The main objective of the new generation of ships – the fight against all types of sea min.
The Russian Navy in coming years will be 40 mine countermeasures vessels of the new generation, they are manufactured of reinforced fiberglass. Such ships are more durable and weigh less.
About it reported in Department of information and mass communications of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation Navy.
“The plans of the main command of the Navy to equip the mine-sweeping forces of the Navy with new ships mine defense project 12700 envisages the construction in the short term 40 ships of this project”, — quotes RIA “news” words of the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy Victor Borsuk.
The Navy expects that in 2018 Sredne-Nevsky shipyard will build at least two ships a year.
It is noted that the lead ship of the project 12700 “Alexander Obukhov” already carries out tasks in the Navy, is currently building three ships — “Georgy Kurbatov”, “Ivan Antonov”, “Vladimir Yemelyanov”.
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