1/5/2024 0 Comments Russian modern warships![]() So she may need several years alongside in Severodvinsk after launch before the modernization is complete. Recent satellite imagery shows that she is still a construction site though. Russian media reported ( in Russian) that the basin where the ship is being worked on is slowly being flooded and I had been observing this through open sources. There are indications that the mighty warship might be launched very soon. I expect that her massive twin 130mm main gun might be replaced with the newer single-barrel AK-192 gun. Other upgrades include more modern close in air defenses and anti-submarine armament. Either way, Fort-M is a reputable system. But those have not been fitted to ships so it might be a question of development cost. That system is still about 30 years old and doesn’t compare to the latest S-350 or S-400 systems. RIA Novosti also says that the main air defense complex will be upgraded to the Fort-M system, which is a more advanced version of the S-300. ![]() These would give Admiral Nakhimov a greater land-attack capability than her sister-ship Peter the Great. But given that they are sometimes loaded interchangeably with Zircon this is a distinct possibility. It is unknown whether the Kalibr land-attack cruise missile or Oniks dual-purpose anti-ship and land attack missile will be carried. Also carried by the Oscar-II class submarine, three Zircon could be carried for each Granite, so a total of 60 missiles. ![]() Type 23 frigates HMS Westminster, HMS Lancaster and HMS Richmond tracked Slava-class cruiser. The ship spent the early part of her career deployed in the Mediterranean and in the Far East.She participated in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 before returning to the Baltic Fleet in 1901. Type 23 frigates HMS Westminster, HMS Lancaster and HMS Richmond, according to the Royal Navy, have been on a 'concerted operation' shadowing the Russian Navy task force. Navarin was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Baltic Fleet in the late 1880s and early 1890s. Zircon is much smaller than the original P-700 Granite missiles so possibly more will be carried. Three Royal Navy warships have been shadowing a Russian Navy task force in waters close to the UK. Royal Navy warships have continued to shadow a Russian task force travelling near in waters close to the UK. ![]() President Putin emphasizes this weapon, most recently during his Navy Day speech in St. This is an ultra-modern weapon which is becoming a priority system for the resurgent Russian Navy. Like its sister ship that sank after being blasted by missiles, Marshall Ustinov also has an extensive history, as it was commissioned back in 1982.Įxperts speculate that the sudden departure from the Mediterranean might be motivated by the lack of Russian infrastructure in the area, which is making maintenance and refueling more difficult, after a deployment that’s already lasted for six months.According to Russian state media RIA Novosti, she will be armed with the 3M22 Zircron hypersonic anti-ship missile. RTS Marshal Ustinov is a Slava-class ship that’s 611.7-foot-long (186.5 meters), equipped with modern Vulcan anti-ship missiles that replaced the older P-500 Bazalt weapons. There were no incidents during the monitoring operation carried out by the three Royal Navy frigates. It currently operates as a small patrol ship patrolling Russias waters. According to the Royal Navy, the task group took a break in the Celtic Sea, so that Vyazma could refuel the Marshall Ustinov cruiser. The Grad Sviyahsk is one of the many Buyan-class corvettes built for the Russian Navy. HMS Lancaster and HMS Westminster shadowed the three vessels as they made their way from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Celtic Sea, while HMS Richmond took over things in the English Channel.Īll of them used highly-advanced sensors and other advanced naval technologies to monitor the Russian ships as they were shadowing them. Working closely with their NATO allies, the British Royal Navy’s warships also jumped into action. Truman Carrier Strike Group, were immediately on its tail. Two weeks ago, Marshall Ustinov left the area where it had been stationed for the past six months, and two American destroyers, USS Cole and USS Bainbridge, part of the Harry S. HMS Westminster, HMS Lancaster and HMS Richmond (all three of them Type 23 frigates) have kept a close eye on the Russian task group that departed from the eastern Mediterranean, apparently on their way back to Russia.
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