This year, the main naval parade in St. Petersburg, the Northern Fleet will represent the anti-sabotage boat project 21980 "Rook", break the news.
Three boats replace the parade nuclear-powered cruiser "Peter the Great" and "Dmitry Donskoy".
The newspaper recalls, that this type of boat are successfully carrying out combat missions for the protection of the naval base in Syria's Tartus. They were also involved in the search fell into the sea in May of this year, Su-30cm. The use of "Grachat" recognized successful command.
To participate in the parade of boats have to make mezhflotsky transition from the White Sea to the Baltic for the White Sea-Baltic Canal.
"Rook" is equipped with modern avionics, among which hydroacoustic station detection "Kalmar" and "Anapa", and radar MR-231. Equipment capable of detecting surface targets at a distance of up to 16 miles, and underwater - up 500 m.
The main purpose of the boat - the fight against underwater saboteurs in the coastal areas and waters Fleet. They are also used to protect offshore platforms and coastal facilities, eg, waterworks.
"Rook" is armed with 14.5-mm machine gun mount, multilateral and grenade launchers MANPADS "Igla".
According to Dmitry Boltenkova expert, the problem of vehicle security in their home areas remains one of the most pressing, Considering, that combat swimmers now have the opportunity to cook even terrorists. Boat "Rook" is just designed for such protection, it is an important part of the anti-terrorist naval systems.
