ADMIRAL GORSHKOV #190 Severnaya Pending BAL
Gorshkov I. Keel laid down on Feb 2, 2006. Estimated commission: 2009. Planned 19+
D.: 4500 (?) 8000 (?) tonns
Length: 132 (?) x 16 m
Armament: 8(?) ЗМ55 «Onyx» anti-ship missiles, a new 130-mm A-192, anti-submarine missile complex «Medvedka 2», medium range antiaircraft missile complex «Uragan» (?)
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Russian Ministry of Defense’s ships, sea armaments and defense technology purchases and delivery department signed a contract with the SV for the project 22350 head frigate construction.
Having signed this contract, the Navy started the second stage of its modernization program, according to which within the next few years they willl mainly order small ships for close and far sea zone, that is corvettes and frigates. The first ship to be constructed is project 22380 corvette «Steregushy» (the SV won the tender for this ship’s construction). The launching is planned for March of 2006. Besides, at the moment the SV is constructing three more ships for Russian Navy (two corvettes and one special intercommunication vessel). Two destroyers for Chinese Navy are already finished. One of them will be commissioned by the end of 2005, another – in first six months of 2006.
The project 22350 frigate is designed by Severnoe design office and purposed for anti-submarine and shock service. After a 15-year break it is the First Russian vessel for far sea zone. The frigate’s displacement is 4500 tons, its main weapon are eight ЗМ55 «Onyx» anti-ship missiles, a new 130-mm artillery plant A-192, anti-submarine missile complex «Medvedka 2», medium range antiaircraft missile complex «Uragan». The frigate will be laid down in 2006 and commissioned to the Navy in 2009.
According to the program, by 2015 the Navy need in project 22350 frigates is assessed in 10-20 ships. Military officials planned to start a tender for the lead ship construction still at the beginning of 2002. However, at that time the ship was not included to the state defense order. The main contenders for the frigate construction were plant «Yantar» in Kaliningrad, Baltiysky plant and the SV. The tender took place only in 2004-2005. The SV won it. By that time «Yantar» was already almost a bankrupt, so the only real contender for the SV was Baltiysky plant. The SV owners, United Industrial corporation (the UIC) turned to have more influence on officials than Baltiysky plant ones. The results of this very tender forced «IST» group to sell Baltiysky plant to the UIC, observers suppose.
Russia’s Navy is set to acquire 10 to 20 new battleships by 2015 that will set it back 5 to 10 billion rubles per frigate, Biznes, a business daily, reported.
“This is, in fact, a large destroyer that is called a ‘frigate’ for political reasons,” Mikhail Barabanov, scientific editor of Arms Exports magazine, said.
The new Mk 22350 multi-role and long-range frigate will conduct anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations, hitting other naval targets. It will take three or four years to complete one frigate, if this project gets regular appropriations.
“Most likely, this project will feature engineering solutions that were used to build Mk 11356 frigates for the Indian Navy,” Konstantin Makiyenko, deputy director of the Center for Analyzing Strategies and Technologies, said.
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