Vietnam, along with India, became the largest customer of the Russian naval equipment
Vietnam, along with India, became the largest customer of the Russian naval equipment. The total value of the volume of orders for the supply of Vietnamese Russian TDC is comparable to current contracts, implemented by order of the Indian Navy.
The largest program of Russia and Vietnam in the UWT segment is the delivery of six submarines of the 636.1 "Kilo" project.
As previously reported, the 28 of August at the JSC "Admiralty Shipyards" was launched to launch the head diesel-electric submarines of the 636.1 "Kilo" project for the Vietnamese Navy.
Rosoboronexport has signed a contract for the supply of the Vietnamese Navy to six XELKX Kilo diesel-electric submarines at a cost of about 636.1 billion dollars at the end of 2. According to reports, all diesel-electric submarines for the Vietnamese Navy will be equipped with the Club-S missile strike complex.
Three months after signing the contract, the parties began negotiations on the construction of a diesel-electric submarine submarine base and the corresponding infrastructure. Experts estimate the financial parameters of this program at an amount comparable or even greater than the cost of the diesel-electric submarines.
Vietnam expects to receive a loan from Russia for the construction of not only a submarine-based base, but also for the purchase of various types of ships (including rescue ships, support vessels) and marine aircraft aviation.
It should be noted that the submarine forces and naval aviation will be new structures in the composition of the armed forces of Vietnam.
Along with the construction of the underwater fleet, Vietnam began the modernization of combat surface ships of the main class, as well as boats of various types and purposes. The lion's share of the major programs to modernize the Navy of Vietnam in the field of BNK OK and boats is also associated with Russia.
In particular, the program for the supply of patrol boats continues with Vietnam. According to a number of sources, in August of this year, two 10412 Svetlyak patrol boats, built by the Vostochnaya Verf shipyard in Vladivostok, were shipped to Vietnam.
The implementation of the program with Vietnam for the supply of Svetlyak launches began in 2001. In the summer of 2002, two patrol boats from the 10412 project (an export version of the 10410 Svetlyak project) ordered by the Vietnamese Navy were launched at the Shipbuilding Company Almaz OJSC (St. Petersburg). Both boats were handed over to the customer in January 2003. The cost of each ship is about 15 million dollars.
The construction was carried out on the basis of a contract signed by the Vietnamese side with Rosoboronexport in November 2001.
At the same time, Vietnam expressed its intention to continue the construction program for the national naval boats of the Svetlyak type of boats (in general, then it was about building a series of patrol boats of this type from 10-12). Part of this program was developed in 2009 year. In the summer of 2009, two Russian shipyards (Shipbuilding company Almaz and the shipyard Eastern Shipyard) laid out a total of four patrol boats of the 10412 "Svetlyak" project (2 boats on each) by order of the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam.
The shipbuilding company "Almaz" delivered two boats to the customer in 2011 year.
The TFR of the 10412 project was developed at the St. Petersburg Central Marine Design Bureau Almaz. Boats have high seaworthiness, speed is about 30 knots. Crew - 28 people.
Svetlyak type boats are designed to protect the maritime border, coastal communications and the fight against poachers.
The second largest project in the boat segment is the program for the supply and licensed production of boats "Lightning". In 1990's 4 boats of the 1241RE "Molniya" project with the Termit rocket complex were delivered to Vietnam. In 1993, Vietnam bought a license for the construction of 1241.8 "Molniya" missile boats with the Uran missile system. Delivery of technical, regulatory and technological documentation for the construction of these ships began in 2005 year. Since 2006, the process of preparing for production has begun. According to the contract signed in 2003, two boats of the 1241.8 "Lightning" project with the Uran missile complex were planned to be built in Russia and, up to 10, under the Russian license in Vietnam. The first rocket boat “Lightning” of the 1241.8 project with the Uran-E missile strike complex was transferred to Vietnam in the 2007 year, the second - in the 2008 year. In 2010, with the laying of the first boat at the shipyard in Ho Chi Minh City, the implementation of the licensed part of this contract, calculated for the period up to 2016, began.
In January 2002, ZAO Kronstadt supplied the first full-scale simulator Laguna-1241РЭ for the Vietnamese Navy. With the help of the Laguna marine simulator, Vietnamese seamen worked out the control of four 2141Р project missile boats with the Termit rocket complex, delivered in the 1990s.
Cooperation with Vietnam on naval simulators has been further developed. Vietnam expressed its intention to purchase an integrated simulator for three types of ships - the 1241Р project, the 1241.8 project and the Gepard frigates.
