The Russian navy will add 40 new ships in 2021, the navy's First Deputy Commander-in-Chief Alexander Vitko said. The Black Sea Fleet will get five to six of the new vessels, and the fifth and sixth Project 22160 patrol ships are already being constructed, Vitko added about the development plans of the naval forces this year.
The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational strategic command of the Russian navy, operating in the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, where Russian and NATO warships often confront each other. Russia’s Black Sea Fleet will be reinforced with a small missile ship Graivoron, equipped with the Kalibr-NK universal missile complex on January 30, Russian Defense Ministry announced on Friday. “A ceremony to commission the Graivoron into the Black Sea Fleet will take place in Sevastopol,” the Ministry statement said, adding that the event will be attended by the Black Sea Fleet command.
“Ships of this project have increased displacement and are armed with precision long-range missile weapons – the Kalibr-NK universal missile system, intended for destruction of naval and coastal targets,” the Ministry of Defense statement said. Graivoron will become the fourth Project 21631 ship in the Black Sea. There are already three ships of this project in the Fleet: the Vyshniy Volochek, the Orekhovo-Zuyevo and the Ingushetia.
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