Kursk specifications

1 January 2000

K-141 Kursk Specifications

NATO Class	Oscar-II
Built	1995 Sevmash shipyard
Reactors	2 x OK 650b pressurized water reactors
	~200 megawatts thermal
Shield capacity	25m3
Fuel	Uranium/aluminium ceramic metal clad in zircaloy
	zoned 20 45% (core equivalent 30%) enriched U-235
	48 assemblies
	Approx. 200kg U-235 per core
	Gadolinium burnable poison
	Boron/hafnium absorbers
Missiles	24 ship-to-ship (SN19-Granit) cruise missiles
Torpedoes	24 torpedoes (conventional or nuclear)
Other weapons	Capability for mines and Harpoon-type rockets
Speed	28+ knots deep
	15 knots on the surface
Propulsion	49,000shp through 2 x 7-blade propellers
Length	154m
Beam	18m over the outer casing or flood hull
	11m diameter inner pressure hull
Displacement	24,000 tons
Outer hull	8mm steel plate
Inner hull	50mm high yield steel plate
Cladding	40-80mm synthetic rubber tiles

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