Missiles: SSM - 8 SS-N-22 Sunburn (2 quad) launchers SAM - 2 SA-N-7 Gadfly Guns: 4 - 1 30 mm /70 (2 twin) 4- 30 mm /65 ADG 630 Torpedoes: 4 - 21 in (533 mm) (2 twin) tubes. Type 53 A/S Mort: 2 RBU 1000 6-barrelled Mines: Mine Rails For Up To 40 Decoys: 8 Ten-Barrelled Launchers
"The Sovremenny Class destroyer has a maximum displacement of 8480 tons and is similar in size to the USA Navy's Aegis-equipped missile cruisers. It is armed with an anti-submarine helicopter, 48 air defence missiles, 8 anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, mines, long range guns and a comprehensive electronic warfare system. The first-of-class Sovremenny was commissioned in 1985. A total of eighteen have been built for the Russian Navy , eleven of which are in service, six are no longer operational and one more (launched in 1994) is awaiting commission The ship is equipped with the Raduga Moskit anti-ship missile system with two four-cell launchers installed port and starboard of the forward island and set at an angle about 15 degrees. The ship carries a total of eight Moskit 3M80E missiles, NATO designation SS-N-22 Sunburn. The missile is a sea-skimming missile with velocity Mach 2.5 and armed with a 300 kg high explosive warhead or a nuclear 200 kiloton warhead. The range is from 10 to 120 km. The launch weight is 4,000 kg. Two Shtil surface-to-air missile systems are installed, each on the raised deck behind the two-barrelled 130 mm guns. Shtil is the export name of the SA-N-7, NATO reporting name Gadfly. The system uses the ship's three dimensional circular scan radar for target tracking. Up to three missiles can be aimed simultaneously. The range is up to 25 km against targets with speeds up to 830 m/s. The ship carries 48 Shtil missiles. GUNS The ship's 130 mm guns are the AK-130-MR-184 supplied by the Ametist Design Bureau and the Frunze Arsenal Design Bureau in Saint Petersburg. The system includes a computer control system with electronic and television sighting. The gun can be operated in fully automatic mode from the radar control system, under autonomous control using the turret mounted Kondensor optical sighting system and can also be laid manually. Rate of fire is between 20 and 35 rounds/minute. The ship has four six-barrel 30 mm AK-630 artillery systems. The maximum rate of fire is 5,000 rounds/minute. Range is up to 4,000 m for low flying anti-ship missiles and 5,000 m for light surface targets. The gun is equipped with radar and television detection and tracking. ANTI-SUBMARINE SYSTEMS The destroyer has two double 533 mm torpedo tubes and two six-barrel RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers, with 48 rockets. Range is 1,000 m The rocket is armed with a 55 kg warhead. HELICOPTER The ship's helicopter pad accommodates one Kamov Ka-27 anti-submarine warfare helicopter, NATO codename Helix. The helicopter can operate in conditions up to sea state 5 and up to 200 km from the host ship. |