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Promising Russian nuclear submarine "Husky" will take the price
An important advantage of the promising Russian multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the fifth generation "Husky" may be a relatively low cost, experts say. At the same time, the price of boats can compete with the technical characteristics of submarines for the title of the main advantage. Assumptions are already being made that the new submarines will be significantly cheaper than the boats of the project currently under construction. Yasen-M". For the Navy, this is especially true, given the fact that in the fleet, new submarines will have to replace all third-generation multi-purpose boats, including Project 949 submarines. Antey"(" city "series of boats, it was to them that the tragically lost submarine K-141 belonged" Kursk") and project 971" Pike-B', which are quite numerous.
Information about the boats of the project " Husky' is currently extremely limited. It is known that work on the project of a multi-purpose nuclear submarine with cruise missiles (SSGN) of the 5th generation is being carried out in SPMBM " Malachite”, information about this first appeared in the Russian media in December 2014. At the same time, it was reported that the development of a new submarine was being carried out on its own initiative, without a technical assignment from the Russian Ministry of Defense. On July 17, 2015, the Russian media reported that the new boat was being designed by Malachite designers on the same basic platform, but in two versions: a multi-purpose nuclear submarine focused on combating enemy submarines and an SSGN focused on combating enemy aircraft carriers.
On August 8, 2016, information appeared that a contract was signed between the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Malachite SPMBM for the development of a promising submarine. Apparently, we are talking about research work to develop the appearance of a future nuclear submarine, and the technical design of the submarine itself will begin only after 2020. Experts believe that the anti-submarine version of the Husky will be armed with anti-submarine missiles. Caliber", This boat, first of all, will be designed to destroy the strategic boats of a potential enemy (NPS " Ohio" and " Wangard"). The second version of the submarine will receive anti-ship hypersonic cruise missiles. Zircon"and will be designed to destroy large enemy surface ships ( aircraft carriers, UDC, landing craft, missile cruisers, destroyers and etc.).
Multipurpose nuclear submarine of the project 885 "Ash"
The lack of information about the boats of the Husky project at the present time is not something surprising, given the fact that research on the project is still ongoing and has not even been fully determined yet. appearance future submarine. The boat exists only in the form of sketches and renderings, but little is known about some of its features. For example, it has already been reported that the Husky boats will receive a double-hull design, the underwater displacement of the submarines will be about 12 thousand tons (Ash has 13,800 tons). In terms of size, the promising boat will be smaller than the 4th generation Yasen-M submarines under construction today.
The renders recently published by the Malachite Design Bureau allow us to judge how these solutions will be implemented in the design of the new submarine. The presented photographs show launchers located in the middle and bow parts of the boat. In particular, 8 open covers are visible in the middle part of the submarine's hull. According to experts, 40-48 missiles will be located here, since a similar design of launch containers on the Yasen multi-purpose nuclear submarine can accommodate from 4 to 5 missiles, depending on their type.
Another striking possibility of new submarines may be the use of various unmanned underwater vehicles. In a number of sources, information even appeared that the boats of the Husky project would carry a nuclear torpedo on board. Status 6". BUT Oleg Vlasov, who is the head of the Malachite robotics department, said that the new boats will be integrated with systems operating in airspace, that is, submarines will be able to launch UAVs for reconnaissance and search for targets. It is also believed that the torpedo tubes on a promising boat will be located in the middle part of the hull, as was done on the Yasen project 885 submarines, while various sonar equipment and launchers for cruise missiles will be located in the bow.
Possible appearance of promising multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Husky project
Also in the Russian media, the incredibly low acoustic visibility of future boats, in the design of which composite materials will be widely used, is widely noted. In addition to this, it is assumed that the boats of the Husky project will be introduced the latest technology aimed at reducing acoustic visibility and noise. According to Victor Barsuk, the new submarines are expected to be twice as quiet as the previous generation boats.
