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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Russian fleet to recieve powerful submarines to guard Black sea and Mediterranean basin

Kilo class SSKSix submarines will receive Russian Black Sea Fleet as a part of the 636.3 Project until 2016. Three submarines will be available to sailors this year. These are diesel-electric submarines: "Novorossiysk", "Rostov-on-Don," Stary Oskol." They belong to the third generation class of ships "Varshavyanka" (NATO – Kilo classification).

First one to appear on the Black Sea Fleet willl be "Novorossiysk". The length of the submarine - 73 meters, width - 10, maximum depth - 350 meters, submerged speed - twenty knots.

According to public data, ships have powerful weapons and can strike with cruise missiles "Club-S" that are on board.

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