Navy Recognition

According to information released by the Russian press agency TASS on June 16, 2020, three latest frigates Admiral Gorshkov class of Project 22350 will join the Russian Navy Pacific fleet. Admiral Amelko will be the first one. The frigates will create a powerful modern force in the region and will carry Tsirkon hypersonic missiles in the future. No other navy in the world is armed with such weapons, the Izvestia daily writes.

The Russian Defense Ministry sources said the decision in principle to deploy project 22350 frigates in the Pacific Ocean had been made. The Admiral Amelko is likely to join the Pacific fleet in 2023. Two other frigates are to arrive by 2025, the sources said.

A total of eight frigates are to be produced. The Pacific and the Northern fleets will get three each and the Black Sea fleet will receive two.

The Navy currently operates one frigate — the Admiral Gorshkov. The Admiral Kasatonov is to join the Navy by the end of the year. The Admiral Amelko and the Admiral Isakov are to follow in the coming two years.

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