The once powerful Soviet Red Navy no longer exists, and the Russian Navy, which inherited its mantle, has long been unable to maintain this ocean-going fleet. With most of the large ships of the former Soviet Union retired, the Russian Navy no longer built new large warships, but instead developed medium and small destroyers, which meant that the Russian Navy began to transform into an offshore navy and gave up its once-around combat capabilities. Recently, the Russian Navy has newly launched a 2500-ton "Roar" light frigate , which is regarded as the core of future Russian Navy's offshore defense.
, which just entered service, is the first ship of Russia's new generation of light frigates, with the engineering project code: 20385. Its displacement is 2,500 tons, and it uses four diesel units in two-two series and dual-axis output power. It has a maximum range of 4,000 nautical miles, a maximum speed of 27 knots, a crew member of 100 people, and can carry a Ka-27 coaxial twin-rotor anti-submarine helicopter. Although the tonnage of
"Roar" number is small, its weapon configuration is "perverted". According to data, the firepower level of the "Roar" has surpassed the 8,000-ton large destroyer , which is specifically configured as: an A-190 100mm caliber high-level dual-purpose naval gun with a rate of 60 rounds per minute; a set of 8-unit anti-ship missile vertical launch device, equipped with "caliber" cruise missile , with a maximum range of 2,500 kilometers. In the future, it can be replaced with " Zircon " hypersonic missile ; two sets of 16-unit air defense missile sagitate devices, loading 3K96 "Fortress" air defense missiles, which are developed based on S-400 land-based air defense and have certain anti-missile capabilities. The "Room" is an surface ship equipped with "caliber" cruise missiles, with powerful anti-ship, air defense and anti-submarine capabilities.
"Roar" not only has powerful military equipment, but also has powerful radar and electronic warfare systems, which have independent combat capabilities and can even serve as the flagship of tactical formations. The "Boom" is equipped with the dual-band phased array radar , which may be the smallest tonnage shield in the world. On its highly integrated main mast, the RLK Zaslon multifunctional dual-band phase array radar is installed, which can search air and sea at the same time, with a distance of hundreds of kilometers. The four-sided phased array antennas achieve omnidirectional coverage, making the roaring class expected to become the core of the air defense of the Russian naval formation.
In addition, the TK-25E-5 electronic warfare system is also integrated on the main mast, making its functions more complete. However, since Russia's microelectronics technology is relatively backward, the "combat nation" itself is very clear about this. Since it cannot be small, it will win with power, so the volume must be larger. So we can see that the main mast of the Boom is extremely wide, with the bottom of the main mast almost as wide as the hull, making the entire upper layer look like a pyramid. The reason is that after installing the dual-band phased array radar and electronic warfare system, it occupies too much space, so equipment such as fire control radar, navigation radar, , etc. can only continue to be piled up outside, giving people the feeling of a "radar expo". In fact, Russian engineers have tried their best. After all, the tonnage of the "Roar" is really limited, and installing so many weapon systems will naturally appear very crowded.
The Russian Navy has stated that once the technology is mature, the frigate "Roar" will be replaced with the 3M22 "Zircon" hypersonic missile. This type of missile is the most powerful anti-ship missile of the Russian Navy in the future. It adopts a combined power mode of rocket booster and ramjet , with a range of between 1,000 and 1,200 kilometers. It can not only be launched from surface ships, but also be launched underwater through submarines. With its maximum speed of 9 Mach , it is difficult for air defense weapon systems to effectively intercept it even in the future. Once the frigate "Room" is equipped with the "Zircon" hypersonic missile, it will become a very threatening "warship killer" and can form a powerful deterrent even for large surface ship formations.
As large warships gradually age and retire during the Soviet era, the Russian Navy will fully turn to a new strategy of near-shore defense and long-range annihilation of the enemy in the future.Long-range strategic strikes will be handed over to the Russian Navy's submarine force . The Russian Navy's submarine force is the most powerful submarine force in the world, with strong nuclear assault and conventional strike capabilities, and is the backbone of the Russian Navy's implementation of strategic strikes. Other surface ships and aviation forces of the Russian Navy are mainly responsible for providing cover for Russian submarine forces. Since the launch positions of the Russian submarine forces are basically in offshore waters near the Russian coast, the Russian Navy no longer needs to build large surface ships, as long as it meets offshore defense. The "Boom" light frigate was born under such a strategic idea. Under the cover of the shore-based aviation force, the "Boom" has very strong combat capabilities in the offshore, no less weak than those large surface ships.
Russian Navy incorporated this "Room" light frigate into Pacific Fleet , indicating that the Russian Navy attaches great importance to the Pacific direction. At present, major countries in the Western Pacific are vigorously developing their naval forces, and the Russian Pacific Fleet is the second largest fleet with the strategic nuclear submarine , shouldering the strategic mission of implementing strategic nuclear counterattacks. The Russian Navy prioritizes the "Room" into the Pacific Fleet to strengthen the near-shore defense capabilities in the direction and provide an effective barrier for strategic nuclear submarines.
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