Russia will build amphibious assault ship, but later, Deputy Commander of the Russian Navy for Armament Vice-Admiral Victor Bursuc. Construction UDC provided by the program of shipbuilding, he added.
Deputy Navy Commander explained, that in anticipation of the construction of amphibious assault ships (helicopter), you need to design and build construction of a new large landing ship. Russia's naval fleet plans, that this year's project offices begin to develop a new project BDK, then in the area 2021 year it is planned to lay the shipyards Shipyard "Yantar" in Kaliningrad. According to the Navy's plans, new BDK will be about the same size, as a project 11711, but equipped with new weapons and technology.
The construction of the UDC (helicopter) incorporated in the second phase of the shipbuilding program, said Victor Badger, and designing them will start after 2020 of the year, when all the design work on the new BBC.
earlier it was reported, that the Northern Design Bureau announced the start of preliminary work on the development of a new large landing ship in the interests of Russia's naval fleet.
