Russian non-nuclear submarines own attacks over 3,000km

According to deputy commander of Russian Navy Admiral Victor Bursuc, the country will equip non-nuclear submarines attacked by missiles farther than 3,000km.

The non-nuclear submarine, referred to by Admiral Victor Bursuc as Harmony, is equipped with an independent air propulsion (AIP) - a modernized class from the Lada-class submarine of Project 677.

According to initial information, the Harmony submarine is equipped with a soundproofing tile of anti-radiofrequency paint, which makes the ship appear in front of an enemy's detection effort.

In terms of weapons, the class will be designed with a total of 4-6 533mm torpedo tubes that can carry Kalibr long-range cruise missiles with a range of up to 3,000km, the Admiral said.

Despite possessing extremely impressive parameters, Russia did not reveal the specific timing of the Harmony submarine construction. According to Western media, it will be a long time before Russia can build the first ship because Russia has not yet successfully developed the AIP engine equipped for this submarine.

Lada Russia submarine smokes when testing.

The Journal of National Interest quoted the statement of Admiral Vladimir Korolyov, Commander of the Russian Navy, in May 2017: "We will have the final decision after completing the process of developing this type of engine by AIP is a complex engine technology, we will try to accelerate it. "

The statement by the Russian commander was quite surprising because Russia had repeatedly affirmed that it had created a generation of AIP engines that were capable of surpassing the achievements of both Germany, Japan and France combined.

Since 2014, RIA has reported that, at the Rubin design department (Russia), engineers have successfully researched a unique technology to directly receive hydrogen from diesel fuel by the method called reforming (reformatting).

This method allows not to build a specialized hydrogen storage facility at the base of non-nuclear submarines, but to use the infrastructure and fuel storage used in the electrical and diesel equipment of the ships. underground classic non-nuclear nucleus.

The process of creating electric currents is completely silent, which greatly increases the secret of submarines moving when diving. Diving time also increased. According to many sources, the design department Rubin has fabricated 400KW experimental energy equipment.

For comparison, similar Western devices for a capacity not exceeding 180KW. New air-independent energy equipment has been tested in the model, these tests have confirmed the correctness of the selected solution.

Submarines can operate on diesel and battery engines and use the energy gained through reforming.

The characteristic of the new generation Rubin-style submarine is the limited synthesis of the classic plan and revolutionary features. In addition to energy equipment that is independent of air, submarines still have conventional diesel generators and batteries.

This means that submarines can operate with diesel and battery engines and use the energy gained through reforming. If all of this "reassembles" , then the Russian submarine with non-nuclear energy equipment will approach nuclear submarines in terms of combat and exploitation features, but with The price is much lower.

However, according to the American magazine, between the statement and the fact that a big gap is that the Russians also need more time to overcome.