THE Northern Fleet already has a regiment equipped with unmanned surface and underwater vehicles, with a similar unit planned for the Pacific Fleet next year, the Russian Navy’s Commander-in-Chief, Alexander Moiseyev, told Russian media.
Moiseyev also said that Russia will build a new, ocean-going frigate-class surface ship with a displacement of 9,000 tonnes. At present, the Russian navy’s largest and most advanced Project 22350 frigates have a displacement of about 5,000 tonnes.
“We will build ships with a significantly larger displacement – 9,500 tonnes. The design provides for long-term deployment at sea – it will be an ocean-going warship. Russia needs such ships,” Moiseyev pointed out.
He said that the construction of such vessels is included in Russia’s shipbuilding programmes. — SPUTNIK
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