To some, the appearance of new submarines of the Husky project may seem superfluous, since the construction of multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen project has been launched in the country, but progress and development of technologies do not stand still. The addition of hypersonic cruise missiles to the arsenal of submarines, the integration of robotics, an increased level of work automation, a significant reduction in noise (if the declared values are reached) significantly increase combat effectiveness boats of the new project.
Earlier it became known that when working on the multi-purpose nuclear submarine of the 5th generation "Husky", the vast experience gained in the development of boats of projects 671, 971, 885 and their various modifications was used. And in March 2018, the St. Petersburg Marine Engineering Bureau "Malachite" completed work on the creation of an advance project for the 5th generation submarine "Husky", after which the process of discussing the project with representatives of the Russian Navy began. As noted CEO"Malachite" Vladimir Dorofeev, in addition to specifications, new project should also differ in the economic component. " Our ships should become not only more powerful, but also cheaper”- emphasized the general director of the company that developed the promising boat.
The US Navy will sink from under the water
In Russia, nevertheless, they decided to finish the design of the killers of American aircraft carriers.
As Rakhmanov clarified, the Malachite Marine Engineering Bureau has already completed the conceptual design of the nuclear submarine and is engaged in the formation of the tactical and technical characteristics necessary for the execution of the terms of reference.
What is known about the Husky
Really nothing, one of the experts close to the naval theme told Tsargrad, who more than once gave our portal brilliantly confirmed analyzes and forecasts. It is clear that this is the fifth generation, it is clear that there will be new weapons, most likely Zircons and something else. But that's all for now. Rumors about a concept that has not yet found reliable contours. And since everything is extremely classified - and as President Putin's speech on March 1 with the presentation of new weapons showed, we keep secrets better than Koschei you know what - it is possible that rumors serve only to further smoke the true information.
“If you think logically, it’s clear what should be there,” the interlocutor of Tsargrad shrugged his shoulders. “But it’s hard to say what will really be there.”
In general, according to him, "this interesting story". In the sense that the Husky will be the first real post-Soviet boat. Because even those ultra-modern "Boreas" that are now being launched and have already begun service in the navy, one way or another rely on the Soviet backlog. They come from there, from the USSR, from Soviet design bureaus, in which, as it is now clear, people were half a century ahead of their time. And then jokes were told about them and cartoons were drawn, where the research institutes and design bureaus were portrayed as a lair of loafers, that teas were also chased after clothes in working time ran...
So here it is "Husky" will be the first purely post-Soviet model. Completely Russian - although, to be honest, even then, in the guise of the USSR, the same thousand-year-old Russia lived and worked, with all its shortcomings and virtues.
And this is how it, the future, is described in the press. In the competent press, I mean.
One of the reserves in the fight for noiselessness is the exclusion of sounds from moving mechanisms. That is, to the maximum to replace what moves, makes friction and makes noise with something that gives the same effect with minimal use of mechanical movement. Therefore, the Husky is expected to use such a nuclear reactor, which has almost no moving mechanisms, and the heat is transferred by liquid metal. This reactor is smaller in size, thanks to which it is possible to include significantly smaller dimensions in the Husky project itself than in the modern multi-purpose Yasen-type submarine that is close in functionality.
Yes, it will be smaller than its current counterparts - we have Ash, they have Virginia,
- confirmed the interlocutor of Tsargrad.
Further, it is believed that the Husky should be the first submarine built in such a way as to scatter the response wave of sonar as much as possible - similar to how aircraft using "stealth technologies" minimally reflect radar radiation, scattering it in space. The boat will be multi-purpose, universal. Indeed, armed Zircons”, anti-ship missiles that are not reflected in the current level of technology development of the enemy. It is also expected that the boat will be armed with an underwater modification of the cruise missile " Caliber-NK". In addition, with the help of torpedo tubes it will be possible to fire two other types of "Caliber" - anti-ship and for strikes against land targets.
Fog but beautiful
In principle, the naval expert of Tsargrad agrees with all these assessments. The only thing that stipulates it again and again is that so far this is not official information and not even working sketches. More precisely, there are probably sketches, but few people have seen them, and those who have seen them are silent. But the transfer of the sketch into drawings should be expected no earlier than two or three years later.
