submerged longer, he said on Monday, April 2.

Baranov said that the Navy’s decision to order six Project 636 submarines was a forced measure in order to fill the gap between Project 877 submarines, which are finishing their service life, and new Project 677 submarines, for which no timeframe has been set up so far.

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