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| Rooshuns to build 12 new heavy missile cruisers | |
| 2016-06-14 | |
| You can read the ship's vitals here Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) is expected to sign a contract with the Kremlin to build a massive new warship called Project 23560 Lider (or Leader in English) after the design is finalized later this year. "At present, Preliminary Design 23560 Leader is under consideration at the Ministry of Defense,” Igor Ponomarev, USC vice president for military shipbuilding told state-owned RIA Novosti. “After a positive decision, we expect to sign a contract to develop and design the ship under terms defined by the Ministry of Defense.” The new warship is classified as a destroyer but will displace 17,500 metric tons, with a length of 200m (656.2ft) and a beam of 20m (65.6ft)—making it larger than most World War II-era heavy cruisers.
The new warship is being designed with anti-aircraft, anti-ballistic missile, anti-surface and anti-submarine capability. It is also likely to have a significant land-attack capability using long-range cruise missiles such as the Kalibr-NK. From what little is known about the Leader-class, the vessels are expected to be equipped with 60 anti-ship cruise missiles, 128 anti-aircraft guided missiles and 16 anti-ship guided missiles. There are no details available about the exact mix of missiles that are expected to be carried onboard, but the air defense systems are likely to be based on either the S-400 or S-500 while some of the anti-ship weapons are likely to be variants of the Zircon hypersonic missile. | |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #5 Build all they want, crewing them with competent sailors, well[shrugs] that's another matter. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2016-06-14 19:24 |
| #4 Perhaps the Chinese can build 'em. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-06-14 08:43 |
| #3 ...On the other hand: 1. The Russians commission the first new frigate class in nearly sixty years, the Admiral Grigorivich class FFG, in March of this year. (The Grigorovich design is by all apparent indicators an update of the long-serving Krivak class, first commissioned in the late '50s.) 2. While arriving at her home port of Sevastapol for the first time on June 9th, the crew ran her into the dock, doing some serious damage in the process. 3. The last three ships in the class are still sitting in the yard without engines. Seems a Ukranian company was to provide them but no longer wishes to (I know, can't imagine why either) and the new Russian contractor can't provide them until 2019. I hope the Russians won't take it personally if I'm just a wee bit skeptical. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-06-14 05:16 |
| #2 The lubberly Russian's a boozer; His lovely new cruiser's a bruiser: Is tubbish; his tonnage Will rubbish his gunnage; Is probably dubbed Biggest Loser. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2016-06-14 01:46 |
| #1 "Little/Mini-KIROVS"??? [AUSTIN POWER'S "MINI-ME" here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-06-14 01:22 |