They will increase the effectiveness of detection and destruction of submarines, surface ships, enemy vessels, as well as the protection of naval bases
MOSCOW, December 15. /TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry and the Amur Shipyard signed a contract for six corvettes of projects 20380 and 20385. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the military department.
"In accordance with the terms of the contract, the Pacific Fleet will receive two corvettes of Project 20380 and four corvettes of Project 20385 in the period from 2024 to 2028," the report says.
According to the defense Ministry, the Navy, corvettes of projects 20380 and 20385 will improve the efficiency of detecting and destroying submarines, surface ships, enemy ships, protect naval bases, coastline, sea lanes.
according to a number of technical characteristics and the composition of weapons, today the corvettes under construction have no analogues in the world and have a great modernization potential. It's modern ships, equipped with the latest radar system MPRLK, a promising anti-aircraft missile complex "Redoubt" modern anti-ship complex "Uranus" (project 20380), ASW complex "Package-NK", universal shipboard firing complex (project 20385) under cruise missiles "Caliber-NK" in the future - under hypersonic missiles "Zircon".