Russia is actively working on the modernization of warships built during the Soviet Union. Currently, the Russian Navy is armed with only 3 cruisers and 11 destroyers, but their re-equipment with modern weapons increases their efficiency and combat effectiveness.
Military Watch Magazine drew attention to the ambitious modernization project of the destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov, commissioned by the Navy in 1985. Developed as a large anti-submarine ship, it received new weapons during a deep reconstruction and can be used effectively against enemy surface ships.
MW writes that during the modernization, the destroyer was equipped with new radars, electronic devices and weapons. In particular, Marshal Shaposhnikov received the latest Otvet anti-submarine missiles, 8 3S24 launchers for Uran anti-ship missiles and an 100-mm A-190-01 artillery system with a stealth turret.
The main improvement of the destroyer, according to the American magazine, was its equipment with 3S14 universal launchers, which are also compatible with Zircon hypersonic missiles.
The Marshal Shaposhnikov destroyer, capable of accommodating up to 16 Zircon missiles as well as eight Uran missiles and its anti-submarine and air defense arsenal, is potentially capable of neutralizing an entire surface strike group (…) Ships in the Pacific are still expected Priority should be given to installing new expensive Zircon missiles, which, even in small numbers, can significantly change the balance of forces in the region
writes MW.
The magazine recalled that the American Harpoon and the Chinese YJ-18 are much inferior to the Russian Zircons. These missiles are considered the most dangerous means of destroying enemy ships due to their speed of Mach 9 and their range of up to 1000 km.
This allows ships using it to exert control over extremely large areas of the sea and potentially neutralize fleets several times larger, while remaining out of harm’s way.
- underlines the publication.
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