Vietnam has
ordered six Kilo 636 submarines to Russia (photo : RIA Novosti)
S.-PETERBURG/MOSKVA
(RIA Novosti) - JSC "Admiralty
Shipyards" in St. Petersburg on Tuesday launched the diesel-electric
submarine of Project 636 "Kilo" for a foreign client, told RIA
Novosti the shipyard.
According to
RIA Novosti source in the military-industrial complex, it is the first of six
ordered Vietnam diesel-electric submarines of Project 636.
Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, in December 2009, said it has signed a contract for
the delivery of six Russian submarines of project 636 in the amount of about $
2 billion.
"The
first submarine under the contract launchs on Tuesday, after which the cycle
begins her test," - said the source.
He also said
that by the end of 2012, the first submarine will be handed over to the
customer.
Completion
of the contract will be completed by 2016.
Project 636
submarines have total displacement 3,100 tons, speed 20 knots, diving depth of
300 meters, the crew of 52 people. On its armed with torpedoes 533 millimeters
(six units), mines, missile strike "Caliber" (NATO : SS-N-27 Sizzler).
JSC
"Admiralty Shipyards" - the oldest shipyard in Russia, founded by 5
November 1704. The company specializes in the design, production and
modernization of the civil fleet of ships, as well as the construction of ships
for military use. At present capacity of the plant is fully loaded. In
construction, in particular, there are two series of six submarines: Project
636 for foreign navies and the project 636.3 for the Russian Navy also complete
repair of the submarine of the fourth generation Project 677 ("Lada").
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