20385 frigate is a new Russian Navy combat ship with a displacement of 2,500 tons, equipped with an 8-unit "caliber" vertical launch system and a 16-unit air defense missile vertical launch system. The firepower platform composed of these two vertical launch systems is the full strength of the 20385 frigate.
At this stage, the 20385 frigate is equipped with the Club anti-ship missile with a range of 300 kilometers and the caliber cruise missile with a range of 2500 kilometers. In the future, this class of ships will also be equipped with zircon high- supersonic anti-ship missile with a range of 700 kilometers. By then, the 20385 frigate with a displacement of 2,500 tons can obtain a firepower system that is stronger than the Aegis.
The firepower system here is not just the quantity of vertical units, but the quality. In this regard, the weapons system equipped by the United States is too poor and the missile performance cannot be compared with Russia. Especially in the hypersonic missile , the Aegis system has been proven to not have interception capabilities many times.
In this way, we can roughly know that once the 20385 frigate uses zircon anti-ship missiles in batches, it will become an almost "invincible" existence in Europe and the direction of Mediterranean . Such firepower also makes him not too powerless when encountering an advantageous enemy fleet.
Of course, such warships also have huge flaws, that is, their battery life performance is poor. Once they are in the ocean, they will begin to expose their shortcomings. In fact, as a typical Russian-style warship, the 20385 frigate is indeed full of firepower systems, but it is difficult to come in handy.
Now, ships are developing towards large tonnage. The larger the displacement, the stronger the electronic equipment and missile systems can be used. In the future, it is expected that Russia's so-called "shallow water heavy artillery" warships will lose their so-called "small tonnage advantage". When Western countries' advanced radar systems discover it in the beyond-visual range stage, it is too late.
