The lead "Ash-M" fired in the final stage of state tests
Project 885M Yasen-M, the lead multipurpose nuclear submarine Kazan, as part of the final stage of state tests on Monday, November 23, 2020, successfully fired a Kalibr cruise missile. The press service of the Northern fleet.
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As part of further state tests, the submarine will work out maneuvering in the underwater and surface positions, and will check the main systems of the ship and ship's weapons.
The press service noted that Kazan entered the final stage of testing on Saturday, November 21. The crew and the delivery team of Sevmash are on board. The submarine will be transferred to the Northern Fleet by the end of this year.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense announced the entry of the Kazan submarine into the Navy until the end of 2019, but subsequently the deadlines for the ship were postponed due to problems discovered. The results of the mooring, as well as the winter stage of the factory sea trials, completed in January last year, showed that a number of auxiliary systems of the Kazan submarine do not meet the requirements of the Ministry of Defense. The submarine was sent for revision at Sevmash.
The Kazan submarine, the first multipurpose nuclear submarine of the improved 885M project (Yasen-M), was launched on 31 on March 2017 of the year. Compared to the 885 Ash project, the new submarine received many improvements and new systems that have not been used on submarines before. The Yasen-M project submarines have a displacement of 13800 tons, a depth of immersion of 520 meters, a crew of 64 people, autonomy of 100 days, underwater speed - 31 knot, armed with mines, 533 torpedoes, millimeters, Caliber and Onyx cruise missiles.
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