New Russian destroyer design called Leader

[Arzamas 16]

Nuclear power confirmed

 

[notsuperstitious]

Any more details? Displacement, for example?

 

[Arzamas 16]

Any more details? Displacement, for example?

10,000 tons, construction starts in 2016 everything else is sketchy.

 

[haman10]

congrats

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Interesting that they are using nuclear power in a 10,000t destroyer.

I guess these are going to be designed to be around for a long time.
The US had nuclear cruisers and basically had to decommission them after less than 20 years as they were incompatible with some newer weapons. Not a good bang for the buck.

 

[kaykay]

All the best Russia. Specifications?

 

[Pangu]

Nice! The super tall structure use AESA, X band radars? More picture of that model would be awesome.

 

[Arzamas 16]

Nice! The super tall structure use AESA, X band radars? More picture of that model would be awesome.

Yep, more information on the project can be found here

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