Russian slow workers finally came up with a meticulous job, and the boat can also fight hypersonic missile ! Russia is not the Soviet Union. Russia cannot afford to use the Soviet ocean missile nuclear navy and it is useless. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia launched a comprehensive strategic contraction on the ocean. Now that the Russian Navy can still be demonstrated in the four oceans, the power of the nuclear submarine once again occupies an overwhelming advantage, while the surface ship is simply insignificant. Moreover, large surface ships are all legacies of the Soviet era. For example, the "Kuznetsov" carrier cruiser (aircraft carrier), the Peter the Great nuclear-powered cruiser , the Glory-class missile cruiser, etc.
Compared with the ocean, that is, the two sea areas in the north and the Pacific, the importance of closed seas and coastal war zones has increased rapidly! The Russian Navy is engaged in medium and light surface ships for sea control in these areas. Of course, due to technological progress, the "caliber" series cruise missile can also be launched from light ships, as well as more advanced hypersonic missiles, directly attacking important battle targets and deep targets of the enemy 1,000-2,000 kilometers away, and even eliminates the competition for sea control! As a result, a large number of medium and light surface ships in Russia were put into service. Including ships such as 22350, 20385, 20380, 22800, etc.
So, the focus of the Russian Navy in the new era is nuclear submarines and the other is medium and light surface ships. Of course, since Russia wants to reconstruct the industrial layout of the Soviet era, especially after Ukraine is pro-Western, it is even more necessary to allow Russia's industrial system to undertake the tasks of the entire Soviet system in the past! Therefore, all Russian-made ships need to only use subsystems and components produced by Russia, which of course requires various delays and delays. The first nuclear submarine developed entirely by Russian is the first "Asen-M" class attack nuclear submarine "Kazan". The first frigate, , is the No. 1 "Roar" of the 20385 frigate. The "Room" started construction as early as February 2012, but it was delayed until the end of 2019. It has been nearly 9 years since the beginning of cutting steel plates to the official joining the Russian Navy sequence.
According to the latest reports from Russian media, the "Roar" officially joined the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet Sequence to serve, symbolizing the Russian Navy's Andreyev flag rose from the flagpole at the tail of the ship. The 20385 light frigate has a length of 113 meters and a width of 14 meters. It has a standard displacement of 2,000 tons and a full load displacement of 2,500 tons.
In the power system, this frigate uses two Russian domestic DDA12000 diesel engines. Originally, Russia was preparing to equip the German-made MTU engine on the 20385 frigate. Later, due to the outbreak of the Crimean crisis, Russia's relations with the West deteriorated completely, and Germany refused to supply it. In desperation, Russia had to redevelop the power system itself, so that the construction of the 20385 frigate could continue, which greatly delayed the service time of the ship.
Although this light frigate has a displacement of only 2500 tons, the firepower of its equipment is very fierce. It has three quad-mounted 3S14 universal vertical launch system and four quad-mounted " primitive " vertical launch systems. The former is used to launch anti-ship missile and ground-attack cruise missiles, while the latter is used to launch air defense missiles. The "Battle" air defense system can even load 9M96 medium-range air defense missiles, with a range of 120 kilometers, which can provide regional air defense for the entire fleet.
Also worth mentioning is that in the future, the frigate will also be equipped with 3M22" Zircon " anti-ship missile. This anti-ship missile is a long-range hypersonic missile. Russian President Putin revealed two years ago that the maximum range of this missile reaches more than 1,000 kilometers, and the highest penetration speed can even reach Mach 8.
20385 frigate will become another representative of the Russian Navy's "small boat carrying cannons". As an important platform for offshore attack rather than offshore defense operations, it uses "caliber" cruise missiles and "zircon" hypersonic missiles to directly strike enemy deep targets from the Russian coast! The ship will play an important role in Russia's neighboring Eastern Europe and the Middle East!
