Project 877/636: Kilo class SSK

India is a dirt poor country. Beggars can't be choosers. To put things in perspective Russia's Per Capita Income is 10X that of India's.

Don't confuse careful with money with being poor, India has spent billions of dollars on Russian gear in the past and has ongoing projects and programmes to spend billions more in the future.

There are very poor people in India, but there are very poor people in every country on the planet... the politicians in all those countries live rather well though...

Make it very clear to Delhi - we will sell a whole lot of cutting edge weapons to Pakistan, unless you buy them yourself. Keep your friends rich, and your enemies rich, and then find out which is which.

Do you understand how stupid you sound?

Trying to blackmail India into buying more Russian weapons by selling to Pakistan who is a poor country that has financed and supported anti Russian forces around the world but has little money for the welfare of its own people is hilariously shortsighted.

Even more amusing is you turning your nose up at those asians... read a newspaper from europe... I would be banned for being racist to asian people but I would probably get my own column in the newspaper for calling Russians niggers... do you understand that? Do you understand what I am saying?

The europeans you worship and some Indians worship them too by the way, think less of you than you think of people you clearly hate... they will sell you things horrendously over priced or impose sanctions on you and your other customers, but they privately and publicly hate you.

It is called Stockholm syndrome where a victim falls in love and makes excuses for their abuser...

Russia needs to grow a pair and realise its future is not with the west... the west has no great future and even if it did it would never consider allowing Russia to share in that future with them... long ago they separated the world into three bits.... us, them (you... ie the commies), and those to be exploited and raped for their resources... the first, second and third world respectively... they can do to the Ukraine what they are doing because it is not a first world country and never will be... you are not allowed to move.

Non-nuclear submarines of Pacific Fleet: overview

“As part of a tactical exercise, two submarines of the Pacific Fleet were solving tasks to search for and attack a simulated enemy submarine. One of the diesel boats stealthily entered the designated area, found the“ enemy's ”submarine and attacked it from an advantageous position, conventionally using torpedo weapons. attacked the submarine performed evasive maneuvers and carried out a gap from prosecution to jamming and decoys then attack and attack submarines. boat swapped roles " ( reference 1 ) - in this way, reminiscent of the publication of" Red Star "of the Soviet period, it has become customary to cover the combat training of non-nuclear submarines forces of the Pacific Fleet. Which of the six submarines are we talking about,

1. B-187 "Komsomolsk-on-Amur" (serial No. 473) is the only submarine submarine of the Pacific Fleet whose combat readiness is beyond doubt. Since 2003 ( link 2 ) it has been awaiting renovation in Amurskiy NW. At the beginning of 2015, "funding went" ( link 3 ), and in two years the boat was repaired, performing some modernization work and guaranteeing at least 10 years of further service. OMP consisted in the digitalization of control systems, the installation of a new RTV and communication facilities ( ref. 4 ). Since January 27, 2017, when the PLB was transferred to the Navy, it has been acting as the calling card of the Pacific Fleet's non-nuclear submarine forces.The B-187 went to exercises in China, it is presented to the delegations of the Navy and military attachés of foreign states, it is a constant participant in parades on Navy Day in Vladivostok, and the name of its commander (Captain 3rd rank A. Lansky) does not leave the pages of the naval press.

2. B-494 "Ust-Bolsheretsk" (serial no. 472) is the second submarine claiming combat-ready status (the message at the beginning of the entry most likely refers to B-187 and B-494). From April 2, 2016 to April 20, 2017, dock repairs took place at the Dalzavod Central Station ( ref. 5 , ref. 6). According to the Ministry of Defense (oddly enough), in June 2019, she twice provided the KPUG exercises. In July, she took part in the dynamic part of the parade on the Day of the Navy (source: Marine collection №9 / 2019; previously it was believed that it was B-464 "Ust-Kamchatsk"). In March-May of this year. it was planned to purchase paints and varnishes for dock repair of PLB (Dalzavod procurement plan for 2020, p. 359 - link 7 ). It is clearly seen that the turnaround time since the previous drydocking corresponds to the 3-3.5 years practiced for submarines.

