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China purchased from Russia party submarines, According TSVMP citing China\’s state broadcaster CCTV . According to the channel, it is about four non-nuclear submarine «Amur-1650».
In this CCTV called the agreement a «framework», without specifying what the contract details remained unresolved.
Confirmation of this information from official sources do not. Reports of the impending deal were published in the Russian press and before. Thus, it was reported that a preliminary agreement on the subject, Russia and China signed in Zhuhai Air Show in China in November 2012.
, Told the Russian service Bi-bi-si independent military expert Victor Murakhovsky, indeed signed the contract, and he was getting ready for several months.
Reference P24:
The submarine «Amur-1650» is the export version of the diesel submarines of Project 677 class «Lada». The submarine is designed for independent operations on the sea lanes against submarines and surface ships of the enemy in a limited area of the ASW in coastal areas, and in the narrow waters of torrential areas of mine fields and other tasks. According to chief designer Yury Kormilitsinina project, the submarine is a kind of under-sea hunters, capable of destroying any purpose.