13.07.2009
The construction of a new class of Russian destroyers will start no later than 2012, Head Commander of the Russian Navy Vladimir Vysotsky maintains.
-We will start the construction no later than 2012, Admiral Vysotsky said to journalists in late June. The vessels will be based in the Northern Fleet and in the Pacific Fleet,
RIA Novosti reports.
The Navy leader stressed that the new vessels will not fully replace the aging vessels of project 956. –This will be a more functionable vessel, more serious, with significantly extended possibilities, he maintained, adding that the new generation of destroyers will be able to operate independently on the world seas.
The Soviet Union and later Russia has built a total of 18 ships of the Project 956, the first of them in 1981. The newest of the vessels are the
Ekaterinburg (1998),
Aleksandr Nevsky (1999) and
Vechny (1999),
Rusarmy.ru informs.
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