{"id":31537,"date":"2025-03-29T01:35:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31537"},"modified":"2025-04-16T12:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T07:15:21","slug":"perm-submarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/perm-submarine\/","title":{"rendered":"Perm Submarine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Perm Submarine Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin recently launched the Perm, a Project 885M Yasen-class nuclear-powered submarine, from Murmansk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>About Perm Submarine<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a fourth-generation <strong>nuclear-powered attack submarine<\/strong> belonging to the <strong>Yasen-M class<\/strong> (Project 885M).<\/li>\n<li>Named after the city of Perm in the Urals, it is the sixth vessel in the Yasen\/Yasen-M series and the<strong> first Russian nuclear submarine<\/strong> to be <strong>officially equipped with <\/strong>the <strong>3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile<\/strong> as a standard feature.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is scheduled to enter service with the Russian Navy in 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Perm Submarine Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong>powered by a pressurized water-cooled nuclear reactor<\/strong> generating 200 megawatts (approximately 268,204 hp).<\/li>\n<li>It can reach speeds of up to 31 knots underwater and 16 knots on the surface.<\/li>\n<li>It has a<strong> 25\u201330-year core life, <\/strong>eliminating the need for mid-life refueling, and allows natural coolant circulation, contributing to lower acoustic signatures.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>With a maximum diving depth of 600 meters and an operational depth of 520 meters, the Perm <strong>can remain submerged for up to 100 days.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Its overall length is 130 meters, with a beam of 13 meters and a draft of 9.4 meters, and it accommodates a crew of 64 members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Perm Submarine FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What type of submarine is the Perm?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Fourth-generation nuclear-powered attack submarine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What makes the Perm submarine unique in the Russian Navy?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It is the first Russian nuclear submarine to be officially equipped with the 3M22 Zircon hypersonic missile<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. How does the Perm submarine reduce its acoustic signature?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. By eliminating mid-life refueling and allowing natural coolant circulation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/explainers\/russia-nuclear-submarine-perm-zircon-missiles-launch-vladimir-putin-13875409.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perm Submarine is a fourth-generation nuclear-powered attack submarine belonging to the Yasen-M class (Project 885M).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}