The most powerful warship of the Russian Navy is about to receive new weapons

03/23/2022 07:45 GMT+7

“Outdated systems and complexes will be replaced by modern weapons,” TASS reported at Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) on the occasion of its 15th anniversary.

Accordingly, work on the cruiser is being carried out within the timeframe specified by the general schedule. The mooring tests are scheduled to begin this year, with the ship returning to service expected in 2023.

After the upgrade, Admiral Nakhimov will receive 10 multipurpose launch modules for 80 Caliber, Onyx and Zircon cruise missiles. The ship will be equipped with Fort-M and Pantsir-M air defense systems, Paket-NK and Otvet anti-submarine systems.

Admiral Nakhimov is a heavy cruiser, nuclear powered, currently in the process of overhaul, upgrading, expected to return to the Russian Navy in 2023. (Image: Wikimedia)

The warhead speed of the Zircon missile is 9 times faster than the speed of sound, the flight trajectory is constantly changing. These two factors have made it possible for Zircon to neutralize all current and future enemy air and missile defense systems.

Another outstanding feature of the Zircon missile is its long range. Zircon’s firing range reaches over 1,000 km, can restrain the simulated enemy at long distances, threaten the equipment carrying cruise missiles – the main means of attack of the enemy.

In addition to the massive missile arsenal, the Admiral Nakhimov ship will also replace the AK-130 turret (130 mm) with an A-190 (100 mm) multi-purpose cannon along with an AK-630 ground-range interceptor system. improve. The electronic equipment system on this cruiser will also be significantly replaced after the upgrade.

“Once the repairs are completed, the Russian Navy will receive a new ship capable of fighting in any area of ​​the ocean,” the USC stressed.

According to experts, defeating Admiral Nakhimov at sea is a difficult task for any country including the US.

Admiral Nakhimov (Project 1144 “Orlan”) is a nuclear-powered cruiser, commissioned in the Soviet navy since 1988 with a displacement of 25.9 tons, a draft of 10.3 m. , the speed of 32 knots, the continuous operation time of the ship at sea can be up to 60 days. At that time, the ship was named Kalinin and changed to Admiral Nakhimov only in 1992.

Initially, the ship was supposed to only replace obsolete electronics, but in 2013 the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with Sevmash Shipbuilding Company to deeply modernize this cruiser. Once commissioned, Nakhimov will become the most powerful attack ship of the Russian Navy.

Sevmash engineers will install more than 5,000 items of equipment and more than 1 million assemblies for Admiral Nakhimov, while the number of pipelines and electrical cables used is 200 km and 1,800 km, respectively. The electrical installation is still being carried out by Arktika – one of the project’s contractors.

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