(VOV) – St Petersburg-based Admiralty Verfi shipyard will hand over first two diesel-electric submarines to Vietnam this year, Russia’s Itar-Tass News Agency reported on June 5.
The two vessels have finished testing, meeting technical specifications.
The third submarine will be launched in August and the fourth will be built this year, according to Itar-Tass.
Vietnam signed a contract with Russia in 2009 to purchase six submarines. Under the contract, Russia will train Vietnamese crew to master the submarine technology.
Itar-Tass quoted Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung during his visit to St Petersburg last month, saying Vietnam-Russia cooperation on military technology is not only limited to the building of the six submarines, but expands to other types of weapons.
The diesel-electric submarine of project 636 is the third generation of submarines of projects 877 and 877EKM – the famous Varshavyanka, which is well known all over the world for its high tactic and technical characteristics, and which NATO classifies as of KILO-class.
The biggest advantage of this type of submarine is the ability to adapt to modern technology, enabling it to be integrated with new weapons, including Club-K anti-ship missiles.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
