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| Russia to lease two nuke submarines to India |
| 2005-12-07 |
| Moscow, Dec. 7 (PTI): India will get two 'Shchuka-B' class nuclear submarines from Russia on lease and an Indian crew has already arrived here for training as part of the aircraft-carrier Admiral Gorshkov deal, a media report said on Tuesday. Two 'Shchuka-B', also known as Akula, are at different stages of construction since the collapse of Soviet Union and could be leased to India for ten years in estimated USD 1.8 billion deal after their simultaneous completion, Russian daily 'Kommersant' reported. Due to slippage in the indigenous Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project for the development of S-2 nuclear submarine, India is leasing the two submarines as part of the package deal on the acquisition of Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, the daily said. It said that about 200 Indian naval officers have arrived in Russia in October for a course at Russian nuclear submarine fleet's North-West training centre at Sosnovy Bor near St. Petersburg, the paper wrote. India earlier had received Charlie class K-43 nuclear submarine from ex-Soviet Union, which was known as 'INS Chakra', on lease. Kommersant wrote that at that time Indian crew did not have access to the reactor of INS Chakra, which was manned by Soviet naval personnel. The daily also said that Moscow is helping India in designing the nuclear reactor for the ATV, which resembles Russian submarine of Project 09710 'Samara' class (NATO code name Akula-II). |
| Posted by:john |
| #6 From Kommersant Yesterday (Sept 21 2005) the battle group of ships from Pacific Ocean Fleet left from Vladivostok to Indian Ocean, where they would participate in joint Russian-Indian naval maneuvers INDRA-2005. The maneuvers also have a goal to demonstrate to the top brass of Indian army and navy the nuclear sub Project 09710 âSamaraâ â two subs of this class are being built right now in Komsomolsk-on- Amur for New Delhi. The interest of Indian navy to this sub is understandable: two subs of this class are being built right now in Komsomolsk-on- Amur for New Delhi. One of the ships named âNerpaâ (Seal) is already on the water and its nuclear reactor has been started. Kommersant learned that the sub could be transferred to the Indian navy as early as the end of 2006. Another sub is 70 percent ready. |
| Posted by: john 2005-12-07 19:17 |
| #5 It's a big ocean, nuclear power will get you where you wanna be faster, that said, they must be seriously slipping on the home-grown. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-12-07 17:16 |
| #4 Ever try to repo an SSN when they stiff you on payments? Just finding the damn things is a bitch, unless they start joyriding. And getting them started ain't just reaching under the dashboard to connect a coupla wires, I'll yell ya. |
| Posted by: Paul Wolfowitz 2005-12-07 16:11 |
| #3 I think I would be a bit cautious in this thing: While airplanes have come down after taking off, it ain't a rule that subs' surfacings must = submergings, and there are more (peacetime)Russian subs holding the sea bottom down than any other. "Your bouyancy may vary" |
| Posted by: USN, ret. 2005-12-07 15:38 |
| #2 "Buy one carrier, get two, count em, two nuclear submarines at 50% off! Call now! Our operators are standing by" |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-12-07 15:31 |
| #1 Is this like a car lease? Can I expect to be able to buy one of these things cheap when it comes off lease? |
| Posted by: WhiteCollarRedneck 2005-12-07 15:12 |