Zvezdochka finished repair and modernization of the «Bryansk»
27.02.2008

The sub was passed over to the Russian Navy. According to the press-service of the enterprise Evgenie Gladyshev the ship has been seriously upgraded. Its combat power was improved in terms of reducing the noise, increasing the opportunities of tracing enemy’s subs, increasing survivability and nuclear safety. The service life of “Bryansk” has been prolonged for ten years. Repair of the submarine began in 2002, however, according to the audior of CAST Michael Barabanov because of the shortage of financing the repair of “Bryansk” was strongly delayed, the works were repeatedly suspended.

Bryansk became the fourth submarine of one of the most modern projects 667BDRM which passed repair and upgrade. In the near future it is expected that Zvezdochka will take the next (6th) sub of this type – “Novomoskovsk”. The seventh sub of this type “Vladimir” will be converted into a sub of special purpose. Because of the slow repair, in the opinion of Barabanov, the combat structure of the Navy now has just four subs of this project.

News source: ShipbuildingRu