Zvezdochka shipyard has completed repair and extension of the lifetime of the strategic nuclear-powered submarine Yekaterinburg (project 667BDRM), the shipyard says in its press release. The ship has been officially delivered to Russian Navy on December 19, 2014.
In June 2012, the ship was delivered to Zvezdochka (Severodvinsk) for repair and extension of the ship’s lifetime by 3 years. In early June 2014, the Yekaterinburg left the slip dock of Ship Repair Center ‘Zvezdochka’, the outfitting work was completed in the first half of November 2014 and the ship started shipbuilder’s sea trials. It took three weeks to test all the systems and mechanisms of the submarine.
The construction of Project 667BDRM Delfin-class (Delta IV) submarines commenced in 1981 at Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (Sevmash). In 1984-1990, RF Navy was expanded with seven ships of this type. As of today, RF Navy numbers six submarines of Project 667BDRM. In 1999-2012, all the ships of this project underwent interim overhaul and modernization at Zvezdochka Shipyard.
The Yekaterinburg was laid down on 17 February 1982 at the Russian Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (Sevmash). She was commissioned into the Soviet Navy in 1985. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the submarine continued to serve in the Russian Navy. Initially known only by her hull number, in February 1999 she was renamed after the city of Yekaterinburg. Zvezdochka carried out interim overhaul and modernization of the Yekaterinburg in 2003.
According to open sources, the Project 667BDRM Delfin-class (Delta IV) submarines have a length of 167m, breadth - 12 m, displacement - about 12,000 tons, maximum depth - 400 meters, underwater speed - up to 24 knots, crew - 140 people. Armaments include a D-9RM missile system (16 RSM-54 ballistic missiles) and four 533-mm torpedo tubes (18 torpedoes). The Project 667BDRM was designed by the St. Petersburg-based Rubin Marine Equipment Design Bureau.
Severodvinsk-based Zvezdochka Shipyard (Ship Repair Center ‘Zvezdochka’) is a diversified shipbuilding enterprise. It has two covered slipways with seven shipbuilding yards, which are designed for retrofitting and construction of vessels with a launching weight of up to 18,000 tons. The firm is majority owned by Northern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Center, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation.
Two Norwegian scientists, Yngve Kristoffersen and Audun Tholfsen, who have been living and working on an ice drift station in the Arctic since August, had an unexpected visitor last week. The October 16 entry from their weekly blog update reads:
Position: 89 19′ N, 174 51′ W, temperature – 8 C, air pressure 1036 hPa, wind 5 knots from E. Ice drift 0.1 knots toward east. Started recovery of the thermistor string as it is only 5 meter away from a crack that has widened 3 meters. The thin ice on refrozen leads are likely sites of future pressure ridge formation. Having recovered half (150 m), we discovered that the hydrophone was about to be consumed by the pressure ridge south of the hovercraft. Started to melt out the hydrophone, but was not successful. The 12 kHz echo sounder is giving us problems with weak or no bottom returns – recovered the transducer. In the evening. we spotted lights at a distance. Turned out to be a submarine at the surface in position: 89 17.5′ N, 172 42.9′ W. We were not able to identify it.
The submarine surfaced about 3 nautical miles from the researchers' camp. The researchers decided to head toward the submarine. When they approached to within 100 meters, the submarine submerged.
Reviewing the photos, it appears the submarine in question was none other than Delta Stretch-class auxiliary nuclear-powered submarine "Orenburg".
"Orenburg", which primarily performs highly sensitive missions for the Ministry of Defense's Main Directorate for Deep-Sea Research (GUGI), last visited the North Pole in late September 2012 while participating in the Arktika-2012 geological survey expedition along the Mendeleyev Ridge.