Then, excuse me, we, the ignorant public, have one question: is this all - not one big fantasy in one big fog? Will this boat be right? Otherwise, we know what difficulties the modernization and construction of the fleet is facing. And how exactly in the naval component of the state defense program, schedules often shift to the right. More often - only in Roskosmos. But if without new information about chemical composition lunar soil we somehow live, then american navy- Out on the doorstep.
“There will definitely be a boat,” an informed interlocutor said coolly. “There is no doubt about it. It is needed.”
In addition, there is evidence that she is seriously involved Krylov State Research Center in St. Petersburg, our main one for research in the field of shipbuilding and ship design. It is he, as the specialist put it, "is related to its functionality."
The design of the Husky will have a lot of composite and composite materials, including hull coating, bow rudders, stern stabilizers, wheelhouse fencing. And maybe even propellers. All this in order to reduce noise. It is also confirmed that Zircon will be its main complex. The interlocutor of Tsargrad said that he had heard that an anti-submarine version of the Husky, armed with Caliber, was planned. “In general, according to the Malachite tradition, the boat will be extremely packed with weapons per unit volume - 2-2.5 times more than that of foreign counterparts,” the expert confidently suggested.
The displacement will be, according to assumptions, about 12 thousand tons minimum. But probably more, he said. It is clear that this will be a two-hull design, a strong and lightweight body. For the sake of greater low noise, a water engine is expected, that is, a water jet. “We had such water cannons on a couple of boats, and this significantly reduces the noise,” the source explained.
And what else, something more detailed - it is difficult to say about this today, the specialist concluded. It is difficult to say what the situation will be by the time the boat appears in the drawings. Perhaps there will be a fundamentally new reactor. Some new weapons. After the revolution in armaments, which was announced by the President of Russia on March 1, some more surprises are possible until 2025.
So yes, the creation of the Husky is shrouded in mist. But it's a beautiful mist. More precisely, the fog behind which lies the future beauty.
The project of the fifth generation nuclear submarine "Husky" is one of the most ambitious military programs of modern Russia.
AT recent times there is less information about the promising Russian aircraft carrier. And this is not surprising. In the face of constant economic difficulties, such a ship looks like a too expensive "toy". It is much cheaper to build nuclear submarines (nuclear submarines). Perhaps that is why the press is increasingly talking about the project of the Russian submarine with the designation "Husky". Interest in this submarine is also great because it could become the first fifth-generation submarine in history.
Here, however, some clarity needs to be made. What are nuclear submarine generations? Unlike fifth-generation fighters, which are already flying with might and main, there are no fifth-generation boats yet. And the most recent is the fourth generation. Such nuclear submarines are distinguished mainly by even greater low noise. This is achieved by placing propellers in ring nozzles or using water jet propulsion systems. In addition, engineers have widely used new types of sound-absorbing coatings and a number of other measures that dramatically reduce the chances of detecting such boats. In general, it is the noise of the submarine that is put at the forefront. The boat will live as long as it can remain undetected. Of course, it is possible to get away from persecution, but this (taking into account the development of anti-submarine weapons) is quite difficult.
The legendary American Seawolf became the first fourth-generation submarine in history. It was commissioned in 1997. True, due to the high price, only three such nuclear submarines were built. The fate of the Virginia was different: they want to build about 30 such fourth-generation multi-purpose submarines.
Russia in this sense is somewhat behind the United States. First Russian boat The fourth generation entered service with the Navy only by the end of the 2000s. It's about about the strategic missile carrier K-535 "Yuri Dolgoruky" - the lead ship of the project 955 "Borey". Even later, the first Russian multi-purpose nuclear submarine of the fourth generation of project 885 Yasen was put into operation. Now the Navy has only one such submarine, and a total of eight are planned.
"Husky" makes eyes
In general, it is project 885 that is needed to understand what the Russian submarine of the future will be like. In the "ideological" sense, it is likely to become the successor of "Ash". Probably, outwardly, the Husky nuclear submarine will be similar to this submarine.
