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Russia hands over Nerpa nuclear attack submarine to India, says ITAR-TASS. - Press Trust of India
ITAR-TASS (Russia's central information agency) quotes General Staff of the Russian Navy.
Here is the link to ITAR-TASS http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/309703.html
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Published Friday, December 30, 2011
"The signing ceremony happened yesterday at the Bolshoi Kamen ship building facility in the (Far East) Primorye region where the Nerpa is now based," the senior navy official said, adding that it was being transferred on a 10-year lease.
The report said an Indian crew would sail the Akula II class craft to its home base at the end of January.
"All of the naval tests and performance checks have been completed," the Russian navy official said.
"The crew will begin making themselves feel at home on board the craft after New Year and start sailing it to India in the latter half of January," the official said.
The 8,140-tonne vessel can fire a range of torpedoes as well as Granat cruise missiles that can be nuclear-tipped.
http://www.emirates247.com/news/wor...erpa-nuclear-sub-to-india-2011-12-30-1.435128
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