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India will soon receive a lease for 10 years, the Russian nuclear submarine with a missile-torpedo armament (BOARD) "Seal" ("Shark-1", "Pike-In").Testing should be completed this boat in late August. On this, referring to his Indian correspondent, reports the London weekly "Jane's Defence Weekly."
The Indian Navy was given the name of the boat, "Chakra" (former "Seal"). Leasing boats will be part of a secret agreement worth 650-700 million dollars. Currently, the Indian boat crew with Russian instructors, work out various tasks in the Sea of Japan.
The boat will be put into service the Indian Navy in late 2011 and in November will arrive on a special base of nuclear submarines armed with ballistic missiles (SSBNs), which is based in Rambilli on the east coast of India.
After the adoption of "Chakras" by arming India will be the sixth country in the world after China, France, Russia, UK and USA, which has in the Navy nuclear submarine.
The Indian Navy refused to comment on the program fee, but news reports from Moscow confirmed the schedule of the program.
"Chakra" is used as a platform for treniorvochnoy SSBN "Arihant" - the first SSBN, designed and built in India, which is due out in the sea to bear the duty with full ammo long-range weapons at the end of 2012 the Indian Navy plans to build three to five SSBNs.
BOARDS "Seal" (K-152, project 971 "The pike-B") applies to third-generation submarines. Designed for enterprises of St. Petersburg - Marine Engineering Bureau "Malachite" NGOs and "Aurora." The ship was built at the Amur shipyard in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in 1991, however, in the mid-1990s, financing the construction of the boat has been frozen. Completion of the dress has become possible only after funding from India. In fall 2008, during sea trials in the Sea of Japan on a submarine caught fire due to malfunction of fire-extinguishing systems in compartments other than freon has come tetrachlorethylene. When they actually formed a mixture of chemical warfare agents such as phosgene. As a result of inhaling toxic fumes killed 20 seamen and civilian experts, a further 21 people were hospitalized with poisoning. After repairs in December 2009 CARDS entered into service of the Russian Navy. Its weapons - cruise missiles, torpedoes, rocket-torpedo. Crew - 80 people.
India will soon receive a lease for 10 years, the Russian nuclear submarine with a missile-torpedo armament (BOARD) "Seal" ("Shark-1", "Pike-In").Testing should be completed this boat in late August. On this, referring to his Indian correspondent, reports the London weekly "Jane's Defence Weekly."
The Indian Navy was given the name of the boat, "Chakra" (former "Seal"). Leasing boats will be part of a secret agreement worth 650-700 million dollars. Currently, the Indian boat crew with Russian instructors, work out various tasks in the Sea of Japan.
The boat will be put into service the Indian Navy in late 2011 and in November will arrive on a special base of nuclear submarines armed with ballistic missiles (SSBNs), which is based in Rambilli on the east coast of India.
After the adoption of "Chakras" by arming India will be the sixth country in the world after China, France, Russia, UK and USA, which has in the Navy nuclear submarine.
The Indian Navy refused to comment on the program fee, but news reports from Moscow confirmed the schedule of the program.
"Chakra" is used as a platform for treniorvochnoy SSBN "Arihant" - the first SSBN, designed and built in India, which is due out in the sea to bear the duty with full ammo long-range weapons at the end of 2012 the Indian Navy plans to build three to five SSBNs.
BOARDS "Seal" (K-152, project 971 "The pike-B") applies to third-generation submarines. Designed for enterprises of St. Petersburg - Marine Engineering Bureau "Malachite" NGOs and "Aurora." The ship was built at the Amur shipyard in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in 1991, however, in the mid-1990s, financing the construction of the boat has been frozen. Completion of the dress has become possible only after funding from India. In fall 2008, during sea trials in the Sea of Japan on a submarine caught fire due to malfunction of fire-extinguishing systems in compartments other than freon has come tetrachlorethylene. When they actually formed a mixture of chemical warfare agents such as phosgene. As a result of inhaling toxic fumes killed 20 seamen and civilian experts, a further 21 people were hospitalized with poisoning. After repairs in December 2009 CARDS entered into service of the Russian Navy. Its weapons - cruise missiles, torpedoes, rocket-torpedo. Crew - 80 people.