One of the first concrete references to the new boat dates back to 2013. It was then that the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy (now ex-Commander-in-Chief) Viktor Chirkov said that serial production submarines The 5th generation will start in Russia after 2030.
First, experts will finally determine the shape of the future submarine. In March 2016, the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) announced that they were already working hard on this issue. “Currently, work is underway to shape the appearance of the new nuclear submarine, the Navy is developing TTZ to carry out the preliminary design of the ship,” a source representing USC said. The corporation also hinted that the new submarine will be smaller than the current submarines (including Ash). This will likely be achieved through even more automation and downsizing of the crew. It is assumed that the formation of the appearance and the creation of a draft sample will be completed within two years. Shipbuilders do not plan an option with an all-titanium hull, but titanium elements will be present.
Dave Majumdar, a well-known American military expert, recently expressed his assumptions about the Husky. He believes that the new Russian nuclear submarine will be equipped with a liquid-metal coolant reactor. Such lead-bismuth alloy reactors were installed on Soviet submarines of the Lira project and were samples advanced developments. The Lira surpassed all other nuclear submarines in terms of speed and maneuverability, but required special maintenance. Majumdar notes that nuclear reactors with liquid metal coolant are much more productive and more compact than pressurized water. The installation of such a reactor will make the boat compact, but will require the creation of specialized port systems.
Model of the nuclear submarine of project 705K "Lira" / ©Karopka
Now the new boat is being developed by the Malachite design bureau. Note that it was the forces of this design bureau that Lira was created. As for the weapons of the Husky, it is already known that they, in particular, will be the Zircon hypersonic missile, which is currently being created. The speed of this product will exceed the speed of sound by 5-6 times. This is very important, because in this case it will be very, very difficult to intercept a launched missile.
As you know, aircraft carriers operate as part of the AUG (carrier strike group), which has excellent air defense. However, the presence of "Zircon" missiles in the Husky can significantly complicate life. American sailors. We will have to at least reconsider the tactics of protecting the AUG. The range of the missile is 400 km. This is a lot, although somewhat less than that of the old P-700 Granit cruise anti-ship missile. The latter, in particular, are used on the submarines of project 949A "Antey", main task which is the fight against aircraft carriers.
Not only the Husky will receive a new hypersonic missile. Even earlier, they want to arm the nuclear missile cruiser"Peter the Great", which is sometimes called the "aircraft carrier killer". The same missile will add to the arsenal of its twin, the Admiral Nakhimov, which is currently undergoing modernization.
By the way, on March 17 of this year, it became known about the successful test of the Zircon missile at one of the Russian test sites. So the chances that the Husky will get a decent weapon are quite high. Alas, the Zircon was not shown to mere mortals, but earlier a version was put forward that this missile could have much in common with the Russian-Indian BrahMos-II missile. In addition to hypersonic missiles, the new boat will obviously receive new mines and torpedoes, as well as equipment that allows you to effectively track enemy nuclear submarines.
Two in one
In April 2016, perhaps the main feature of the Husky became known. According to the head of USC Alexei Rakhmanov, the new nuclear submarine will combine the capabilities of a multi-purpose and strategic submarine. “This will be a boat that will be unified - strategic and multi-purpose in a number of its key elements,” he said.
This information is extremely important: now nuclear submarines are clearly delineated according to the range of tasks to be solved. Strategic submarines carry ballistic missiles on board and in the event of a nuclear war they will have to wipe out cities and countries. The tasks of multi-purpose boats are more "humane". Such submarines are needed to destroy surface ships / submarines, reconnaissance, as well as strike ground targets with high-precision weapons.
The unification described by Rakhmanov has one goal: to make the project cheaper. Indeed, the creation of one submarine, which will replace both the Ash and Borey, will require much less investment than the design of two boats. On the other hand, the new submarine, as a rule, is positioned precisely as a "multi-purpose". Therefore, it is not yet entirely clear what exactly the new ship will be for its intended purpose.
