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| Ukrainian Navy to begin sea trials of new light patrol boat |
| 2017-05-27 |
| Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in the near future to conduct sea trials of a series of fast high-speed military boats developed by company «Sea Magic». As the press service of the Association of Ukrainian Defense Manufacturers told, which includes the company «Sea Magic», the relevant document on preparation for state trials was signed by Minister of Defence of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak and representative of the company of 24 May. During the last several years the member companies of the Association has provided the Armed Forces of Ukraine with considerable amount of armored vehicles, air-defense capabilities, electronic warfare devices, drones, other modern armaments and military equipment. According to the document, the first trial will be held “Jura” high-speed patrol boats. The high-speed patrol boat is designed to deliver up to 3 combat swimmers or 5 soldiers with light equipment, staging surface and underwater false targets and obstacles delivery remote-controlled underwater robots and explosive charges, finding and destroying underwater mines and navigation tasks in the sea. The maximum speed of the boat is 110 kph (60 kts), with a range of more than 500 kms (270 nautical miles). In addition, the boat has the level six ballistic protection, post controls and systems, and is invisible to thermal imagers. In the near future will be published a detailed review of the «Sea Magic» company products. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 Might work. German S Boats had some successes in the Black Sea during the Crimean occupation. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2017-05-27 21:05 |
| #1 So they discovered the 'bass boats'! |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-05-27 06:33 |