Russia preparing to launch first stealth warship with 'excessive' weaponry
dailystar.co.ukRussia is reportedly preparing to launch its first stealth warship, the Mercury naval corvette.Long plagued by production delays, Russian Navy project 20386 is expected to finally be delivered in early 2022.The new ship will be armed with both cruise missiles and anti-aircraft missiles as well as conventional guns, according to Russian state news agency RIA.
It will also carry formidable anti-submarine armament.One Russian military source told the Russian newspaper Izvestia that the ship would be equipped with “excessive” weaponry it did not need, such as the Kalibr cruise missiles.While some previous Russian Navy ships have incorporated some aspects of stealth technology such as a radar-absorbing coating, into some of its navy vessels, the.
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