Thats a mish-mash of the various versions & apparently confusion between Poliment-Redut on Gorshkov with what should be described as Furke-Redut on 20381s.I was checking the list of all electronics on the ship and I noticed six radars: Furke-E, Zaslon, Monument-A, MR for navigation, Puma for fire control and even Poliment (btw this means that it has Poliment-Redut air defense with 300 km range - equal to Gorshkov class). Does anyone know if all of them are AESA?
Furke is an S-band PESA based on the Pantsir-S1 search radar. (small dome at top of mast)
Monument is a passive/active OTH anti-ship radar (in the front of the mast)
Puma is an AESA (rectangle on top of the bridge)
Gremy has Zaslon system replacing those separate radars with an integrated system of new-gen 4-panel fixed equivalents, active X-, S-band, passive L-, S-, C-, X-, Ku (apparently still Furke but at least suplemented by the new X-band AESA, could be new gen though?)
https://www.russiadefence.net/t2547p350-russian-radar-systems#198456
It hasn't started sea trials quite yet & all-new Zaslon system will have to be extensively tested even if its all actually working. (worst case see Gorshkov)Any idea when the Gremyashchiy will be commissioned? It was launched around the same time as the Gromkiy. I wonder why it takes so long for the Russian Navy to commission ships.
They are almost certainly getting the same Zaslon mast as Gremy so like Kasatonov was held back by Gorshkov, these two will probably not proceed to trials before Gremys Zaslon is shown to be working properly.What about Retivy and Strogy in STP they were planed for 2018? Any info about them?
This is describing the same mast config as Gremy so is probably also confirmation that Retivy and Strogy are getting the Zaslon setup & also that these two will only progress after Gremy.Rear Admiral Igor Korolev said that “two more corvettes of the project 20380 will be built by the Amur Shipbuilding Plant. They are basically the same project, but they have one feature. If we look at the tower-mast complex, their U-shaped mast will disappear, and the front one will acquire several other outlines, and a multi-functional radar system of the ship will be installed in it. "
Of course doesn't rule out launching of hulls which would probably be a good thing.
Last edited by hoom on Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:39 am; edited 1 time in total