GarryB Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:05 am
Details of the "alcove" behind the ex-Metel launcher. Could this structure be intended as a support for new equipment and a bulkhead to fully enclose this area?
I would think if they are mounting Urans there that leaving that open would allow rocket blast to escape rather than be bottled up and become dangerous...
S-400s on the Shapashnikov??? Where exactly????
I'll assume this is just another example of Russian journos being just as stupid as their Western counterparts?
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Presumably replacing Klintok... replacing the Klintok with S-350/Redut would make sense, but why do the directors for Klintok remain fitted?
I would say he is mistaken... or perhaps they have a hybrid naval TOR and S-350 launch system... the new TOR are half the size so 64 missiles would take up half the space they did before... so perhaps the freed up space could have a few S-350 launchers there to extend reach...
TOR missiles are command guided so they are very cheap to use, while the ARH seekers of the 9M96 missiles probably mean they are a lot more expensive.
Having multiple guidance channels and the main ship radar searching for targets the TOR could probably engage a lot of targets at once, while S-350 could engage aircraft launching weapons at the ship...
They are overhauling them but I don't think they are doing much more then that.
They are probably finalising the design for a new multirole destroyer... I doubt they will make huge changes in the existing models... just upgrade them where possible to carry newer weapons and the electronics to be able to use them effectively... and when the new vessels are ready they can be moved to the reserve for jobs like pirate hunter etc... or tanker escort...