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
2009
9 (Northern fleet (3) and Pacific fleet (6))
2008
8
Ships
K-119 Voronezh
Commissioning: 1988
Northern Fleet - Russia - ?
K-132 Irkutsk
Commissioning: 1987
Pacific Fleet - Russia - ?
K-141 Kursk / Destroyed
Commissioning: 1994
K-148 Orenburg / Decommissioned
Commissioning: 1986
K-150 Tomsk
K-526 St. Georgy Pobeditel
Commissioning: 1997
Pacific Fleet - Russia - ?
K-173 Krasnoyarsk
Commissioning: 1988
Pacific Fleet - Russia - ?
K-186 Omsk
Commissioning: 1993
Pacific Fleet - Russia - ?
K-266 Orel
Commissioning: 1992
Northern Fleet - Russia - ?
K-410 Smolensk
Commissioning: 1990
Northern Fleet - Russia - ?
K-442 Chelyabinsk
Commissioning: 1990
Pacific Fleet - Russia - ?
K-456 Vilyuchinsk
Commissioning: 1991
Pacific Fleet - Russia - ?
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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)
Russia / 11 