3. B-394 "Nurlat" ? (serial number 470) - with a high probability, it is also maintained in a combat readiness condition. Apparently, in 2015-2016. underwent dock repairs at Dalzavod ( link . On November 26, 2018, she was seen on the move on the high seas ( Ref. 9 ), and in 2019 - in the parade line (on barrels) on Navy Day. B-394 and head. No. 470 appears in the procurement plans of DCS for both 2019 and 2020. This year - "maintenance and repair of complexes, systems and equipment" (clause 385 of reference 7, deadline 05.2020), in the past - the same, but more specifically: "replacement of the [anti-aircraft commander's] PZKG-11 periscope No. 1 " ( Ref. 10 , p. 342).

4. B-464 "Ust-Kamchatsk" (serial number 471) - technical condition, most likely, satisfactory. The last officially announced factmanifestations of combat training activity took place in 2018, as a result of which the boat received the prize of the Commander- in- Chief of the Navy for mine laying ( link 11 ). In 2019, judging by the published scheme, it was supposed to participate in the Fleet Day parade ( link 12 ), but Ust-Bolsheretsk was used instead. Procurements for B-464, as in the case of Nurlat, are included in Dalzavod's plans for 2019 and 2020. This is design support of operation by CDB MT "Rubin" (2019 - No. 585, 2020 - No. 494), paint and varnish materials [paints and varnishes] for painting submarines (2019 - No. 659), CO and repair of systems and equipment KMTV [mine-torpedo weapons] (2019 - No. 357).

5. B-345 "Mogocha" (serial number 475)- most likely not ready. Until April 18, 2015, the boat passed the HTG at the Dalzavod Central Station ( ref. 13 ). At the end of 2016 and 2017 was awarded prizes of the Navy General Committee for mine laying ( ref. 14 , ref. 15 ). In 2018, on the Day of the Fleet, she landed a reconnaissance and sabotage group and played the role of an enemy submarine in an episode with two IPCs (Marine collection No. 9/2018, ref. 16 ). In the procurement plan of the DCS for 2018, there is a repair of the TA combat valve No. 4 (p. 644 - ref. 17 ). In plans for 2019-2020. B-345 is missing.

6. B-190 Krasnokamensk (serial No. 474) - the situation is the same as in the previous case. At the end of March 2016 was completed dock repair at Dalzavod ( ref. 18 ). In September 2017, the submarine took part in the exercises with the Chinese Navy Joint Sea (redstar.ru, September 26, 2017, link not available). At the end of the year, she received the Navy Commander's Prize for the torpedo attack ( link 15 ). In the procurement plan of the DCS for 2018, only the repair of VVD cylinders is listed (clause 684 - ref. 17 ), for 2020 - the abstract "service and repair of complexes, systems and equipment" (clause 346).

Thus, in conditions of a lack of information, there is nothing left but to assume that out of the six listed LB The Pacific Fleet is supported by four in combat readiness, which is not so bad. The two remaining ones are not written off (just in case), but they are not restored either. It is possible that on the eve of the arrival of new boats, project 636.3, a reasonable decision was made not to waste funds. Meanwhile, the renewal of non-nuclear submarine forces in the Pacific has been delayed. The short (two-month) navigation along the entire length of the Northern Sea Route has already ended, and the moment for the inter-fleet passage of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky transferred to the fleet about a year ago has been missed. There are two options (*): 1) "Petropavlovsk" departs along the long southern route, and

"Volkhov" remains in the Baltic to ensure combat training and testing of ships, since the combat readiness of "Dmitrov" is not obvious, and, having waited for "Alrosa", in August-September 2021 goes along the Northern Sea Route; 2) both boats remain in the Baltic and cross the NSR in one detachment in 2021

