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A new class of destroyer for the Russian Navy is currently under development by the Krylov State Research Center (KSRC),IHS Jane'swas told during a visit to the company.
KSRC's new Project 23560E Shkval destroyer design. (Nikolai Novichkov)
The new design is called Project 23560E or Shkval (Squall), KSRC's deputy director, Valery Polyakov, who added that a scale model of the design is going to be exhibited for the first time during the International Maritime Defence Show 2015 in St Petersburg from 1-5 July.
"The Project 23560E destroyer is intended to conduct operations in off-shore maritime and oceanic zones, to destroy land and naval targets, to provide combat stability to naval forces, to maintain area anti-air and anti-missile defence, and to complete peacetime tasks in all zones of the world's oceans," said Polyakov.
Russian destroyer design revealed - IHS Jane's 360
KSRC's new Project 23560E Shkval destroyer design. (Nikolai Novichkov)
The new design is called Project 23560E or Shkval (Squall), KSRC's deputy director, Valery Polyakov, who added that a scale model of the design is going to be exhibited for the first time during the International Maritime Defence Show 2015 in St Petersburg from 1-5 July.
"The Project 23560E destroyer is intended to conduct operations in off-shore maritime and oceanic zones, to destroy land and naval targets, to provide combat stability to naval forces, to maintain area anti-air and anti-missile defence, and to complete peacetime tasks in all zones of the world's oceans," said Polyakov.
Russian destroyer design revealed - IHS Jane's 360
