Antey, which is waiting for modernization at the Far East Zvezda, will receive the Zircon hypersonic missiles
Nuclear submarine K-442 "Chelyabinsk" of project 949A "Antey" will receive new weapons, the submarine will be modernized at the Far East plant "Zvezda".
The Chelyabinsk nuclear submarine will be rearmed from the Granit anti-ship missiles to the more modern Onyx and hypersonic Zircon missiles. Work on the modernization of the submarine will begin next year immediately after the completion of modernization work on the same type of nuclear submarine "Irkutsk". This information was provided by a source in the Russian defense industry, although with one caveat - these are preliminary plans and they depend on the timing of the completion of work at Irkutsk.
- cites the words of the source RIA News.
At present, the Chelyabinsk nuclear submarine is at the Zvezda Far East shipyard awaiting an active phase of repair and modernization. The submarine was sent for repairs back in 2014, but the lack of funding has pushed the timeline for modernization. Later, the Ministry of Defense reported that the nuclear submarines "Irkutsk" and "Chelyabinsk" will be upgraded to the level of Project 949AM, and will receive new weapons during the repair.
The nuclear submarine of project 949A Antey K-442 was laid down at Sevmash on May 21, 1987, launched on June 18, 1990, became part of the Northern fleet March 14, 1991, September 24, 1991 transferred to the Pacific Fleet. It got the name "Chelyabinsk" in 1993. Since 2012, it has been in reserve awaiting repairs, in 2014 it was delivered to the Zvezda Far East plant, where it is located to this day.
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