Media: the modernization of the heavy cruiser Peter the Great will begin in 2020
At the same time, the president of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (which includes Sevmash), Alexei Rakhmanov, in response to a request to comment on a possible change in the timing of the repair of the cruiser Peter the Great, stated that he does not have such information.
According to a source in the defense industry, it was originally planned to begin upgrading the Peter the Great after completing work on the Admiral Nakhimov in order to have at least one ship of this class in the Navy.
According to sources in the military-industrial complex, in the course of the modernization it is planned to re-equip the 11442 cruisers with new Onyx, Caliber missiles and hypersonic Zircons (instead of the current Granites). Also on the ships, it is expected that modern anti-aircraft missile systems, communication systems, navigation, life support, etc. will be installed.
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