Cutting-edge corvette enters service with
Russia’s Pacific Fleet
Military & Defense July 20, 12:17 UTC+3
The Project 20380 corvette is a green-water
warship capable of fighting enemy surface combatants and submarines and
providing fire support for amphibious landing operations
VLADIVOSTOK, July 20. /TASS/. A ceremony of hoisting
Russia’s naval flag has been held aboard the most advanced corvette Sovershenny
built by the Amur Shipyard for the Russian Pacific Fleet, Fleet spokesman
Captain 2nd rank Vladimir Matveyev said on Thursday.
"After a certificate of the corvette’s acceptance
was signed by industry representatives and a solemn flag-hoisting ceremony was
held, the warship became operational in the Russian Navy and entered service
with the Pacific Fleet by order of the Navy Commander-in-Chief," the
spokesman said.
"The flag-hoisting ceremony was attended by
representatives of the Pacific Fleet command, the shipyard, the regional
administration and Navy veterans," Matveyev said.
The corvette earlier successfully passed sea and state
trials, during which all the warship’s systems and armament were checked.
The corvette Sovershenny is the fourth Project 20380
serial-produced warship. The corvette was designed at the Almaz Central Marine
Design Bureau. The Project 20380 corvette is a green-water warship capable of
fighting enemy surface combatants and submarines and providing fire support for
amphibious landing operations.
Stealth technology is used for the corvettes’
construction. The most advanced solutions have been used to reduce the
warship’s physical fields. Specifically, the corvette’s radar signature has
been significantly reduced through the use of the superstructure made of
low-combustible radar absorbing fiber-glass and the special architectural
arrangement of the hull and the superstructure.
The Project 20380 corvettes are green-water surface
combatants. They displace 2,200 tonnes, develop a speed of 27 knots and have an
operational range of 4,000 miles. They are armed with the Uran and Redut
anti-ship and air defense missile systems, the A-190 100mm artillery gun and
AK-630 small-caliber surface-to-air missile complexes. Corvettes of this type
are equipped with Paket torpedo launchers, a helipad and a hangar for an
aircraft.
Source: tass.com
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