
According to the agency’s source, by the end of this year, it is planned to complete the entire complex of tests of the Polyment-Redut air defense missile system on board the 20380 project corvette. At the same time, firing is planned both at air and at sea targets. After completing the entire test cycle, the complex will be put into service in the first half of 2019. Earlier, the air defense system passed a test cycle on the main frigate of the 22350 “Admiral Gorshkov” project, the tests were considered successful.
According to the plans of the Navy command, in the future, the Polyment-Redut air defense system will be put into service with all new and modernized ships of the corvette and frigate classes. In addition, the complex will be installed on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft-carrying cruiser and on the Admiral Nakhimov and Peter the Great heavy nuclear-missile cruisers after repair and modernization.
"Polyment-Redut" - a shipborne anti-aircraft missile system with a vertical launch.