Project Kalina is a proposed fifth-generation
diesel-electric submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...
currently being developed by
TsKB Rubin
Rubin Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering (Russian: Центральное конструкторское бюро "Рубин", shortened to ЦКБ "Рубин") in Saint Petersburg is one of three main Russian centers of submarine desig ...
and others, for the
Russian Navy. It will be fitted with
air-independent propulsion
Air-independent propulsion (AIP), or air-independent power, is any marine propulsion technology that allows a non-nuclear submarine to operate without access to atmospheric oxygen (by surfacing or using a snorkel). AIP can augment or replace the ...
technology, and copies may also be sold to China.
As of 2021, the project had lost government funding, according to the Russian state-owned
RIA Novosti
RIA Novosti (russian: РИА Новости), sometimes referred to as RIAN () or RIA (russian: РИА, label=none) is a Russian state-owned domestic news agency. On 9 December 2013 by a decree of Vladimir Putin it was liquidated and its asse ...
news agency. As a result, it was being self-funded by Rubin, the developer.
See also
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List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes
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Future of the Russian Navy Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, the Russian Navy struggled to adjust Cold War force structures while suffering severely with insufficient maintenance and a lack of funding. However, improvements in the Russian ec ...
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Cruise missile submarine
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Attack submarine
References
{{Soviet and Russian submarines after 1945
Russian and Soviet navy submarine classes
Attack submarines