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China's new Kilo subs set for summer sea trials The first of two advanced Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines will be launched in May, Russia's Agentstvo Voyennykh Novosti news agency reported last week. The submarines are being built at the Sevmashpredpriyatiye facility in Severodvinsk. "It is presumed that the export order will be taken out on 10 May," said a source at the company. Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, left, shakes hands with Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan before their meeting in Jerusalem May 1. Last week the submarine was covered in a special material and tests were completed on the louvers used in ventilation. "This new feature was designed and produced by factory specialists and manufactured in a very short period," the source said. Sea trials are set to begin this summer and the subs will be supplied to China in late 2005. The submarines are third-generation Project 877 submarines, known as Kilos by NATO. The submarines will be different than earlier versions because they are equipped with advanced weapons systems, including an advanced cruise missile system that "substantially expands the area over which enemy targets can be destroyed," Novosti stated. It also has advanced inertial navigation systems that allow data to be supplied to cruise missiles before they break the surface. Meanwhile, a Sovremenny-class destroyer being built for China last week caught fire, according to the Interfax-Military News Agency. Sources said the fire occurred at the Severnaya Verf shipyard on one of two guided missile destroyers being built for China. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