By the way, Russia is not the only country that is working on the creation of promising nuclear submarines. Similar work is underway in the US. True, the Americans are facing more specific tasks: they want to replace the rapidly aging third-generation Ohio-class strategic submarines. The new carrier of ballistic missiles will be SSBN-X. This submarine is not positioned as a fifth generation boat, so Russia could theoretically become a technological leader in this industry. A kind of "trendsetter". At the same time, the US Navy will still outnumber the Russian fleet. It should not be forgotten that the Americans now have about 40 multi-purpose boats of the Los Angeles type alone. Of course, they are old, but dozens of new Virginias will soon replace them. In such realities, the US analogue of the Husky may simply not be needed.
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On Friday, the approximate date of the Husk project became known. This is 2020 - according to plans, it is by this time that the construction of Project 885 Yasen submarines will be completed.
At the same time, the characteristics of the nuclear submarine of the Haska project have not yet been disclosed - according to the developers from the St. Petersburg Marine Engineering Bureau Malachite, the indicators will depend on the tasks of the Navy. Presumably, the submarines of the new project will combine the qualities of multi-purpose and strategic nuclear submarines, and they will be armed with Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles capable of reaching speeds five to six times faster than the speed of sound.
By the way, "Zircons" experts of the US Navy attributed to one. This spring, it is planned to launch a hypersonic missile from a sea carrier. "Zircons" in the future, along with "Caliber" is assigned an important role in the implementation. It is planned to equip them not only with submarines of the Husky project, which are not yet available, but also with nuclear submarines of the Yasen project, which are under construction, as well as surface ships.
"Ash" also made it to the aforementioned list of "the most deadly systems Russian fleet". "The appearance of nuclear submarines of the "Ash" type is often perceived US Navy as a cause for concern. This is a very powerful and dangerous submarine, and it is not very clear to us what tasks it was created for," said Michael Peterson, director of the Russia Maritime Studies Institute, earlier. This institution was created last fall at the Naval College in Newport, and, as noted in the message on the official website educational institution, the Institute is "entrusted with the task of better understanding Russia's expanding role in global shipping."
This year, at Sevmash in Severodvinsk, the laying of another multi-purpose nuclear submarine of the Yasen project will take place. It is assumed that the project will thus be completed, and in total the Russian Navy will have seven submarines of this project. The submarines of this project have a displacement of 13.8 thousand tons, a diving depth of 520 meters, and an underwater speed of 31 knots. The autonomy of navigation is 100 days. Crew - 64 people. They are armed with mines, 533-mm torpedoes, Caliber and Onyx cruise missiles.
At the end of last year, the same enterprise laid the foundation stone for the last in a series of eight Borey strategic submarines. Three Project 955 nuclear submarines have already entered service, and by 2020 the remaining five submarines under construction under the modernized Project 955A, which, in particular, will be equipped with an improved Bulava-M ballistic missile, will replenish it, RIA Novosti reports. The submarines of this project have a length of 170 meters, a width of 13.5 meters and a total displacement of 24,000 tons. Data submarine cruisers capable of carrying up to 16 sea-based R-30 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles.
One of the best among non-nuclear submarines are the submarines of the Varshavyanka project. They belong to the third generation of diesel-electric submarines, have a displacement of 3.95 thousand tons, an underwater speed of 20 knots, a diving depth of 300 meters, a crew of 52 people. They are armed with torpedoes of 533 mm caliber (six devices with a reload speed of 15 seconds), mines, shock missile system"Caliber-PL". They can detect a target at a distance three to four times the distance at which they can be detected by a likely enemy. For the secrecy of the submarine of the Varshavyanka project, NATO called it a "black hole in the ocean."
At present, a group of six submarines of the Varshavyanka project has been created in the Black Sea. In addition, the Ministry of Defense recently signed a contract with the Admiralty Shipyards for the construction of six more submarines of this project for the Pacific Fleet.
