The Russian Nuclear Submarine “Chelyabinsk” will be remade into the carrier of the cirrk ragnets. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source in the shipbuilding industry.
As the agency’s interlocutor told, work on the modernization of submarines at the Far Eastern Plant “Check-in” is scheduled for 2022. Thus, “Chelyabinsk” will be equipped with universal start-up installations to launch the “Onyx” missiles and “zircon”. “His combat potential will increase repeatedly,” the source noted.
Chelyabinsk submarine was laid in 1987 on the 749A project and launched in 1990. It is part of the Pacific Fleet.
Earlier it was reported that Zirkons will be sent to the military fleet (Navy) of Russia in 2025. According to the source of the TASS, the first regular carrier of the rocket will be the atomic submarine of the project 885m “Perm”.