In addition to the $2 billion contract to sell six Kilo submarines to Vietnam, Russia also signed a subcontract to help modernize Cam Ranh military port.
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| This information was reported by VNA citing Russian military sources. Accordingly, this subcontract is worth up to 4 billion USD. Specifically, Russia will train submarine sailors, build infrastructure and provide necessary equipment for Vietnam. |
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| It is known that in early 2014, representatives of Russia and Vietnam signed a document on transferring the submarine training center in Cam Ranh to the Vietnam Navy. According to the Russian Military News, Russia is participating in helping Vietnam build a submarine training center. The project is implemented by the Avrora JSC Scientific and Production Association. |
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| "The project was developed by the Training Center of the Avrora JSC Scientific and Production Association. This Russian company is involved in manufacturing and supplying technical training equipment and documents necessary for organizing and implementing the submarine training process for Vietnamese sailors," a source in the Russian defense industry said. |
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| According to the source, the contractor has almost completed the construction work, and is installing the lining as well as starting the renovation and assembling the necessary equipment. In particular, one of the two buildings will be installed with metal structures and necessary equipment to serve the monitoring and rescue process of submarines during diving training. |
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| Other equipment will be linked to the integrated simulator system, some of which will be supplied by Russia for the first time. |
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| According to the same source, when the integrated simulation equipment and systems are completed, Russian experts will teach domestic experts on the operation of this submarine training center. Then, together with Russian experts, Vietnamese experts will directly participate in the operation of the integrated simulation equipment and hardware. |
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| “The training center is like a submarine without a rigid frame assembled on the shore,” said Vladimir Khoroshev, representative of the Avrora Scientific-Production Association. |
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| “The core of this ship was built by Avrora in close cooperation with nearly 100 Russian companies that supply equipment for real submarines. About 30 training and exercise devices are installed on the simulator, connected in a single system,” said expert Vladimir Khoroshev. |
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| On these devices it is possible to study submarine operations under normal operating conditions as well as train the crew's behavior in unusual emergency situations, up to the highest alarm level. |
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| The Avrora Association, together with the training centers of the Russian Federation, has planned training methods, absorbing the rich and useful experience of Russian scientists, engineers and submarine sailors from the past to the present. |
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| The training center has a three-plane rocking platform that allows you to simulate real situations at sea when encountering a storm, the ship shaking, listing when diving and rising to the surface. If the sailor makes a wrong move, you will immediately feel the physical sensation – the platform will tilt or rise, simulating the situation of a real ship. In it, all movements are as close to reality as possible. |
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| As with real submarines, great attention was paid to the struggle for submarine survival when constructing this training center. The center has a special swimming pool where submarine sailors will learn how to act in a simulated environment with suffocating smoke, extinguish fires with different means, carry out repair work, and quickly leave the submarine through the torpedo tubes. |
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| In addition to building a training facility for submarine sailors, the Vietnam Navy also invested in building an area to ensure the health of submarine sailors. |
According to Baodatviet
