Yasen Class (Project 885 Yasen Class) Russian Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Submarine

Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN)

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Basic Information

Name

Yasen Class (Project 885 Yasen Class) Russian Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Submarine

Designation

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Alternate Designation

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Equipment Type

Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN)

Manufacturer

Malakhit Marine Engineering Bureau

Date of Introduction

2013

Description

The Yasen Class (Project 885 Yasen Class) Russian Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Submarine are a series of nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines designed by the Malakhit Marine Engineering Bureau and built by Sevmash for the Russian Navy..

Naval & Littoral Specifications

Crew 80

Beam 12.00 m

Draft 8.40 m

Variants

Severodvinsk Commissioned: 2013 Status: Active Fleet: Northern

Kazan Commissioned: 2021 Status: In Sea Trials Fleet Northern Fleet

Novosibirsk Commissioned: 2021 Status: In Sea Trials Fleet: Pacific Fleet

Krasnoyarsk Commissioned: 2022 Status: Under Construction Fleet: Pacific Fleet

Arkhangelsk Commissioned: 2022 Status: Under Construction Fleet: Northern Fleet

Perm Commissioned: 2023 Status: Under Construction Fleet: Pacific Fleet

Ulyanovsk Commissioned: 2024 Status: Under Construction Fleet: Northern Fleet

Voronezh Commissioned: 2027 Status: Under Construction Fleet: Northern Fleet

Vladivostok Commissioned: 2027 Status: Under Construction Fleet: Pacific Fleet

System

Alternative designations Yasen Class; Project 885 Yasen Class

Type Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Submarine

Builders Sevmashpredpriyatiye (Severodvinsk Shipyard 199), Severodvinsk, Russia

Crew 80 (30 off. + 50 enl.)

Dimensions

Length 140 m

Beam 12 m

Draft 8.4 m

Displacement, Surface 9,500 tons

Displacement, Submerged 11,800 tons

Propulsion

Engine Name 1 x OK-650KPM

Engine Type Pressurized water reactor powering 2 GT3A turbines

Engine Power 43,000 total shp

Range Unlimited

Surface Speed 20 kn (37 km/h)

Submerged Speed (Silent) 28 kn (52 km/h)

Submerged Speed (Maximum) 35 kn (65 km/h)

Safe Depth 450 m

Never Exceed Depth 580 m

Crush Depth 568 m

Endurance Only limited by food and maintenance requirements.

Note Yasen-class submarines are the first to be equipped with a fourth generation nuclear reactor. The reactor, built by Afrikantov OKBM, will allegedly have a 25-30-year core life and will not have to be refueled. The only other submarine classes in service with such reactor design are USN' Ohio and Virginia, employing the S8G and S9G reactors respectively.

Main Weapon Systems

Launcher 8 x VLS silos.

Note Additionally, the Yasen-Class can be equipped with a variety of Russian Kalibr Cruise Missiles.

Weapon Station #1

Name 32 x P-800 Oniks Supersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile

Type Supersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile

Length 8.9 m

Diameter 0.7 m

Weight 3,000 kg

Warhead national ver. 300 kg semi-armour piercing HE, thermonuclear; for export 200 kg semi-armour piercing HE

Detonation Mechanism delay fuze

Engine Ramjet with 4 tons of thrust

Wingspan 1.7 m

Propellant kerosene liquid fuel

Operational Range 600 km (370 mi; 320 nmi) (Oniks version for Russia) 120 to 300 km (75 to 186 mi; 65 to 162 nmi) depending on altitude (Yakhont export version)

Flight Ceiling 14,000 m

Flight Altitude 10 meters or higher

Speed Mach 2

Guidance System midcourse inertial guidance, active radar homing-passive radar seeker head

Launch Platform coastal installations, naval ships, Fixed-wing aircraft

Accuracy 1.5 m

Basic Load 32 x P-800 Oniks Supersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile

Weapon Station #2

Name SS-N-15 Starfish Anti-Submarine Rocket

Type Anti-Submarine Rocket

Launcher 10 x torpedo tubes (533 mm) The tubes can launch VA-111 Shkval rocket torpedoes, SAET-60M, Type 65-76, Type 65K torpedoes and RPK-7/SS-N-16 Veter / Stallion anti-submarine rockets.

Length INA

Diameter 533 mm

Weight 2,445 kg

Engine 1 x solid-fuel rocket

Warhead 1 x nuclear

Maximum Speed 1,100 km/h

Range 50 km

Guidance System Inertial; initial targeting data from the submarine's passive sonar; probably bearing/range for firing solution from active sonar.

Basic Load INA

Radar System

Surface Search Radar 1 x Snoop Pair surface search radar and a 1 x Myedvyeditsa-971 Radar.

Radar Intercept 1 x Rim Hat radar intercept receiver

Sonar System

Sonar Suite 1 x Irtysh / Amfora integrated sonar suite.

Low-Frequency Passive Sonar 1 x MGK-500 Shark Gill low-frequency passive.

Flank Array Sonar 1 x Mouse Roar very low-frequency flank array.

Towed Array Sonar 1 x Skat 3 towed array.

Protection

Hull The sail sits more forward in this class than found in the AKULA classes. Normal maximum operating depth is to be 520 m, with a maximum of 600 m. A submarine is equipped with a rescue chamber in the conning tower, which can accommodate the entire crew for emergencies. The chamber is ejected and surfaces within seconds. Upon reaching the surface, signal smoke is released to assist with rescue.

Decoys INA

Countermeasures INA

EW Intercept 1 x electronic intercept set

Image Sources

Notes https://russiannavyreport.blogspot.com/; https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/t/russian-yasen-class-ssn-in-1-350-scale.6727/; https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-yasen-class-cruise-missile-submarines-worry-us-commanders-2023-1;

Details

Country of Origin Russia

Category Submarines

Naval > Submarines

Classification

Domain

Naval & Littoral

Equipment Status

Active

Dimensions

Length

140 m

Width

12 m

Height

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Weight

9500000 kg

Operators (1)

Russia

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