Amur Shipbuilding Plant to build three corvettes to Algeria
01/28/2016 Lenta.ru 886 5
Corvette Project 20380 "rack"
Source: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Three corvette belonging to the family of 20380 that Algeria has ordered from Russia, will be built at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant (ASP). This information is contained in a note posted on the online edition of Asia Russia Daily.
At the moment NEA is building patrol ships of project 20380 by request of the Russian Navy. In addition, ships of this project are based on the "Severnaya Verf" in St. Petersburg.
As reported in a December 2015 blog bmpd, who are employees of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, Algeria has ordered Russia's party corvettes Project 20382 "Tiger" (export version 20380). According to the Algerian blog MENADefense, referring to a source in the Defense Ministry of Algeria, the size of the order of 6 units. The ships ordered in two versions, with three units each, while the construction of the ships purchased already begun in 2015 on the "Severnaya Verf".
The structure of weapons ordered by Algeria will ship anti-aircraft missile complex "Calm-1" missile and anti-aircraft artillery system, "Chestnut", as well as long-range anti-ship missiles (presumably from the complex "Caliber-NCE"). One of the two sub-series will be built in version ASW corvette and receive sonar system of the new generation, as well as anti-submarine helicopter.
Guard ships near maritime zone (corvettes) 20380 are built on modern technology radar stealth ("Stealth"). They are intended to lead the fight against surface ships and enemy submarines, missile and artillery support amphibious assault and patrol the area of responsibility for the purpose of the blockade.The ship with a displacement of 2,200 tonnes speeds up to 27 knots. It equips antiship missile complex "Uranus" and (from the second ship of the project, "Wits") anti-aircraft missile system "Redoubt."
Another modification of this family, the project 20385, armed with vertical launchers, from which can be used rocket complexes "Onyx" and "Caliber". Project 20382 corvettes, according to the information on the site developer (CDB "Diamond"), are available in both versions.
@Zarvan
a little more details on the contract and armements.
http://vpk.name/news/148529_amurskii_sudostroitelnyii_zavod_postroit_tri_korveta_dlya_alzhira.html
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