Baltic plant (St. Petersburg) in a few years may return to the construction of warships far sea zone, TASS reports to the head of USC Alexei Rakhmanov.
This topic was recently discussed with the representatives of the government and the Russian Navy in the territory of the Baltic plant.
Rakhmanov said, what is meant by the experience of the construction of military ships of the first rank, who was still at the Baltic Shipyard 15 years ago. At the meeting we just conducted on this segment.
This is continuation of the discussion, we are doing with the Ministry of Defense of, how did move towards the production of ships far sea zone, he added.
According to the head of USC, all came to the conclusion, that the plant in case of successful completion of the civil orders can begin to think and to return to the military orders. presumably, it will not happen before, than in 2021-2022 years.
If this decision is made, it becomes an element of diversification: every shipyard in the corporation will be able to participate in military orders, and in the construction of the civil courts. But now "we keep in mind, that if you have to go for the construction of ships of the first rank, we are ready to do it at the Baltic Shipyard, too ", he said.
Recall, Baltic plant (part of the USC) currently it specializes in the construction of nuclear icebreakers and floating nuclear power plants.
