Russian Project 20386 corvettes of the Mercury type may face the same problems as American coastal warships of the Freedom and Independence types, writes The National Interest.
The publication recalls that in April, the first project 20386 corvette of the Mercury type was launched without a superstructure after almost five years after laying. The American magazine is sure that this may indicate the difficulties faced by the creators of the ship.
Among the problems that may accompany the construction of a promising Russian corvette, called cost overruns and technical problems. In particular, it is said about the poor choice of the propulsion system, the suboptimal design of the radar system and the insufficient combat capability of the corvette.
The National Interest concludes that the Project 20386 Mercury-class corvette "remains a unique testing ground until its capabilities reach perfection."
In January, the Defense News publication wrote that the world's largest military-industrial company, the American Lockheed Martin, stopped supplying the US Navy with coastal warships of the Freedom type. According to the publication, the reason for the temporary suspension of deliveries was a design flaw in the transmission of the ship's propulsion system, in the development of which the German company Renk took part.
Ivan Potapov