Strategic nuclear-powered submarine Yekaterinburg (project 667BDRM) has left the slip dock of Ship Repair Center ‘Zvezdochka’, the system says in its press release. The construction of Project 667BDRM Delfin-class (Delta IV) submarines commenced in 1981 at Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (Sevmash). In 1984-1990, RF Navy was expanded with seven ships of this type. As of today, RF Navy numbers six submarines of Project 667BDRM. In 1999-2012, all the ships of this project underwent interim overhaul and modernization at Zvezdochka Shipyard. The Yekaterinburg was laid down on 17 February 1982 at the Russian Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (Sevmash). She was commissioned into the Soviet Navy in 1985. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the submarine continued to serve in the Russian Navy. Initially known only by her hull number, in February 1999 she was renamed after the city of Yekaterinburg. Zvezdochka carried out interim overhaul and modernization of the Yekaterinburg in 2003. In June 2012, the ship was delivered to Zvezdochka (Severodvinsk) for repair and extension of the ship’s lifetime by 3 years. Under the state contract, the delivery of the submarine to RF Navy will be held in the forth quarter of 2014. Zvezdochka will repair and extend lifetime of all Delfin-class submarines. Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Tula will come to the shipyard in 2014. According to open sources, the Project 667BDRM Delfin-class (Delta IV) submarines have a length of 167m, breadth - 12 m, displacement - about 12,000 tons, maximum depth - 400 meters, underwater speed - up to 24 knots, crew - 140 people. Armaments include a D-9RM missile system (16 RSM-54 ballistic missiles) and four 533-mm torpedo tubes (18 torpedoes). The Project 667BDRM was designed by the St. Petersburg-based Rubin Marine Equipment Design Bureau. Chief designer – Sergey Kovalev. Severodvinsk-based Zvezdochka Shipyard (Ship Repair Center ‘Zvezdochka’) is a diversified shipbuilding enterprise. It has two covered slipways with seven shipbuilding yards, which are designed for retrofitting and construction of vessels with a launching weight of up to 18,000 tons. The firm is majority owned by Northern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Center, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation.
Les sous-marins nucléaires russes Briansk et Sviatoï Gueorgui Pobedonossets ("Saint-Georges-le-Victorieux") ont procédé à des exercices de tirs de missiles balistiques depuis les mers de Barents et d'Okhotsk pendant une inspection surprise des Forces de dissuasion nucléaire russes, rapporte le ministère russe de la Défense.
"Les sous-marins nucléaires lanceurs d'engins "Briansk" (Flotte du Nord) et "Sviatoï Georgui Pobedonossets" (Flotte du Pacifique) ont effectué des tirs de missiles balistiques depuis les mers de Barents et d'Okhotsk", a indiqué le ministère dans un communiqué.
Les missiles ont été tirés en plongée. "Les ogives des missiles ont atteint les polygones de Tchija (nord) et de Koura (nord-est) à l'heure prévue", a ajouté le ministère.
Les tirs d'entraînement ont confirmé les paramètres techniques et la fiabilité des forces maritimes stratégiques nucléaires et l'efficacité du système de gestion de combat russe, selon le ministère.
La pratique des inspections surprises de l'armée russe a repris depuis l'arrivée de Sergueï Choïgou au poste de ministre de la Défense. Elle permet d'évaluer objectivement le niveau de préparation au combat des forces armées et de tracer les voies à emprunter pour résoudre les problèmes. La première inspection surprise depuis 20 ans s'est déroulée dans la Région militaire centrale à la mi-février 2013. Elle a été suivie de plusieurs autres vérifications du même genre.
Patrick H. 's insight:
Les SNLE Delta III et Delta IV lancent des missiles stratégiques du type R-29R et R-29RMU (Sineva ou Laïner selon les modernisations) qui sont des armes à ergols liquides. Ils assurent, pour l'instant, bien que déjà anciens, la mission opérationnelle de dissuasion russe. Ces missiles sont très différents des nouveaux missiles Bulava à propergol solide conçus pour le nouveau type de SNLE Boreï, dont l'échec du tir du 6 septembre dernier, entrave le déroulement du programme.
Le chantier naval du Nord (Saint-Pétersbourg) procédera à la mise sur cale de la corvette Provorny, seconde unité du Projet 20385, le 26 juillet prochain, Jour de la Marine en Russie. De son côté, Sevmash (Severodvinsk), mettra sur cale le même jour le sous-marin nucléaire polyvalent Novossibirsk, troisième unité du Projet 885 (Projet 885.1). (Flotprom)
Mercredi 17 juillet 2013
En ce Jour de l'aéronavale en Russie, un premier "appontage" a été réalisé sur le nouveau NITKA russe construit près de Ieïsk (kraï de Krasnodar, sud de la Russie), au 859e centre d'application et de préparation au combat des équipages de l'aviation navale russe. La manoeuvre a été réalisée par un Su-25 UTG (Frogfoot) (Itar-tass)
Le SNLE K-117 Briansk (Projet 667BDRM) est rentré à sa base d'attache de Gadzhievo (flotte du Nord) après une patrouille de 3 mois. Il s'agit d'une des patrouilles les plus longues réalisées par un sous-marin de la flotte du Nord en 2013. Le K-117 embarque 16 missiles balistiques Sineva. (RIA Novosti)
Le croiseur lance-missiles Moskva (flotte de la mer Noire) et le grand navire de lutte ASM Vice-Amiral Koulakov (flotte du Nord) ont entamé des exercices dans l'Atlantique. (RIA Novosti)
On 30 December 2012, the K-51 Verkhoturie submarine of the Project 667BDRM class (Delta IV) was officially handed over by the Zvezdochka plant in Severodvinsk to the Russian Navy after an overhaul that began in 2010.
