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Naval
Forces News - Russia |
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Russian Navy to Commission its New Frigate Project 22350 Admiral
Gorshkov Later Than Planned |
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The Project
22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov will join the Russian
Navy only in 2016, Navy Deputy Commander-in-Chief for Armament Viktor
Bursuk said on Friday. The frigate Admiral Gorshkov is the
lead ship in the class of Project 22350 vessels. |
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 The first ship of the new Russian Navy frigate project 22350 class "Admiral Gorshkov" during sea trials. |
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"Trials
[of the ship] are on schedule. The Navy will receive the frigate Admiral
Gorshkov in 2016," he said without specifying the date. The frigate Admiral Gorshkov was planned to join the Russian Navy in late 2015. In particular, these plans were confirmed by Deputy Commander-in-Chief Alexander Fedotenkov in late October. It was reported earlier that the advanced Russian-made Project 22350 frigate had conducted a live-firing exercise in late November 2015 to hit coastal and sea targets, using cruise missiles. The live-firing exercise was held as part of the ship’s trials. |
 The "Admiral Gorshkov" during sea trials. |
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The
keel of the Admiral Gorshkov was laid in early 2006. The Project
22350 frigate is designed to fight surface warships and submarines in
the ocean and at sea and repel air attacks both independently and within
a formation. The Project 22350 frigate is flush-decked and has a three-island
superstructure, a tower mast and a steel tube. The ship has a lower radar
signature, which makes it virtually invisible for the enemy’s radars.
The Project 22350 frigate has a displacement of 4,550 tons and a length
of 135 meters. The capacity of its diesel-gas-turbine power plant is 65,000
hp. The frigate is armed with the new A-192 130mm artillery gun and anti-ship,
antisubmarine and air defense missile systems, including the Kalibr and
Poliment-Redut. © Copyright 2015 TASS. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Link to Admiral Gorshkov (Project 22350) Frigate technical datasheet |
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