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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Vietnam receives second Kilo-class sub this month

Hanoi (Kilo) class SSKRussia’s largest news agency RIA Novosti quoted a spokesperson of the Russia Military-Industrial Complex (MIC) as saying a document to this effect will be signed in St. Petersburg in late January.

The second submarine is being given a test run, and after it passes technical tests, it will be transported to an unknown place in Vietnam via the Baltic Sea.

The first vessel, named Hanoi, was transported to Vietnam’s Cam Ranh Port and was launched on January 3. It made the first maiden voyage on January 8 and returned to Cam Ranh Port safely after a four-hour technical test.

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