But it is already known that work is underway on non-nuclear submarines, which in the future will replace the Varshavyanka. The Rubin Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering, commissioned by the Defense Ministry, developed a project for a non-nuclear submarine of the Kalina project with an air-independent power plant (VNEU). The construction of submarines of the Kalina project, as well as their number, will be determined by the new state arms program of Russia until 2025, which is planned to be adopted this year.
In addition, representatives of the United Shipbuilding Corporation previously specified that the issue of building such submarines would depend on the readiness of the full-time VNEU, which is planned to be created through the federal target program of the military-industrial complex.
At the end of last year, the American press reported. The article by The Washington Free Beacon columnist Bill Hertz spoke about the project of the "ocean multi-purpose system" Status-6 ", which is capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The device was called "revolutionary", and it was emphasized that this was "bad news for the United States." However, then ex-commander of the Northern Fleet Vyacheslav Popov called this story a "horror story" and told Pravda.Ru that he had no information that in any way confirmed this news.
Nevertheless, the Russian navy in general and the submarine in particular constantly appear in the Western press. Of course, they are largely inspired by the lobbyists of the military-industrial complex - fanning the hysteria about the "threat" is very beneficial for increasing budgets. But this can hardly be attributed to problems that should be paid much attention in Russia.
A new nuclear submarine "Husky" is being designed in our country, which will take all the best from its predecessors and the latest innovations. Americans are already worried.
The Americans are watching our military construction very vigilantly. In mid-March, the official representative of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, Alexei Rakhmanov, announced to the Russian press that the development of the fifth-generation Husky submarine had begun. The project is still at the very beginning: a draft sample will be ready only in two years. Despite the paucity of information, a regular observer of the Russian military equipment from The National Interest, Dave Majumdar devoted an entire article to the Husky. We honor.
Two variants of "Husky"
A feature of the Husky will be its maximum unification with other submarines. According to an American observer, this is very similar to the approach that the Americans are taking. The United States is developing a new class of nuclear submarines, the Ohio, which will make maximum use of technologies from the previous Virginia series. Thanks to this, it is possible to significantly reduce the cost of all work.
However, Majumdar suggested that Russian designers could go one step further and develop two versions of the new submarine. One of them, like the nuclear submarine of the Yasen project, will be designed to combat the enemy's submarine and surface fleets, and the other to destroy ground targets. To do this, you only need to insert a section with installations for launching ballistic missiles into the body.
Indeed, it has been reported in the Russian press that Design Bureau Malakhit is developing two versions of the Husky submarine based on the same hull design. Differences in weapon systems: in one version, only torpedoes and anti-ship weapons are supposed to be placed on board, and in another version, the submarines will be armed with cruise and ballistic missiles.
The first version will most likely replace the submarines of Project 971 Pike-B, Project 945 Sierra, and Project 671RTM Pike. The second version will replace the SSGN project 949A "Antey". It is planned to install Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles on this version of the Husky, which came as a surprise to the American.
Let's take the best
Further, Mr. Majumdar begins to guess and suggests that the 885M Yasen project and elements of the Borey project will be taken as the starting points for the Husky project, but the new submarines will be smaller and cheaper than their Soviet predecessors. In addition, Majumdar sees some signs that the Husky will be introduced automated system control, the first version of which was tested on the boats of project 705 "Lira". In principle, everything is logical: you need to take all the best previous developments. Obviously, this approach will save both money and time.
The American believes that a reactor with a liquid metal coolant will be installed on the Husky. Such lead-bismuth alloy reactors were installed on the Lira, and at one time they were examples of advanced developments. Nuclear reactors with a liquid metal coolant is much more productive and more compact than water-water ones. On the one hand, the installation of such a reactor will make the boat compact: with a displacement of only 6,000 tons, but on the other hand, this will require the creation of specialized port service systems. However, all this was worked out on the Lira in Soviet times. The accumulated experience and the technologies that have advanced since then will make the management and maintenance of a liquid metal reactor safer.
