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| New corvette for the Pacific Fleet laid down at the plant in the Amur region |
| 2023-06-10 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] A new project 20 385 corvette for the Russian Navy was laid down at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation). This was reported on June 9 by RIA Novosti. Corvette Zealous for the Pacific Fleet was laid down at the Amur Shipyard It is noted that in accordance with the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov , a new corvette was laid down under the name Zealous. The solemn event is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the laying of the first industrial facility of the Amur Shipbuilding Plant. It is specified that the commander of the Pacific Fleet Admiral Viktor Liina , the head of the Khabarovsk Territory Mikhail Degtyarev , the general director of the Amur shipbuilding plant Mikhail Borovsky , and the head of Komsomolsk-on-Amur Alexander Zhornik took part in the ceremony of laying the new corvette in Komsomolsk -on-Amur. According to the commander of the Pacific Fleet, the quality with which ships are built at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant allows the use of warships far beyond the near sea zone of the Pacific Fleet. It is noted that the nearest warship, which the plant will hand over to the fleet, will be the project 20 380 corvette "Sharp." It is specified that project 20 385 corvettes can be equipped with Onyx and Caliber cruise missiles, Zircon hypersonic missiles. These ships have a hangar for a Ka-27 helicopter and a helipad. They are capable of performing tasks in the near and far sea zone, have the potential to be re-equipped with advanced naval weapons systems and modernized. As reported by IA Regnum, on June 5, the Pacific Fleet began the planned operational exercises in the waters of the Sea of ​​Japan and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. More than 60 warships and vessels, as well as about 35 aircraft of naval aviation and more than 11 thousand military personnel are involved in the maneuvers. Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, to consider the possibility of building a new facility for the navigation system of the Pacific Fleet at Cape Aniva on Sakhalin. In May, the Severnaya Verf shipyard handed over to the Navy of the Russian Federation the latest project 20 380 Mercury missile corvette. In February, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the testing of new warships - the Admiral Golovko frigate and the Mercury corvette - would be completed in 2023. After that, they will enter the combat structure of the Northern and Black Sea Fleets. The ships are equipped with artillery, anti-missile, anti-submarine, sonar and radar systems, a hangar for the Ka-27 helicopter. The main strike weapon of the Project 20 380 corvettes is the Uran anti-ship missile system. Earlier, the American publication 19FortyFive called the ship "Admiral Golovko", equipped with hypersonic weapons, the "best" gift to the Russian Navy. The first two ships of this project, Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Kasatonov, are already serving as part of the formation of missile ships of the Northern Fleet. |
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