TASS: the main drawback of the Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate has been fixed
The recent use of the Russian anti-submarine complex "Answer", with which the frigate "Marshal Shaposhnikov" hit an underwater target in the Sea of Japan, had two significant nuances. They are revealed by TASS military columnist Dmitry Litovkin.
"The first is that they fired from a large anti-submarine ship of the Soviet-built project 1155 of the Udaloy type. The second is that the torpedo missile tests took place in the Sea of Japan," the author writes.
According to the observer, modern Russia has managed to correct the main drawback of the Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate built by the USSR — to equip it with anti-ship missiles and enhanced anti-aircraft missile weapons. According to Litovkin, the modernization of Marshal Shaposhnikov has strengthened the capabilities of the Russian Navy in the Far East, which is especially important against the background of the creation of the American-British-Australian military alliance AUKUS.
The launch from the Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate of the Response anti-submarine missile system, which successfully hit a target in the Sea of Japan, took place earlier in December. At the same time, military expert Dmitry Boltenkov said that the Response complex, which received missiles with a homing torpedo, was a step forward for the Russian military-industrial complex.
