updated June 21, 10:24 am
"Admiral Nakhimov" can enter the test in December or May
Mikhail Budnichenko, General Director of Sevmash, said that the cruiser is at the final stage of repair and modernization.
KRONSTADT, June 21. /TASS/. The heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, after repair and modernization at Sevmash, may enter sea trials in December 2023 or May 2024. This was announced to TASS during the International Naval Salon by the General Director of Sevmash, Mikhail Budnichenko.
"If we have time, the cruiser will go for sea trials in December this year. If not, then this will happen with the start of navigation in May next year," he said.
According to Budnichenko, the cruiser is at the final stage of repair and modernization. Cabins are being decorated, equipment and ship systems are being adjusted. More than three thousand people are involved in the work. At the same time, mooring trials of the ship are underway. He is preparing to move in the crew.
The cruiser has been under repair since 1999. Real work on it has been carried out since 2013. The main result of the modernization is a noticeable increase in the strike power of the cruiser. It will carry, in particular, 10 universal ship-based firing systems for 8 Caliber-NK and/or Onyx cruise missiles each. In the future, he will receive Zircon hypersonic missiles.
IMDS-2023 takes place in Kronstadt from 21 to 25 June. The event is organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. For the first time, the Museum of Naval Glory and the congress and exhibition center on the territory of the tourist and recreational cluster "Island of Forts" became the venue. The exposition of enterprises of the shipbuilding and shipbuilding industries brought together more than 250 leading Russian and foreign participants. TASS is a strategic media partner of IMDS-2023.
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