A tactical naval strike group of the Russian North Fleet, consisting of a multi-tasking atomic cruiser of the Kazan submarine (the 885M task "Jasień") and the frigate of the 22350 russian Union Admiral Gorszkov, carrying out long-range missions off the U.S. coast, sailed into the port of Havana and then sailed to Venezuela.
Project frigates 22350 can launch the latest, Russian 3M14 maneuvering rockets of the Calibr strategy and anti-ship hypersonic rockets of the kind "Circon". This is allowed by 2 kind 3S14 vertical launcher modules, which hold 8 starting positions. The Kazan submarine cruiser is the main submarine of the 4th generation of improved 885 Jasien-M task and it uses the latest technologies.
These include modern absorbent and sound-intensive materials, digital intelligent weapon control systems and targeting systems, hydroacoustic systems, modern underwater communication methods and support systems with distant command center during service at sea. The 885M plan ship is armed with "Kalibr" strategy maneuvering rockets as well as supersonic "Oniks" anti-ship missiles. They launch from 8 vertical launchers placed in the hull, which can besides be prepared to launch hypersonic “Circon” missiles.
Each launcher (missile units) houses 4 3M55 Onix maneuvering rockets, 3M22 Circon or 5 3M14 Calibre maneuvering rockets. So the rocket’s “salt” is 24 Cirkon rockets, or 40 Calibr rockets. Each “Jasień” has an additional 10 torpedo tubes of 533 mm caliber and the ability to take 30 different types of torpedoes including “Szkwal” or torpedoes with atomic warheads.
Krzysztof Podgórski
