Monday, 1 October 2018

USC expects to receive an order for the promising Russian destroyer "Leader"



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USC expects to receive an order for a promising Russian destroyer "Leader"
The head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, Alexei Rakhmanov, did not specify the date for the destroyer's laying
SOCHI, on the 28th of September. / TASS /. The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) expects to receive an order for the construction of a new Russian destroyer "Leader", TASS reported the head of the company Alexei Rakhmanov on the sidelines of the forum of convergent and nature-friendly technologies in Sochi.

 "We hope that the destroyer" Leader "will remain in the USC structures, for this there are already existing, working without any additional investments, or upgraded capacities," he said.

 At the same time, Rakhmanov did not specify the terms of the destroyer's laying. "This should be discussed with the Ministry of Defense, a difficult topic," Rakhmanov added.

 Earlier Deputy Commander of the Russian Navy for Armament, Vice Admiral Viktor Bursuk reported that the technical design of the destroyer "Leader" would be ready by 2022, after which the ship would be laid. At the same time, Bursuk noted that the corresponding financing was allocated for the creation of this ship.

 The project of the destroyer under the code "Leader" is being developed at the Northern Design Bureau in St. Petersburg. As previously clarified by the USC vice-president for military shipbuilding Igor Ponomarev, the Russian Defense Ministry has already agreed on the outline design of the ship.

 It was reported that the displacement of the future destroyer could range from 10 to 15 thousand tons. According to Bursuk, "Leader" will receive a nuclear power plant. At the same time, the deputy head of state earlier said that the construction of a destroyer could begin after 2020.

Source: tass.ru

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