In December this year, the Northern Fleet will replenish the newest Project 22350 frigate Admiral Golovko. It will become the first full-time carrier of the Zircon hypersonic system.
According to Izvestia’s sources in the Ministry of Defense, the work plan for the final stage of the ship’s construction has been approved. The ship’s crew is currently completing their training and preparing to take the final test. In autumn, sailors will start testing the frigate at sea. They are scheduled to be completed in December.
According to sources, Admiral Golovko will be based in Severomorsk. The construction of a berth and infrastructure for the frigate is being completed there. It is assumed that he will be part of the 43rd division of missile ships of the Northern Fleet (SF). This connection is the main striking force of the Northern Fleet. It includes the largest and most powerful combat units, in particular, the aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov and the flagship of the Northern Fleet, the nuclear-powered missile cruiser Peter the Great.
Last spring, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Admiral Nikolai Evmenov announced that Project 22350 frigates would become the first full-time carriers of hypersonic weapons. In particular, it was the lead ship of this series, Admiral Gorshkov, that tested the new Zircon system, including the first practical launches.
“Admiral Golovko” will be the third representative of the project 22350. The series was laid down in 2006. The lead ship “Admiral Gorshkov” was handed over to the fleet in 2018, the next – “Admiral Kasatonov” – went into operation in July last year.
In total, according to the plan, eight frigates of the “Admiral’s series”, as they are called in the Navy, should be created. The Admiral Isakov is now at the final stage, work is underway on the construction of the Admiral Chichagov. In 2020, the Admiral Spiridonov and Admiral Yumashev were laid down, two more ships are planned to be laid down this year.
Details – in the material Izvestia:
“There is more to the admiral: the first carrier of the Zircon missile will soon replenish the fleet”
Source: IZ
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