01 Januari 2014
HQ Hanoi, first Vietnamese submarine (all photos : tienphong)
Moscow. INTERFAX.RU - First export of six diesel-electric submarines (SSK) Project 636, built at Admiralty Shipyards (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), delivered using heavy lift vessel to the site based at Cam Ranh Bay, "Interfax" a source in the Russian shipbuilding industry.
"December 31 ended operation sending a submarine to the site based in Cam Ranh. Ibid later will be signed the final act of reception of the order," - said the agency interlocutor.
Contract to supply six submarines for Vietnam was signed in 2009 during the visit to Moscow of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Besides the construction of submarines contract provides training Vietnamese crews, as well as the delivery of necessary equipment and technical equipment.
Crew training for Vietnamese submarines in Cam Ranh assisted St. SSK-636 project belong to the third generation of submarines. These boats have good modernization potential, allowing them to integrate new weapons and, in particular, anti-ship missile complex Club, significantly expanding the zone of destruction purposes.
(Interfax)
HQ Hanoi, first Vietnamese submarine (all photos : tienphong)
Moscow. INTERFAX.RU - First export of six diesel-electric submarines (SSK) Project 636, built at Admiralty Shipyards (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), delivered using heavy lift vessel to the site based at Cam Ranh Bay, "Interfax" a source in the Russian shipbuilding industry.
"December 31 ended operation sending a submarine to the site based in Cam Ranh. Ibid later will be signed the final act of reception of the order," - said the agency interlocutor.
Contract to supply six submarines for Vietnam was signed in 2009 during the visit to Moscow of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Besides the construction of submarines contract provides training Vietnamese crews, as well as the delivery of necessary equipment and technical equipment.
Crew training for Vietnamese submarines in Cam Ranh assisted St. SSK-636 project belong to the third generation of submarines. These boats have good modernization potential, allowing them to integrate new weapons and, in particular, anti-ship missile complex Club, significantly expanding the zone of destruction purposes.
(Interfax)