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Russia's Almaz Unveils New Project 23420 Small Anti Submarine Warfare Ship

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Russia's Almaz Unveils New Project 23420 Small Anti Submarine Warfare Ship
 
Russia's Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (member of United Shipbuilding Corporation OCK) unveiled the new Project 23420 small anti submarine warfare (ASW) ship. The vessel features a futuristic design with very sleek lines.
     
Russia's Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (member of United Shipbuilding Corporation OCK) unveiled the new Project 23420 small anti submarine warfare (ASW) ship. The vessel features a futuristic design with very sleek lines.
Project 23420 small anti submarine warfare (ASW) ship. Picture: Almaz
     
According to Almaz, the small ASW ship is designed for conducting combat operations against underwater, surface and air adversaries, for guarding naval bases, for engaging enemy shore installations with artillery fire, for patrolling the state sea border and EEZ.

The Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau, founded in 1949, is a leading design and engineering organization in the Russian shipbuilding industry, unique by its range of designs and their complexity. The Almaz CMDB today is the leading Russian designer of high-speed craft, small and medium size surface combatants, landing air cushion vessels, mine countermeasures vessels, special purpose vessels and floating docks.
     
Russia's Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (member of United Shipbuilding Corporation OCK) unveiled the new Project 23420 small anti submarine warfare (ASW) ship. The vessel features a futuristic design with very sleek lines.
Project 23420 small anti submarine warfare (ASW) ship. Picture: Almaz
     
The Project 23420 ship displaces about 1300 tons for a length of 75 meters. Its endurance is 15 days at sea with a range of 2500 nautical miles and a crew of about 60 sailors.

There are two types of propulsion systems available: diesel or diesel-electric propulsion with fixed pitch propellers or diesel-gas turbine propulsion with variable pitch propellers.

Project 23420 systems:
ARTILLERY
1 x 76-mm AK-176MA gun (152 rounds) or
1 x 30-mm AK-306 gun (500 rounds)
AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM
1 x 3M-47 Ghibka gun ring
20 x Igla(S) MANPADS
FIREARM
2 x 12.7-mm machine-guns (2000 rounds)
AWS
1 x Paket-E/NK system (2 x launchers, 8 x torpedoes) or
1 x RPK-8E system (1 x RBU-6000, 48 x 90R ASW missiles and RGB-60 depth bombs)
ANTI DIVER WEAPONS
2 x DP-64 grenade-launchers (240 rounds)
AVIATION
1 x Gorizont-AIR-S-100 unmanned aerial vehicle suite (2 x UAVs)
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
1 x Sigma-E CMS
1 x Pozitiv-ME1.2 detection and target assignment radar
1 x Gorizont 25 integrated navigation radar
2 x IFF 67R items
1 x Blokirovka suite
SONARS
1 x MGK-335EM-03 sonar suite
1 x Anapa-ME anti-diver sonar or
1 x Lovat dipping sonar
1 x Vinietka-EM sonar]
COUNTERMEASURES
1 x 120-mm PK-10 system (2 x launchers, 40 x rounds)
NAVIGATION
1 x Kama-NS-V navigation system
COMMUNICATIONS
1 x Buran-E communications suite
Communication equipment complying with GMDSS requirements for A1+A2+A3 areas or
foreign-produce equivalent according to a customer’s proposal