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| Rooshuns to begin building new missile corvette |
| 2016-05-31 |
| Project 22800, which is a crash program to bring 18 of these by 2018 [FLOTPROM.RU] According to the source RIA News in the shipbuilding industry, it is about the first two ships of the project 22800, which will be armed with cruise missiles "Caliber" sea-based. "The two IRCs new generation of project 22800 will be laid at the shipyard" Pella "December 24" - Dygalo said. By order of the Commander of the Navy ships will carry the name "Hurricane" and "Typhoon" and alternately enter the fleet in 2017 and in 2018, after the completion of construction and testing, said the captain of the first rank. "MRK project 22800 will have a displacement of about 800 tons, speed - in excess of 30 knots They will be equipped with high-precision missiles and advanced artillery systems on ships of this project will set the propulsion system of the Russian production, ", he cited Deputy Navy Commander for armaments Vice Admiral Victor Bursuc. According to Bursuc, among the advantages of the ships are high flexibility, high seaworthiness and architecture superstructure and hull, made ​​by technology for reduced radar signature. The ship will be able to perform tasks in the maritime zone at a distance from the base, about 3 thousand kilometers. "It is expected that in the short term in different Russian shipyards for the Russian Navy will be built over 10 small missile ships of Project 22800", - said Vice-Admiral. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 Compare the Russian and US shipbuilding programs to the methodical expansion of the Chinese surface fleet. Build a new class, tinker with it, and a few years later build the next class. By the time the Russians show up they would be heavily outnumbered... |
| Posted by: magpie 2016-05-31 10:02 |
| #3 RUSSIA is highly supportive of Pan-Christian/JudeoChristian Union between it + US-West under the future or new OWG-NWO, so I wish Vlad + his RussNav Boyz good luck on modernizing their fleet. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-05-31 08:02 |
| #2 So, the 'south China sea' competition heats up. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-05-31 06:24 |
| #1 Project 22800, which is a crash program to bring 18 of these by 2018 Remember how the Russians actually do things - by 2018 there might be 18 hulls in varying stages of completion and not a doggoned one of them able to go to sea, but there will be 18 of 'em. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-05-31 04:47 |