navy refused the newest submarine project "lada"
st. Petersburg" will be the only boat of this project, which will be experienced and not a part of the navy
in the main staff of the navy, "izvestiya" reported on wednesday that the testing program of the project "lada", from which 10 years ago there were plans to upgrade non-nuclear submarine force, had collapsed.
- in the battle fleet, "st. Petersburg" will not be accepted. This is the final decision. The boat will remain prototypes, which will be tested separate complexes - a senior representative of the command of the navy.
The main drawback of "lada" interlocutor "izvestia" described is crude engine, which proved unable to develop more than half of the given project power.
In addition, the sonar system is not ready the boat for the development of which was spent 1.3 billion rubles, the combat information management system "lithium" and torpedo "te-2 toy" remains undeveloped.
- beautiful on a plan, the project was unsuccessful. In fact, we have a full-scale model of the ship. The boat is fully obsolete on a number of important areas. Its defects and the rapid aging of existing diesel submarines are forcing us to return to the tried and tested "kilo" - summed up the representative of the navy.
According to him, work on two other boats of the project "lada" - "kronstadt" and "sevastopol", the body which is fully ready, now frozen. Perhaps they are already tested equip engines from other projects, legacy systems and will be sold abroad.
