TASS: Yasen
Cutting-edge submarine: Russia’s underwater fighter
The Project 885 ‘Yasen’ multi-purpose nuclear-powered submarine is one of the Russian underwater fleet’s most breakthrough fourth-generation subs. It is called a masterpiece of underwater shipbuilding and is frequently compared with an attack craft capable of delivering strikes against surface and underwater ships and coastal targets.
The work on the conceptual design of the fourth-generation submarine began back in the late 1970s. The Yasen was finally designed in the 1990s. However, the first submarine’s weapons suite was completely different compared to the sub that is on combat duty in the Fleet today.
The experience of operating the Soviet Project 705K ‘Lira’ and Project 971 ‘Shchuka-B’ third-generation submarines was used to design the new submarine (in particular, the engineers used the technology to reduce the noise level). Today, precisely Project 971 subs make up the backbone of Russian multi-purpose attack submarines.
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WNU Editor: There are a lot of details posted by TASS in this report on Russia's newest attack sub.
