![]() The improved sonar systems have reduced the number of operators needed by sharing the same console via automation.Īnechoic tiles are fitted on casings and fins to absorb the sound waves of active sonar, which results in a reduction and distortion of the return signal. MGK 400E can detect submarines with 0.05 Pa/Hz noisiness in 16 km (9.9 mi) and surface vessels with 10 Pa/Hz noisiness in 100 km (62 mi). Newer Project 636 boats are equipped with improved MGK-400EM, with MG-519 Arfa also upgraded to MG-519EM. Original Project 877 boats are equipped with Rubikon MGK-400 sonar system (with NATO reporting name Shark Gill), which includes a mine detection and avoidance sonar MG-519 Arfa (with NATO reporting name Mouse Roar). The Project 877 attack submarines were mainly intended for anti-shipping and anti-submarine operations in relatively shallow waters. The design was updated again by the Russian Navy in the mid-2010s, to a variant called Project 636.3, also known as Improved Kilo II. They entered operational service in 1980 and continued being built until the mid-1990s, when production switched to the more advanced Project 636 Varshavyanka ( Russian: Варшавянка, after the revolutionary song of the same title) variant, also known in the West as the Improved Kilo class. The first version had the Soviet designation Project 877 Paltus ( Russian: Па́лтус, meaning " halibut"), NATO reporting name Kilo. The Kilo-class submarines are a group of diesel-electric attack submarines designed by the Rubin Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and built originally for the Soviet Navy. Russian Project 877 in the English Channel in 2018 A Russian Kilo-class submarine underway on the surface 8 9K34 Strela-3 (SA-N-8 Gremlin) or 8 9K310 Igla-1 (SA-N-10 Gimlet) surface-to-air missiles (export submarines may not be equipped with air defense weapons).4 Kalibr/Club land-attack cruise missile, anti-ship missile and anti-submarine missile (some versions).1 × fixed-pitch 6-bladed (Project 877) or 7-bladed (Project 636) propeller.Submerged: 3,075 tons full load (Project 877) 3,100 tons full load (Project 636.3).Like so many aspects of the Russian Navy submarine fleet, we are kept guessing.Russian Black Sea Fleet Improved Kilo–class submarine B-265 Krasnodar in 2015 But that is not to say it couldn’t be done. ![]() ![]() If so (and it seems likely), then it could involve major renovations. Possibly some modernization work would be required if not all of the missile tubes are currently active. So whether or not Dmitry Donskoy currently carries part of Russia’s nuclear deterrent, it seems that it could if called upon. And it has been observed at a weapons pier specially designed for loading and unloading nuclear missiles. It frequently joins other Russian Navy vessels on exercises. Under this all of the tubes have to be counted even if not used.Įven if it only has one missile tube ready there is no denying that the giant submarine is still active. The difference to the Russian Ministry of Defense information may reflect their status under New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty). But there have been persistent rumors that only one or two tubes were upgraded to allow it to act as a test bed. Officially, per the Russian Ministry of Defense website ( in Russian), it has a capability for 20 of the missiles.
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