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Project 949A


IOC: 1986
Total Production: 11


Also Known As
Antey
Oscar II


Origin
Russia


Contractor/s
Rubin



Guided Missiles:
Granit (24)

Description: The Project 949A class nuclear-powered submarines, Antey Russian nickname and Oscar II NATO-codename, are an improved derivative of the Project 949 class, Oscar NATO-codename. They have been designed to engage US aircraft carrier strike groups and larger ships at long ranges. The Granit long range anti-ship missile is their main armament with 24 missiles carried by each Antey submarine. The Granit missiles are located inside angled vertical tubes with 12 tubes at each side of the ship. They can be fired while the ship remains submerged.

Besides the 24 vertical tubes, four 533mm and four 650mm torpedo tubes are enabled to launch torpedoes and missiles. Project 949A submarines are quietest than Project 949 and also feature improved maneuverability. The Russian Navy thinks of Project 949A ships as one of its most valuable submarines. Their built-in satellite-based targeting system and its accuracy back that thought.

The Soviet Navy commissioned the first Project 949A submarine in 1986. There are plans to keep the operational Antey submarines in service through 2020 when they would be decommissioned. Some plans call for a replacement of Granit missiles by another faster, long range, anti-ship missile. The new missile could be the Yakhont developed to engage AEGIS-protected ships but still remains uncertain.

Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 100

Number of Weapons: 24

Dimensions: Length 154 m, Width 18 m

Weights: Max Weight 24,000 t, Min Weight 14,700 t

Performance: Endurance 110 day, Max Operating Depth 500 m (1,640 ft), Top Speed 16 mps (30 kt)

Power: Power 98,000 shp

Other: Torpedo Tubes 8

Operators

Russia / 11

As of Holdings
2008 8

Ships

K-119 Voronezh

Commissioning: 1988

K-132 Irkutsk

Commissioning: 1987

K-141 Kursk / Decommissioned

Commissioning: 1994

K-148 Orenburg

Commissioning: 1986

K-173 Krasnoyarsk

Commissioning: 1988

K-186 Omsk

Commissioning: 1993

K-266 Orel

Commissioning: 1992

K-410 Smolensk

Commissioning: 1990

K-442 Chelyabinsk

Commissioning: 1990

K-456 Vilyuchinsk

Commissioning: 1991

K-526 St. Georgy Pobeditel

Commissioning: 1997



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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m)   Kilometers (km)   Nautic Miles (nm)   Inch (in)   Yard (yd)   Foot (ft)   Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb)   Kilogram (kg)   kN (KiloNewton)   Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps)   Kilometers per Hour (kph)   Knot (kt)   Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l)   Galon (gl)
Year (yr)   Minutes (min)   Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)


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