Project 885: Yasen class #2

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Submarine captain: nuclear submarine with "Zircon" can destroy the Pentagon building, 04/10/2021.

A submarine with a Zircon missile on board can strike at any target from a distance of 1,000 km without the risk of being noticed, the submariner, captain 1st rank Igor Kurdin, told the VZGLYAD newspaper. The new rocket was successfully tested in the Barents Sea.

“The range of the Zircon is from 500 to 1000 kilometers. From such a distance, no one will spot our submarine, unless they have been tracking it for a long time and purposefully, "said the chairman of the St. Petersburg Navy Submariners' Club, Captain 1st Rank Igor Kurdin.

The interlocutor recalled that the task of the American anti-submarine forces is to detect our nuclear submarine before it launches missile launches. “The hypersonic speed suggests that once the Zircon is launched it is virtually impossible to destroy,” he added.

In this regard, the expert pointed out that Russian nuclear submarines can destroy any major administrative and political center in the United States with Zircon, be it a military base or the central building of the Pentagon.

On Monday, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Navy had first tested the Zircon hypersonic missile from the Project 885 Ash nuclear submarine Severodvinsk. The shooting was carried out at a conditional sea target in the water area of ​​the Barents Sea. The flight of the rocket corresponded to the specified parameters, the test firing was recognized as successful.

“The crew of the nuclear submarine missile cruiser Severodvinsk successfully completed the second test launch of the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile. The second test firing of the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile was carried out by the crew of the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine missile cruiser for the first time from a submerged position, from a depth of 40 meters, in the White Sea at a conditional sea target in the Barents Sea, " RIA Novosti reported.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense announced its intention to complete the state tests of Zircon in 2021. It is expected that the Zircons will be armed with frigates of project 22350, the newest multipurpose submarines of project 885M Yasen-M, as well as the missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, which is being upgraded, and the submarine Irkutsk, which will be brought to the level of 949AM during modernization.

https://m.vz.ru/news/2021/10/4/1122319.html

https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/12761997

MOSCOW, October 26. / TASS /. The launches of cruise missiles "Onyx" and "Caliber-PL", including one salvo, from the nuclear submarine "Novosibirsk" of project 885M (code "Ash-M") are scheduled for mid-November. This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.

"According to the Novosibirsk state test program for mid-November, the Onyx and Caliber-PL cruise missiles will be launched from both surface and submerged positions. One of them will be a salvo," he said.

TASS has no official confirmation of this information.

Earlier it was reported that the nuclear submarine "Novosibirsk" first went to sea for factory sea trials (ZKhI) in July. Also during the International Naval Salon, the head of the Sevmash Production Association (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) Mikhail Budnichenko told TASS that after the completion of the ZHI, this submarine will begin state tests and at the end of 2021 it is planned to transfer it to the fleet.

The nuclear submarine "Novosibirsk" is the first serial submarine of the project 885M "Yasen-M". It was launched on December 25, 2019. The main strike weapons of the ships of this project are the Kalibr-PL and Onyx cruise missiles. In the future, they will receive Zircon hypersonic missiles, tests of which began with the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine of the Yasen family in early October 2021.

The lead submarine of the Yasen-M project, Kazan, was handed over to the Northern Fleet on May 7, 2021. On July 30, the Krasnoyarsk submarine of the same project was launched at the Sevmash enterprise in Severodvinsk.

This is total nonsense. All submarines of ptoject 885 and 885M can carry and launch Cirkons. Why is it supposed to carry 3M22 from Perm. Recently, Severodvinsk launched two Circons. Of course, maybe Perm will be a little modification in the project 885. Maybe they will mount more VLS etc. The same was with the 971 where there were several versions of this unit.

Isos wrote:It's not only about launchers. Maybe it needs new antennas or communucation softwares to receive orders for the use of the Tsirkon.

Of course, but I think these are small modifications. Since they adapted the older 885 Severodvinsk to the Cirkon shooting, the more the 885M can be adapted. Anyway, it was previously written that Kazan will carry 3M22. One of the advantages of the Cirkon is its unification and the ability to fire from the USKS launcher, thanks to which many units will be able to carry this weapon. In my opinion, this article is wrong written by someone who is not very good at the topic.