This report is from april this year, but i saw that no reports about the refurbishment and modernisation of the AS-31 Losharik were shared here.
So in March this year, specialists at the yard completed the task of extracting the deep-diving submarine’s nuclear reactor core.
Losharik is constructed from seven, spherical, titanium hulls. The front five hulls are interconnected, while the last two are paired up and hold AS-31’s nuclear reactor and machinery. According to TASS’s source, the deep-diving submarine’s titanium hull suffered practically no damages. The nuclear reactor itself, powering the submarine, will not be replaced and are ready to work with the new uranium fuel elements in place.
After long delays and one month of preparation, the spent nuclear fuel elements are now lifted out of the reactor, paving the way for modernization of the mysterious deep-diving spy-submarine at the yard in Severodvinsk.
thebarentsobserver.com
The repairs and modernisation will take at least 4 years.
The fire on the AS-31 military research submersible broke out in 2019, killing 14 submarine officers
tass.com
The 10th Project 20380 corvette Rezkiy under construction for the Russian navy was rolled out from the slipway at the Amur Shipyard in Russia’s Far East and placed in the float-out dock for its transfer to the delivery base in several months’ time.
The corvette is set to be transferred to the delivery and acceptance base in Vladivostok in several months to complete its construction, carry out shipbuilders’ sea and state trials and deliver it to the Pacific Fleet.
The rollout ceremony took place on the day of the 85th anniversary of the Shipyard’s foundation
tass.com
And now a Project 885M Yasen-M update.
According to TASS, the Novosibirsk submarine went yesterday on 1 July to the While Sea for shipbuilders sea trials for the first time. It seems that the Project 885M is 9 meters shorter than the normal Project 885 and it also needs lesa crewmembers.
The Project 885M Yasen-M class nuclear-powered attack submarine Novosibirsk has gone to the White Sea for shipbuilders sea trials for the first time, a source in Russia’s defense industry told TASS.
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