Tatarstan President (Russia) : Vietnam Plans to Buy More Gepard Missile Defense Ships

17 Oktober 2018

HQ-15 Tran Hung Dao when visit in Japan (photos : Soha)

Vietnam is negotiating to buy more Gepard missile defense vessels from Russia and could be built at the Zelenodolsk plant in the Republic of Tatarstan.

Mr. Rutstam Minnikhanov, the Ambassador of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia, Mr. Ngo Duc Manh, had discussions on projects in the military and other fields.

"Military products with KAMAZ trucks, helicopters, and four Gepard warships have also been handed over (to Vietnam) and as we know, the Vietnamese side is also planning to continue buying frigates Zelenodolsk plant's Gepard missile, " Minnikhanov said.

He also noted that Tatarstan and Vietnam had many opportunities to cooperate: "We have good relations at various levels of government, expanding trade, economic and investment exchanges," said the President of the Republic. said Tatarstan.

Earlier, there were reports that Vietnam and Russia had negotiated the third batch of Gepard (No. 5 and No. 6) from 2015. These sources also agreed on a pair of ships The third batch will be equipped with modern missiles.

Renat Mistahov, CEO of the Zelenodolsk plant, has revealed that they plan to install the Klub-N instead of the Uran-E missile system on Gepard ships. If the plan to build the third batch Gepard is realized, the high capacity of these vessels will be equipped with the Klub-N missile.

Russian Gepard class frigate Dagestan 691 with Kalibr NK missile (photo : defencecyclopedia)

At the launching ceremony of the pair of Gepard ships on 4/27/2016 with Vice Admiral Pham Ngoc Minh, Deputy General Director of Zelenodolsk factory, Alexander Karpov said that both sides of Vietnam and Russia ready to sign the agreement to close the third batch Gepard ship.

According to Karpov, the Vietnamese side wants to have the Gepard model that Russia uses in the Syrian battlefield. This means that the Zelenodolsk plant is equipped with the Kalibr-NK missile launchers.

The start of the shipbuilding depends on the time the contract is signed. Each Gepard missile defense mission takes about 3 years on average.

(Soha)