Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov took part in the launching ceremony of the head small rocket ship (MRK) "Uragan" of the 22800 project (code "Karakurt") at the Leningrad shipbuilding plant "Pella". The ship was laid in December 2015 of the year. It is equipped with a diesel-electric power plant of the St. Petersburg plant "Zvezda". As Borisov told reporters, the small rocket ship "Uragan" of the 22800 project, which has the Kaliber cruise missiles in service, will be handed over to the Russian Defense Ministry until the end of the year, reports
Interfax-AVN According to the "Hurricane" tests should pass in the next six months, it is practically equipped with all ship equipment. After launching, mooring trials, adjustment, alignment of all the main units will begin, and I think that it’s quite possible to pass this ship before the end of the year
the fleet, will hope
- said Y. Borisov.
Borisov noted that the "Hurricane" has serious weapons.
It is in its size, perhaps small, but very toothy. As you know, he is armed with the Caliber cruise missiles, which have performed well in the Syrian conflict. He has a rocket-gun armament, will have an anti-aircraft missile system, covering it from the air. This is terrible
weaponwhich, in our opinion, will dominate the internal seas of the Russian Federation and provide cover for the near zone in the Pacific Ocean, in the Northern Fleet, in the Baltic
- Said the deputy minister of defense.
As Borisov noted, the small rocket ships of the 22800 "Karakurt" project will be equipped with the marine version of the Pantsir anti-aircraft missile system.
From a certain ship, we will rip off the "Shell" and put on it. On the "Hurricane" it will not, but the third ship "Pella" will go with the "shell"
- said Borisov.
He stressed that "there are no problems with the anti-aircraft missile system for ships of this project."
Technical characteristics of the MRK "Uragan"
Displacement: about 800 t.
The main dimensions: length - 60 m, width - 9 m, draft - 4 m.
Maximum travel speed: around 30 nodes
Navigation range: 2500 miles
Autonomy: 15 days
Armament:
one PU UKSK (universal ship shooting complex) 3C14 RK "Caliber"
one 76 mm AK-176MA gun mount
Two 30-mm AK-630M gun mounts or the Pantsir-M SCAN
Two 14.5-mm MTPU machine gun installations
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