The Russian Defense Ministry plans to expand the capabilities of project 20380 corvettes. The Izvestia daily said the warships may be armed with unmanned underwater craft to fight mines. The Defense Ministry is considering the issue, but has made no final decision so far. In case of successful trials, the first underwater craft will be supplied to the Aldar Tsydenzhapov corvette of the Pacific fleet. It is the first corvette of the upgraded project 20380 equipped with multirole radar of Zaslon Company. The warship joined the Navy in December 2020.
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Russian corvette of project 20380 Aldar Tsydenzhapov at the anchorage point in the Vladivostok area in October 2020 (Picture source cybershafarat website) |
