The “Thundering” corvette can receive hypersonic “Zircons” instead of “Gauges”
Vladimir Putin, while in Kaliningrad, boarded the Gremyashchy corvette, which is undergoing preparations for state trials. The President examined the premises of the ship and got acquainted with its armament and equipment. During a visit to the main command post of the ship, the corvette commander, captain of the second rank Roman Dovgailov drew the president’s attention to the “Thundering” nose, where the Caliber cruise missile launcher is located, while saying that in the future this installation can use Zircon hypersonic missiles "
In response to this, Vladimir Putin said that Zircon “will definitely be”, referring to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. In response, Shoigu nodded his head. After that, the president left the side of the ship wishing the crew successful passage of state tests.
The 20385 Corvette Project “Thundering” is a further development of the 20380 project. Designed to detect and destroy surface enemy ships or submarines, organize landing, guard the coastal zone, escort other ships. Laid down in February 2012, launched in June 2017. Construction was delayed due to the non-delivery of German MTU power plants. The corvette was completed with Russian diesel units 1DDA-12000 of the Kolomensky plant. The unit consists of two 16D49 engines with 6000 horsepower.
Key Features:
• Displacement - 2200 tons.
• Length - 104 m
• Width - 13 m
• Speed - up to 27 nodes
• Navigation range - 3500 miles
• Autonomy - 15 days
• Crew - 99 people.
The main armament is the Caliber missile system and the Uran X-35 anti-ship missile system
The ship is planned to be included in the Navy before the end of this year, the place of service is the Pacific Fleet.
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