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"Will be the most dangerous ships in Africa": US press on Algeria's purchase of "Guarding" type corvettes

«Will be the most dangerous ships in Africa»: US press on Algeria's purchase of type corvettes «Guarding»
Corvette "Boyky"

The Algerian fleet decided to increase its combat power by acquiring Russian project corvettes 20380 "Guarding". We are talking about buying three ships, moreover, two of them are currently being built at the "Severnaya Verf" in St. Petersburg [perhaps, means the transfer of "Zealous" and "Strict" to Algeria, laid down in the interests of the Russian Navy.

Most dangerous in its size

Reported by the Military Watch edition (USA), citing information from Algerian news agencies. Corvettes, As expected, will be transmitted from 2021 of the year.

They are among the most heavily armed warships of their size in the world., having no rivals for this title outside of Russia
– American press writes, which indicates, that despite the small size (displacement is only 2200 tonnes, crew 90 people. and the term of autonomous navigation 15 days), each pennant has 12 vertical launch cells, which can accommodate a wide range of missiles.

Long-range cruise missiles can be used as tactical weapons to strike ground and surface targets.. The air is covered with medium-range missile defense, with which the S-350 ground air defense system is equipped. Each ship additionally carries a heavy 100mm naval cannon, powerful electronic warfare complex, has a platform for one helicopter and 8 torpedo tubes.

Basic construction, reduced radar signature, consists of a steel body, divided into 9 watertight compartments, and superstructures made of composite materials. Acoustic, infrared, magnetic and visual "footprints", left by the ship, also downgraded, since when it was created, emphasis was placed on stealth.

«Will be the most dangerous ships in Africa»: US press on Algeria's purchase of type corvettes «Guarding»
VPU corvette

Threat to the fleets of Africa

Algeria has long relied on European developments to equip its surface fleet […] purchase [pennants] class "Guarding" could be the beginning of the transition to Russian technologies in this area – полагает Military Watch.

According to this edition, corvettes in their firepower are noticeably superior to many much larger warships. This is consistent with the general doctrine of the Russian military, betting on small pennants, capable of fighting much larger ships. On the corvettes "Guarding" are located VPU with percussion means, которые обычно встречаются только на тяжеловооруженных эсминцах: КР большой дальности «Калибр» и в перспективе «Циркон».

but, даже если полагаться исключительно на «Калибр», корвет класса «Стерегущий» […] будет являться самым боеспособным кораблём своего типа на африканском континенте
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