Verkhoturie was the first submarine of its class that underwent the second overhaul - the first one was completed in December 1999.
The report says that the lifetime of the submarine was extended by 3.5 years.
MOSCOW, November 5 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian Northern Fleet nuclear submarine on Wednesday fired a test intercontinental missile from the Barents Sea to the country's far eastern Kura Range on the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.
"Within the frameworks of testing the reliability of marine strategic nuclear forces, the Tula [nuclear submarine] launched a Sineva intercontinental ballistic missile from the Barents Sea to the Kura Range [in Kamchatka]," the statement says.
The RSM-54 intercontinental ballistic missile Sineva (NATO code name SS-N-23 Skiff) is part of the D-9RM launch system.
The D-9RM launch system equipped with RSM-54 missiles was put into service in 1986. The production of the RSM-54 was halted in 1996 but after three years, the Russian government resumed the production of a modernized version of the missile.
Flight tests of Sineva were completed in 2004, and in 2007 the Russian Navy put the missile into service.
On October 29, Russia successfully test-fired the Bulava solid propellant ballistic missile from the Borey-class Yury Dolgoruky nuclear-powered submarine. The missile was launched from the Barents Sea and hit a target located on the Kura Range.
La flotte sous-marine russe a connu quelques développements récents dont vous trouverez ici le résumé.
SNLE :
Le K-551 Vladimir Monomakh (Projet 955 Boreï) a quitté Sevmash (Severodvinsk) le 11 juin dernier et mis le cap sur la mer Blanche pour un nouveau cycle d'essais en mer. Il est par ailleurs prévu que le submersible procède à un tir d'essai du missile balistique Boulava au mois de septembre prochain dans le cadre de sa campagne d'homologation. Un autre tir du missile sera effectué en 2014 à partir du K-550 Alexandre Nevski (Projet 955). Le K-551 devrait être versé à la flotte du Pacifique au cours du dernier trimestre 2014.
Le K-84 Ekaterinbourg(Projet 667BDRM) a quitté le 6 juin dernier la hall de réparation de Sevmash (Severodvinsk). Il devrait réintégrer le service actif au sein de la flotte du Nord au cours du 4e trimestre 2014. Pour rappel, le K-84 avait été affecté par un incendie en décembre 2011 alors qu'il était en réparation au centre de réparation n°82. La durée de vie du submersible a été prolongée de 5 années suite à l'entretien et aux réparations qu'il a subi.
SSGN :
Le K-329 Severodvinsk (Projet 885 Yasen) devrait être admis au service actif le 17 juin prochain au sein de la flotte du Nord. Rappelons que le K-329 a été admis au service actif à titre expérimental le 30 décembre 2013.
Le K-150 Tomsk(Projet 949A Anteï) a été mis à l'eau par le chantier naval Zvezda (Bolchoï Kamen, Extrême-Orient) le 12 juin dernier. Le submersible était en IPER depuis 2008, et avait été affecté par un incendie au mois de septembre 2013.
SSN :
Les sous-marins K-391 Bratsket K-295 Samaraquitteront le flotte du Pacifique et arriveront en septembre au centre de réparation Zvezdotchka (Severodvinsk) via la route du Nord pour y subir des réparations.
La modernisation 'en profondeur' de ses sous-marins s'inscrit dans le programme de modernisation de certaines unités du Projet 971, et porte sur l'ensemble du submersible (propulsion, systèmes d'armement, hydroacoustique, électronique...). Zvezdotchka procède ainsi actuellement à la modernisation du K-328 Léopard (flotte du Nord) et commencera cet été celle du K-461 Volk (flotte du Nord). Le K-328, première unité modernisée de projet, devrait réintégrer le service actif en 2015-2016. Le submersible devrait alors mettre en œuvre la version anti-terre du missile Kalibr qui équipe notamment le K-329 Severodvinsk (Projet 885).
Jusqu'à présent, les sous-marins nucléaires de la flotte du Pacifique étaient entretenus dans les chantiers de l'Extrême-Orient (Bolchoï Kamen et Vilyuchinsk), mais compte-tenu de l'état de ces capacités, il a été décidé que la modernisation des SSN du Projet 971 serait réalisée à Severodvinsk, et celle des SSGN du Projet 949 Anteï en Extrême-Orient.
SSK :
Le B-237 Rostov-sur-le-Don(Projet 636.3 Kilo) devrait être mis à l'eau au chantier de l'Amirauté (Saint-Pétersbourg) à la fin du mois de juin. Il s'agit du second des six submersibles de ce type commandés par le ministère russe de la Défense pour la flotte de la mer Noire. Le premier, le B-261 Novorossisk, devrait être admis au service actif d'ici la fin de l'année 2014.
