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2021-07-31 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian shipbuilders to lay down six more keels next week

[TASS] The shipyards of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation will lay down six warships and submarines on August 9-10, a source in the domestic shipbuilding industry told TASS on Friday.

"As of now, there is no exact date but there are plans to lay down two Project 955A Borei-A-class strategic nuclear-powered missile-carrying underwater cruisers, two Project 20380 corvettes and two Project 636.3 submarines," the source said, adding that the launch of the warships’ construction was previously planned to take place on the eve of Russia’s Victory Day on May 9.

Two strategic nuclear-powered submarines will be laid down at the Sevmash Shipyard in Russia’s northwest, two corvettes at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant in the Russian Far East and two Varshavyanka-class conventional subs at the Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg, the source specified.

The Sevmash Shipyard will lay the keel of the strategic nuclear-powered underwater cruisers Dmitry Donskoi and Knyaz Potyomkin, the Admiralty Shipyard will lay down the submarines Mozhaisk and Yakutsk (the fifth and sixth subs in a series of six Project 636.3 diesel-electric submarines for the Russian Pacific Fleet) while the corvettes that will be laid down at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant have been named the Grozny and Buiniy, he said.

Posted by badanov 2021-07-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Just some numbers:

Borei class SSBN: First of class laid down '96, launched 2008. Entered service 2013. Elapsed time 17 years. Five boats completed to date. For reference, it took them six years to crank out the latest one, Knyaz Oleg.

Projekt 20380 Stergushiy class corvette: Construction started in 2001, took 7 years to complete the first ship. Since then they have completed 6 more.

Projekt 636.3 Kilo class SS: A Cold War holdover, though a good one. 34 built -for the Russians, 46 more for the rest of the world - since 1980, an average of 0.80 boats per year.

All of this is warmed-over Cold War technology.
Keep an eye on the yards, but don't worry.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-07-31 07:40|| 2021-07-31 07:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks, Mike

Posted by Frank G 2021-07-31 08:17|| 2021-07-31 08:17|| Front Page Top

#3 All of this is warmed-over Cold War technology.

Boats float.
Sensors and missiles have come a long way since then.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-31 18:25|| 2021-07-31 18:25|| Front Page Top

#4 I remember that the Russians actually have a word for firms deliberately delaying military projects so they can keep getting their monthly paycheck. The payola stops when the ship is launched which is bad! How corrupt does it get when they invent a word?!?

Posted by magpie 2021-07-31 20:10|| 2021-07-31 20:10|| Front Page Top

#5 ^-- do you think that doesn't happen in the U.S. as well>

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-07-31 20:11|| 2021-07-31 20:11|| Front Page Top

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