Four Indian Kilo-class subs to get new cruise missiles new

Moscow: Russian shipyard Zvezdochka said Wednesday it has been offered a contract to install Klub-S cruise missile systems on four Indian Navy Kilo class diesel submarines over the next five years.
Currently, two Indian Kilo-class submarines - the INS Sindhugosh and INS Sindhuvijay - carry the Klub-S (SS-N-27) cruise missiles. Russia has supplied a total of ten Kilo class submarines to India.
"The new missile system will be installed on the INS Sindhuratna, INS Sindhuraj, INS Sindhushastra, and INS Sindhuvir. The retrofit will be carried out at Indian shipyards," the shipyard said in a statement.
"Zvezdochka will finish this work in the next five years," it further said.

Zvezdochka is located in northern Russia.
The Klub-S subsonic cruise missile, with a range of 160 nautical miles (about 300 km), is designed for launch from a 533 mm torpedo tube, or a vertical launch tube. It uses an ARGS-54 active radar seeker and Glonass satellite and inertial guidance.
In addition, Zvezdochka will overhaul another Indian Kilo class submarine, the INS Sindhurakshak, under a deal expected to be signed in spring 2010. "The submarine will be delivered to Severodvinsk in June 2010," the shipyard said.
The submarines are being overhauled under an agreement signed in 2001 which involve upgrades of all the 10 Indian Kilo class submarines. The upgrades of the previous four have all taken place at the Zvezdochka shipyard.
The upgrade programme involves a complete overhaul of the submarines, including their hull structures, and installation of improved control systems, sonar, electronic warfare systems, and an integrated weapon control system.
Russia's Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines have earned a reputation for being extremely quiet subs.(DOMAIN B)