Before the end of April, the Russian Defense Ministry plans to sign a contract to build the first two Russian amphibious assault ships, a source in the defense industry complex told the TASS news agency.
“We expect that, by the end of April, the military department will sign a contract for the construction of two amphibious assault ships, which will be built at the Zalyv Shipbuilding Yard in Crimea,” the source said. He added that “a technical design for these ships has been developed in accordance with the technical specifications formulated by the naval command”.
The source noted that the laying of the helicopter carriers’ keels will be timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II early in May. The source did not specify the deal’s price.
TASS does not possess official confirmation of this information.
Sources in the shipbuilding sector told TASS previously that the ships, which constitute a new class for Russia’s navy, will have a displacement of 25,000 tons and a maximum length of around 220 meters. One Russian amphibious assault ship will carry more than 20 heavy helicopters on board. It will have a docking chamber for landing ships, and will be able to transport up to 900 marines.
In January, the press service of the Zalyv Shipbuilding Yard in Kerch confirmed to TASS that it is technically ready to build helicopter carriers for the Russian Navy.
Amphibious assault ships, also known as helicopter carriers, can carry a group of various types of heavy helicopters and transport more than 1000 marines. They are equipped with a dock for boats, and can transport armored vehicles. Neither the Soviet Union nor the Russian Federation has ever built any ships of this class.
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“Neither the Soviet Union nor the Russian Federation has ever built any ships of this class.”
This could get interesting. Russia is not on personal terms with carrier building, or landing anything on them.
I will guess this is the same class as they was building in France before the sanctions was put in function
Except this will be built by Lada contractors. 😂
And in lack of turbines from Ukraine it will be coal powered steam engines 😂
They will be OK building the accompanying tugboats. 😁
You can bet Putin stole some of the technology from the French Mistrals. After 6 years that was about all the support Ukraine received from France but we are very grateful for it. If Hollande would have continued with that sale God only knows what the worlds shortest fascist would have done
The fact that Russia lags far behind the United States in military capability is the incentive to exaggerate their capabilities. After the launch of Sputnik, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev bragged that his country’s factories “were turning out missiles like sausages” and greatly exaggerated the size and operational capabilities of the Soviet ICBM force.
Two more carriers from mafia land is the very last thing the world needs. Ole’ smokey, mafia land’s tug-boat pulled wannabe aircraft carrier, pollutes our atmosphere more than enough (when it manages to move on its own).
Yeah…
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