The president of Sevmash gave a rather long press conference/interview this week where he talked rather candidly about the state of the Severodvinsk. ]
http://russiandefpolicy.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/dyachkovs-interview/
Final handover to the navy has been pushed back 6 months due to the fact that state acceptance trials of the Kalibr missile system are ongoing and the ship is the only available launch platform for this missile system. There were problems with subsystem suppliers, but much like with the Nerpa those have been sorted out.
We can look forward to much more predictable delivery times now that the funding picture has been “clarified.”
Nowhere does he say anything about it being a death trap, sailors being afraid to step foot on the ship or him being at all worried about it. And if the thing sinks this is the guy who gets to spend a decade in Siberia pondering why so his being so unemotional about the whole thing should tell you a lot more than some anonymous poster on a message board.
Nice find.
From the post:
Sevmash will take on construction of two diesel-electric proyekt 636 from Admiralty Wharves. This will lighten the workload of the latter, and use excess capacity at the former.
Also:
KB Malakhit has developed repair and modernization plans for the Akula-class (Proyekt 971, Bars). Money’s been allocated and Zvezdochka will do the work.
Excellent.
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