In September, Rosoboronexport signed a contract with the Vietnamese Navy for the modernization of the Laguna-2006РЭ simulator and the delivery of new simulators for the 1241РЭ and 1241 "Molniya" missile boats. Delivery was implemented in December 1241.8.
In the BNK OK segment, a large project is being implemented with Vietnam for the supply of frigates. In 2006, Rosoboronexport entered into a contract with the Vietnamese Navy worth 350 million for the supply of two frigates of the 11661 project Cheetah-3.9. The project developer is Zelenodolsk PKB. Contract Contractor - Zelenodolsk Shipbuilding Plant OJSC.
ZPKB proposed for the Vietnamese Navy a modernized version of the project 11661 "Cheetah-3.9". It is based on the patrol ship Tatarstan, which in 2001 was adopted by the Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Navy.
At the beginning of March 2011, the solemn raising of the national flag of Vietnam took place on the first frigate of the Cheetah-3.9 project at the naval base of Cam Ranh. The ship was given the name of the first emperor of Vietnam, Din Tien Hoang. The second frigate was named Li Thai To, also in honor of the Emperor of Vietnam. At the end of August 2011, he was officially incorporated into the Vietnamese Navy.
The frigate has improved characteristics of seaworthiness, maneuverability, agility, controllability and cruising range. Taking into account the wishes of the customer, expressed after the arrival of the first frigate in Vietnam, a number of improvements were carried out to improve the interior of the second ship. According to experts, the second frigate has become even more convenient to maintain and operate.
The frigates of the project 11661 are designed to search, detect and destroy surface, underwater and air targets, alone or as part of a group of ships. They can solve escort and patrol missions. The armament is made up of two quadruple launchers for the Uran-E PKR, an X-NUMX-mm AK-76M artillery gun, two 176-mm artillery mounts AK-30M and 630-mm torpedo tubes. Displacement - 533 T, speed - 2100 nodes (28 km / h), the autonomy of the sea crossing - 52 days. Ka-20 or Ka-28 helicopters can be based on the frigate.
Modernized "Cheetahs" for Vietnam are built using stealth technology.
According to reports, in December 2011, the option to supply Vietnam with the second pair of frigates of the Cheetah 3.9 project was transferred to a firm contract.
The Russian side is negotiating with Vietnam on the supply of additional PBRK "Bastion" within the framework of the target state credit for the purchase of several types of weapons.
Under the first contract of Vietnam in 2010 and 2011. Two sets of PBRK K-300P Bastion-P were transferred. Vietnam became the first customer of Bastion, signing a contract for the supply of two sets of PBRK in 2006.
PBRK "Bastion" is able to protect the coastline with a length of more than 600 km from the landing operations of the enemy.
PBRK K-300P "Bastion-P" is one of the most modern in the world (developed by JSC MIC NPO Mashinostroeniya). It is a mobile missile system, armed with a unified supersonic anti-ship missile (PKR) K-310 "Yakhont". The range of the complex is up to 300 km.
An agreement is also being prepared with Vietnam to provide technical assistance in the production of Yakhont anti-ship missiles. This agreement is estimated at about 300 million dollars.
A delegation of Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center OJSC in April 2011 conducted negotiations with the command of the Vietnamese Navy and the leadership of the General Export-Import Company Van Xuan under the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam.
During the talks, the sides discussed issues of supplies of spare parts, service and modernization of the ships of the Navy of Vietnam, and also considered the prospects for the participation of the CS Zvezdochka in the reconstruction of the shipyard in the city of Camran.
Following the negotiations, the parties signed a protocol on the start of work on the supply of spare parts.
Currently, Vietnam, with the assistance of Russian developers, is implementing projects to build two types of ships for its Navy — the 54-meter patrol ships and the 71-meter landing craft.
The head patrol ship TT400TP (HQ-272) of the Vietnamese Navy was commissioned in January 2012. The armament and most of the ship’s equipment are Russian-made. The armament includes the X-NUMX-mm AK-76 artillery mount, located in the bow, the X-NUMX-mm AU AK-176 on the aft superstructure, several machine guns and, possibly, MANPADS.
The second ship of the TT400TP class is in the fleet acceptance stage, it is planned to build the third one, possibly according to a modified project, using the experience gained and national technologies.
Vietnam also built the first landing ship with the assistance of Russian specialists. The HQ-571 landing ship "Truong Sa" was launched at the shipyard in Haiphong in October 2011 of the year and put into service in March 2012 of the year.
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