After the transfer to the Pacific Fleet of all six 636.3 built and under construction at the Admiralty shipyards, all 877 (except, perhaps, "Komsomolsk-on-Amur") will probably be decommissioned. At the same time, in order to protect the water area and ensure the combat stability (deployment) of nuclear submarine forces based on Kamchatka, it is quite obvious that the Pacific Fleet needs to build six more submarines (636.3, but better 677 with VNEU) - to staff the second brigade of submarines with based in Vilyuchinsk.

https://navy-korabel.livejournal.com/251549.html

Repair of the Alrosa submarine of the Black Sea Fleet is planned to be completed in 2021

Now the technical readiness of the facility is 80%

SEVASTOPOL, January 25. / TASS /. Specialists of the 13th shipyard (SRZ) of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) in Sevastopol plan to complete work on the Alrosa submarine in 2021, a representative of the enterprise told TASS on Monday.

According to a representative of the 13th Shipyard, now the technical readiness of the submarine "Alrosa" is 80%, the boat is undergoing repairs with elements of modernization.

As the interlocutor of the agency explained, many factors affect the progress of the repair, therefore the exact dates of completion of work at the plant are not yet ready to be named, but this will happen "in the foreseeable future, in the plans of this year."

He also added that the work on the lead ship of Project 1239, the Bora small missile hovercraft, was 91% complete. It is planned to complete work at the facility this year. Repair of the ship began in 2019. Due to its uniqueness, specialists with a particularly high level of training were required, special methods and materials were needed.

https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/10541357

They still haven't completed development of AIP

They are going for some different approach than usual but it's tough to crack

My understanding is that they are going for fossil fuel hydrogen storage... in other words extracting hydrogen gas from fossil fuels like diesel or Kerosene.

Diesel is chemically C10H20 to C15H28... so between 10 Carbon atoms with 20 Hydrogen atoms and 15 Carbon atoms and 28 Hydrogen atoms.

The Russians have developed a process of heating but not burning that releases the hydrogen of course as a gas, but rather than burning which would create carbon monoxide (CO) which is poisonous in relatively low concentrations or carbon dioxide CO2 which is poisonous in medium concentrations, the process creates solid carbon and hydrogen gas.

This is ground breaking.... first of all because it essentially means you can carry around enormous quantities of hydrogen gas without having to have it under pressure or cryogenically cold temperatures... it means the carbon in fossil fuels can be extracted without poisoning the atmosphere... and it is a great way of generating solid carbon and could be used to make carbon nanotubes...

Even if you don't use the solid carbon for anything at all being a carbon store reduces the carbon in circulation and prevents it being added to the carbon in the air.

It is a good way to create carbon products and to carry vast quantities of hydrogen gas which might then be used in a fuel cell to generate electricity, though you would need oxygen for the process to create water and heat and electricity.

The critical thing is that hydrogen is a pain in the ass to handle and store... being able to extract it from diesel or kerosene or one of the many other fossil fuels made of Carbon and Hydrogen means existing fuel networks already in place in ports and land sites around the world can be used and yo don't need to build special hydrogen production and handling systems and equipment.

If their AIP actually separates the hydrogen and carbon from the diesel fuel and then generates electricity with the hydrogen then diesel fuel from the subs main fuel tanks can be pumped into the fuel cell to run the sub in electric mode... you would need an O2 supply to create the water and heat and electricity, but that could just be hydrogen peroxide... with hydrogen peroxide or H2O2 you end up with water and extra oxygen, but without a catalyst the H2O2 looks and feels just like water.

The fuel cell will create a lot of solid carbon but that could be stored and taken off the sub when it is refuelled.

Of course the diesel is still diesel so you could run normal diesel motors on it when running on the surface if you want to but being able to run diesel through the essentially silent fuel cell to create electricity and heat and water you might not need to use your diesel generators at all during a mission.

Infrastructure already in place in every port on the planet already able to supply ships and subs with diesel... which would be all of them (99%).

The third "Varshavyanka" of the modified project 636.3 "Magadan" for the Pacific fleet will be launched at the end of March this year. This was reported by the press service of the USC.

https://en.topwar.ru/180541-v-osk-nazvali-sroki-spuska-na-vodu-djepl-magadan-dlja-tof.html