ABU DHABI, 23 Feb-RIA Novosti. About ten foreign countries are showing interest in the Russian small missile ships of the project 22800 "Karakurt-E", said RIA Novosti on Tuesday, Deputy General Director of the shipbuilding corporation" Ak Bars " for external cooperation Alexander Emelyushin.
"At this exhibition, we present two models - the small rocket ship of the project 22800" Karakurt-E " and the patrol ship 22160. To date, it is to these ships that foreign customers show the greatest interest. Today, we can identify about a dozen countries as our potential customers, " he said.
Emelyushin expressed hope that this year the company will be able to make progress in some of these negotiations. Speaking about customers, the agency's interlocutor noted that we are talking about countries in different regions - South-East Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
According to Melusina with foreign partners to discuss the delivery of small batches of "Karakurt" from two to five units.
The ships of the project 22800 were developed by the St. Petersburg Central Marine Design Bureau "Almaz". These are multi-purpose missile and artillery ships of the sea zone. The vessels are distinguished by high seaworthiness and controllability. The basis of the weapons of the ships of this series is a complex of high-precision missile weapons. The main weapon of the Project 22800 MRK is the universal ship-based 3S14 rifle complex for eight Kalibr-NK or Onyx cruise missiles.
