The universal landing ships "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko" will operate helicopter-type attack and reconnaissance drones
MOSCOW, December 14. /tass/. The universal landing helicopter carriers (UDC) of the project 23900 "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko", which are being built at the Kerch shipyard "Gulf", will be adapted for basing attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.
"The UDC of the 23900 project, in addition to basing a group of marine helicopters, will carry on board and control a certain number of helicopter-type attack and reconnaissance drones," the agency interlocutor said.
According to him, basing unmanned systems on the ships of the 23900 project will significantly increase the combat capabilities of helicopter carriers. "Drones will be able to effectively provide fire support for the amphibious assault, illuminate the tactical situation in the landing zone and during special operations, detect and, if necessary, eliminate inconspicuous watercraft," he added.
TASS has no official information on this matter.
In February 2021, TASS reported that the shipbuilders of the Gulf plant had begun to form the hulls of two UDC. In October, it became known that the helicopter carrier "Mitrofan Moskalenko" after completion of construction will become the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, infrastructure is being prepared for its basing in Sevastopol.
The UDC is capable of carrying a grouping of heavy helicopters for various purposes, transporting from several hundred to 1 thousand or more marines. They are equipped with a dock for boats that provide landing troops, transport armored vehicles. The first two domestic ships of this class - "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko" - were laid at the shipyard "Gulf" on July 20, 2020. Russian helicopter carriers are being built according to the 23900 project developed by Zelenodolsk Design Bureau.
