Small anti-submarine ships of projects 1124 and 1124M, in service with the Black Sea Fleet, will receive new missiles to destroy submarines, stated in the press service of the state corporation Rostec.
Concern “TEHMI” (It enters Rostec) improved the complex “Smerch-2” for firing anti-submarine missiles of the complex “west”. Modernization affected small anti-submarine ships of the project 1124 and 1124M of the Black Sea Fleet. New 90R1 missile of the RPK-8 complex “west” provides the ship's last line of defense and is used to destroy submarines, torpedoes and saboteurs. Volley out 12 installation guides destroy targets at ranges up to 4300 meters, the message says..
according to the report, in plans for 2018-2020 years to modernize small anti-submarine ships of the Pacific Fleet for firing such missiles.
As the industrial director of the conventional weapons cluster said, ammunition and special chemicals of Rostec Sergey Abramov, the need to resume production of the 90R missile and create its new modification 90R1 is associated with the need to ensure the safety of Russian ships, which in different parts of the world's oceans accompany foreign submarines.
In such conditions, the constant improvement of the fleet's capabilities to counter submarines is essential to ensure the combat survivability of naval formations.. AT 2014 2009, as part of the rearmament of the fleet, the Ministry of Defense set us the task of reviving the production of one of the most effective means of the near zone of anti-submarine defense - the 90R missile and setting up serial production of its modified version. We completed the task on time and are starting to upgrade the ship's anti-submarine defense systems to use the upgraded missile, RIA Novosti quoted Abramov as saying.
used photos: press service of the Black Sea Fleet
