The Russian Navy will begin testing new combat modules by the end of summer, based on conventional shipping containers. It is reported “Notifications” with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Testing combat models based on conventional 20- and 40-foot sea containers will be held at the Northern Fleet's sea ranges and should be completed by the end of this year. Details of the upcoming tests were not disclosed.
reportedly, based on the test results, a decision will be made to install weapons systems and special equipment, collected inside conventional shipping containers, on various types of ships, which design provides. First of all, we are talking about the patrol ships of the project 22160 “Vasily Bykov”, corvettes project 20386 “Cheeky”, as well as patrol icebreakers of the project 23550 type “Ivan Papanin”. It is possible to install such combat modules on other types of ships and vessels, whose design allows.
Such containers, carriers of various “stuffing”, starting from anti-ship missiles and cruise missiles, ending with air defense systems and torpedo tubes, mounted on deck or below deck, connected to the ship's power supply system and integrated into a unified control system. If necessary, they can work autonomously, without connection to ship power grids.
According to military experts, modular ships, the composition of the weapons of which may vary depending on the tasks currently being performed, will soon be supplanted “classic” ships, designed to solve any one combat mission. The use of container combat modules will significantly expand the range of tasks performed by a combat ship, depending on the emerging operational situation.
