Ukraine Project  58250 Corvette

Ukraine Project 58250 Corvette

Compania germana Rheinmetall a anuntat recent ca a primit o comanda pentru doua tunuri automate Oerlikon Millennium din partea unei marine europene. Conform unor surse din Rusia, clientul al putea fi Ucraina.

Marina Ucrainei are in desfasurare un program de dotare cu corvete (Project 58250) echipate cu cateva echipamente occidentale, inclusiv doua Rheinmetall Close In Weapon System (CIWS).

Prima nava Project 58250, Vladimir Veliky, este in aces moment in faza de constructie la santierul naval Nikolaev, livrarea urmand sa aiba loc in anul 2015.

Caracteristicile tehnice ale clasei Project 58250 sunt urmatoarele:

 Lungime: 112 metri;
Latime: 10.1 metri;
Deplasament: 2500 tone;
Viteza: 32 noduri;
Raza de actiune: 40000 mile.
3D Multifunction radar – “Phoenix” fixed-face phased-array (probably derived from the radars on China’s Type 052C/Ds)

Integrated sonar suite – Thales Kingklip bow + Thales Captas-2 variable-depth sonars
Combat management system – Thales TACTICOS
Antiship missile – 8 x MM40 Exocet Block 3
Surface-to-air – 16 VLS cells for Aster 15 or Umkhonto (one 8-cell group either side of the hangar)
General-purpose gun – 1 x OtoMelara 76mm STRALES
Close-In Weapons System – 2 x Rheinmetall 35mm Millennium GDM-008 (one mounting either side of the hangar)
Lightweight torpedoes – 6 launch tubes for Eurotorp MU90 (3 tubes either side of the funnel)
ASW helicopter – 1 x Kamov Ka-28

Sursa: Navy Recognition

Ca de fiecare data, remarcam continuitatea practica a vorbelor “Razboiul este razboi, iar afacerile sunt afaceri”. Aliatii n-au greturi in a vinde armament modern si echipamente militare superioare unor vecini de-ai aliatilor intre care exista tensiuni, vecini cu situatie instabila.

Multumim.

 

– Iulian Iamandi –