Composite materials
One of the important problems to be solved in the design of new submarines is the maximum reduction of noise and the achievement of maximum invisibility to radars. And here new composite materials will come to our aid. In general, given the operating conditions of submarines and the requirements that apply to them, the design of submarines is a rather interesting task for materials science.
In Soviet times, we made submarines with a fully titanium hull. Titanium is very strong and at the same time light metal but very expensive. At Ash, therefore, not the entire body is made of titanium, but only a part. And the Husky developers plan to do without titanium altogether, completely switching to composites. Moreover, all parts will be made of composite materials.
Quoting Valery Polovinkin, Advisor to the State Research Center. Krylova, Majumdar claims that a two-layer composite material will not only significantly reduce the weight of the submarine, but also make it practically invisible to radars due to the strong absorption of radar radiation by the material. Another property of the Russian composite is its high sound-absorbing capacity. Thus, the Husky will be both invisible and inaudible.
And this is not all the advantages of composite materials. Unlike metals, composites are not subject to corrosion, which is the scourge of all ships sailing in salty ocean water. This means that operating costs will be greatly reduced: there will be no need to spend money on painting or rubber lining. Already in 2018, it is planned to test a propeller made from this material.
See you at sea!
Judging by the tone of the article, Dave Majumdar took the information about the new project of our submarines seriously. Although he did not make a detailed comparison with American submarines, there is nothing strange in this. Judging by several reservations, "Husky" will be superior in some characteristics to the one in development American project"Ohio". One of the important advantages is that while the Americans are working on one type of submarine, we will have two at once. In the price and quantity of innovations, we are also ahead of the United States. However, one should not rush to conclusions. Let's wait for meetings at sea.
Evgeny Sizov
The project of nuclear submarines (NPS) of the fifth generation of the Husky class is under development at the Malachite design bureau, RIA Novosti quoted a high-ranking representative of the Russian military-industrial complex as saying.
It also became known that the Husky will receive Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles, which are already being tested. In parallel, information surfaced in Izvestia about the use of new composite materials in fifth-generation submarines.
“Here you need to understand that composite materials It is supposed to use instead of rubber coatings, which today exist in all submarines, both nuclear and non-nuclear, the hulls of submarines are covered with rubber on the outside. They are designed to contain the level of internal noise created by the mechanisms of the submarine. This is what concerns the coating of the hull, but in no case the hull structure itself.
Because the cases themselves are made of high-strength steel with a huge limit of compression and stretching. Also, designers suggest using composites for depth rudders and rudders. And interestingly, it seems like they are going to make propellers and shaft lines. That is, surfaces that vibrate and create noisy flows, ”a military expert comments on information that has appeared in the media on fifth-generation submarines. Mikhail Timoshenko.
Valery Polovinkin from the Krylov State Research Center notes that the possibilities of traditional monometallic materials are practically exhausted, and in order to achieve an increase in combat performance, it is necessary to switch to composite technologies.
According to another expert in the field of shipbuilding Prokhor Tebin, recently the leading maritime powers are increasingly turning their attention to the design of ships. “There are a number of factors that make designers turn to this technology. Increased security, reduced visibility and overall reduction in the cost of the project. It should be noted that the use of new materials reflects the general trend in modern engineering and industry. But before the mass introduction of the technology, it is still necessary to run it in, to study it thoroughly, ”the expert notes.
Polovinkin also draws attention to stealth. According to him, the structure and composition of the material does not allow the enemy to receive the signal reflected from the submarine at the proper level to detect it, since the material is sound-absorbing. But Tymoshenko disagrees. “To say that submarines will receive some kind of stealth technology using composites means not to understand that passive sonar means, that is, microphones, or rather hydrophones, are used to detect submarines to each other in the sea.”
According to experts, the use of composite technologies in the construction of submarines, as well as the use of new types of missiles by them, fully fits into the concept of building fifth-generation nuclear-powered ships. Recall that last year two types of fifth-generation submarines were announced: an anti-submarine submarine, the so-called hunter boat, and an “aircraft carrier killer” with cruise missiles on board. So the Husky project will definitely not end here.
