The Kashalot-class submarine is the NATO reporting name for Soviet Project 1910 deep-diving nuclear special-mission submarines. Open sources describe the titanium-hulled boats as covert seabed platforms with manipulator arms, side thrusters, and GUGI-linked undersea warfare roles rather than standard attack-submarine armament.
Open reporting describes Project 1910 Kashalot / Uniform as a titanium-hulled deep-diving special-mission submarine used for covert seabed work, and Janes reported in 2021 that AS-15 was being returned to service for operations from Belgorod. The open sources support modern Russian undersea warfare relevance, but they do not tie the class to a specific cataloged conflict, so it remains filed under Various Conflicts.
Timeline
Construction on the first Project 1910 boat began in Leningrad under the project commonly referred to as Kashalot.
Sources: Project 1910 Kashalot / Uniform
The first completed Project 1910 submarine was accepted into the Soviet Northern Fleet.
Sources: Project 1910 Kashalot / Uniform
The second Project 1910 submarine was commissioned after a long build and trial period.
Sources: Project 1910 Kashalot / Uniform
Janes reported that Russia was preparing AS-15 to return to service for operations from the Belgorod mothership.
Sources: Russia readies Kashalot submarine for Belgorod role
