3-in-1 Benefits of Buying Project 22160 Warship

02 Juli 2021

Project 22160 could be equipped with Shtil-1 air defence systems (photo : Topwar)

An official of a Russian shipbuilding enterprise recently talked about an ASEAN country want to buy a Russian project 22160 patrol boat.

On June 25, Russian media reported that the General Director of Shipbuilding Corporation "Ak Bars" (located in the Republic of Tatarstan, whose members are the famous Zelenodolsk Shipyard and Zelenodolsk Design Institute) is Mr. Renat Mistakhov told Russian media that a Southeast Asian country has expressed interest in purchasing the Project 22160 (Project 22160) patrol boat.

According to him, the agreement can be signed according to the "Plan 2 + 2", which means that two will be built in Russia and the other two will be built by this Southeast Asian country under the license of technology transfer of the country, but some equipment and weapons will have to be purchased directly from Russia.

“One of the Southeast Asian countries was interested in the project. They said they wanted us to build two ships and two ships would be built by them in the country," Mistakhov said at the International Maritime Defense Exhibition.

Project 22160 could be equipped with Kalibr ant-ship and land attack missile systems (photo : Bastion Karpenko)

However, this official refused to reveal the name of this country and only said that foreign customers want "Ak Bars" to control the production organization and train their workers.

According to Mr. Mistakhov, the subject here is talking about patrol ships of the project 22160. The corporation “Ak Bars” together with the Northern Design Bureau have developed a project to install on these ships attack missile systems Club (export version of Kalibr) and the Pantsir-ME air defense system (which some experts claim is the Shtil-1 air defense system).

It is known that "Plan 2 + 2" in the field of shipbuilding was previously applied by Russia and its Indian partner in the bidding package to buy 4 Project 11356 battleships. Of which, 2 are being built in Russia and will be built in Russia. Delivered to customers in 2022-2023, two more will be built at Goa Shipyard Limited (India) under Russian license.

If any country can purchase small quantities and reach an agreement to transfer the technology of Project 22160 shipbuilding (as well as some new Russian medium-sized warships, such as the Steregushchiy-class Project 20380 corvettes; Project 20385 Gremyashchy class - 2200 tons) has achieved many very important goals:

Pantsir ME (photo : SputnikNews)

The first is: Owning a medium-sized battleship with a lower displacement than the Gepard 3.9, but with a stronger weapon system, more advanced equipment and equipment before transferring to larger battleships about 4-5000 tons.

The second is: Raising the level of mastery of design techniques, framing the hull of a modern, mid-range battleship with a displacement of nearly 2000 tons; complete the process of automating some important stages and items in the hull building process (for example, titanium welding technology - one of the most difficult stages).

The third is: Start approaching with the method of building advanced ships in modular form (each factory can take on 1 stage, then assemble the total); raise the technical-technological level for military shipbuilding enterprises.

(DatViet)