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| Three ships of the Karakurt project will be accepted into the Russian Navy in 2023 |
| 2023-08-01 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited According to Russianships.info Russian Navy already has 13 ships of the Karakurt corvette class currently in service, bringing the total to 16. [Regnum] In 2023, it is planned to accept three ships of project 22,800 Karakurt, which are capable of delivering high-precision missile strikes, into the Russian Navy (Navy) in 2023, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on July 31 at a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Russian Armed Forces . Shoigu said that three ships of the Karakurt project will be accepted into the Russian Navy in 2023 Commenting on the agenda item, which concerns the construction of small missile ships of Project 22,800 Karakurt, Shoigu noted that these ships are capable, operating in the near sea zone, of delivering high-precision missile strikes against critical targets on land and enemy ships at sea. The head of the Russian Defense Ministry recalled that in July the Black Sea Fleet was replenished with a serial ship of this project, the Cyclone. “Three ships are planned to be accepted into the Navy by the end of this year. Two more are to be put into operation in 2024, ” he specified. The meeting participants also considered the issue of building sea minesweepers of project 12,700 "Alexandrite". Shoigu explained that these new ships solve the tasks of mine defense of the near sea zone. They are equipped with the latest means of searching for and destroying mines, hydroacoustic stations, an anti-mine circuit, and robotic systems. The Minister of Defense also said that the Russian Defense Ministry at the Army-2023 forum plans to conclude contracts totaling more than 433 billion rubles. The forum will present developments that have been tested in a real combat situation, and the heads of defense departments of 108 countries of the world are invited to participate in the event, the minister said. In addition, Shoigu during the conference call also commented on the situation in the zone of the special military operation. In particular, he said that a large-scale attempt to break through the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Orekhovskoye direction was thwarted thanks to the actions of the Russian Armed Forces. The minister also spoke about the “many times” increase in the intensity of attacks on Ukrainian military facilities, including those related to the organization and conduct of terrorist attacks by Kiev on the territory of Russia. Now the Kiev regime, against the backdrop of its failed "counteroffensive", has focused specifically on terrorist attacks against civilian infrastructure, Shoigu stressed. |
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