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Russia will resume Lada Class Submarine (Project 677) production

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Naval Forces News - Russia
 
 
 
Russia will resume Lada Class Submarine (Project 677) production
 
Russia will resume series production of non-nuclear Project 677 Lada-class submarines, Navy chief Vice Adm. Viktor Chirkov said on Friday.

Construction of two Lada-class subs, the Sevastopol and the Kronshtadt, was frozen because of the project’s purported inefficiency.
     
Russia will resume series production of non-nuclear Project 677 Lada-class submarines, Navy chief Vice Adm. Viktor Chirkov said on Friday.
Lada class Conventional Submarine (SSK) Project 677
(picture: Internet)
     
Chirkov said the technical project has been adjusted and construction of the two subs will resume shortly.

The "fourth generation" diesel-electric submarine features quieter, new combat systems and air-independent propulsion.