Le B-808 Iaroslav(flotte du Nord) rentrera en IPER à Zvezdotchka en 2015 (sredni remont'). Le chantier termine actuellement l'IPER du B-459 Vladikavkaz : le submersible se trouve depuis 2008 à Zvezdotchka. Le B-459 devrait quitter son hall au cours du troisième trimestre 2014 et retrouver le service actif en 2015.
The Russian Navy has put into service seaborne ICBM Liner designed by the Makeyev State Missile Center based in Miass, Chelyabinsk region, a source from the Russian defense sector said.
"The ICBM Liner system was put into service in the beginning of this year. These missiles will be deployed on nuclear-powered strategic submarines of Project 667BDRM," he added, Interfax reports.
According to open sources, ICBM Liner can carry a multivariate warhead in contrast to its predecessor, ICBM Sineva. The Sineva warhead consists of four units, and ICBM Liner can carry either ten small-sized warhead units capable of penetration through missile defense or eight units of the same class but with a higher capacity for missile defense penetration or four medium-sized units with missile defense penetration capacities.
ICBM Liner was successfully test fired on May 20 and September 29, 2012. ICBM Sineva and Liner will make it possible to extend the period of operation of missile carrying submarines of Project 667BDRM until 2030.
Some experts point out that it would not be quite right to call ICBM Liner a brand new missile. "In fact, this is the same Sineva, but with a different, better warhead," one analyst said. He recalled that Liner was the project name of a new warhead rather than a missile. "This theory is supported with the meager number of test launches of the 'new' missile, which was tested as Sineva a long time ago, and the similar indication of both missiles, R-29RMU2 for Sineva and R-29RMU2."
Ведущий, режиссер и оператор на борту АПЛ живут с подводниками в автономном плавании. Они рассказывают все об устройстве лодки, технических особенностях, воо...
At present, the liquid-propelled SS-N-23 Skiff (Russian designation R-29RMU Sineva) is the mainstay of the Russian Navy submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) force. The Delta IV ballistic missile submarines are the carriers of these missiles; every sub carries 16 such missiles, each carrying four MIRVs. The SS-N-23 entered service in 2007 and is currently operational with three delta III and four Delta IV submarines in service with the Russian Navy. All but one of seven Typhoon class mega SSBNs produced in the 1980s are now decommissioned. An improved version of this weapon is the R-29RMU2 Layner, introducing improved countermeasures, improving its capability to penetrate enemy missile defenses. Development of the new missile was completed in 2012.
Further enhancement of the Russian naval strategic force has been suspended, due to repeated technical delays and complications encountered with solid-propelled SLBM since the 1990s. These began with the failure of the follow-on to the R-39 missile program, which was terminated in 1998. Its successor, Bulava, has also encountered repeated failures. Despite these problems Bulava was commissioned with its lead carrier submarine of the new Borei class, Yuri Dolgorukiy on 10 January 2013. But after another failed launch in September 2013, the remaining missiles were returned to the manufacturer and deployment and test program were suspended, the entire production run of the missiles was then recalled for factory inspections.
SSBN K-51 Verkhoturye recommissioned into the Northern Fleet. The Project 667 class submarine (NATO Delta 4) arrived at the main nuclear submarine base in Gadzhiyevo, Murmansk Region, after refit at the Zvezdochka shipyard at Severodvinsk. “During the refit, defense shipyard specialists made around a hundred improvements to the submarine,” Fleet spokesman Captain First Rank Vadim Serga said. In August 2012, the Northern Fleet was reinforced with the Novomoskovsk submarine, which also underwent repairs and upgrade at the Severodvinsk defense shipyard. Works on the submarine's technical recovery and 5-year service life extension started in the fall of 2010. The shipyard has repaired the sub's hull, outboard fittings, ballast tanks, mechanisms of propeller-rudder system and other onboard systems. The submarine was withdrawn from covered slipway in March 2012. K-51 Verkhoturye nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine was laid down in Feb 1981 at Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk, put afloat in Jan 1984, and commissioned in Dec 1984. That was the first submarine in her class deployed in the Arctic with nuclear-headed ballistic missiles onboard in 1987. She is a second-generation Project 667BDRM Delfin nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, lead sub in her class. Six submarines of this project still make the core of Russia's maritime nuclear deterrence force.
Performance
Surface speed: 14 knots Submerged speed: 24 knots Operating depth: 320 - 400 meters Test depth: 550 - 650 meters Endurance: 90 days Crew: 135 - 140 men
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