The ships of this
class have a displacement of about 4,000 tonnes, speed of 30 knots and
endurance of 30 days.
SEVASTOPOL, March 21.
/TASS/. The Russian Black Sea Fleet’s frigate The Admiral Essen has practiced
counter-measures to repel a massive missile attack by a hypothetical enemy in
an exercise in the Mediterranean, the fleet’s press-service told the media on
Thursday.
"The air defense
crews of the Black Sea frigate The Admiral Essen practiced measures to protect
a base facility from a massive missile and air strike of a hypothetical enemy
in the Mediterranean. The virtual targets were identified and classified and
successfully eliminated as a result of simulated electronic launches," the
statement says.
The Admiral Essen is
a second blue water frigate of project 11356 and the first serially built ship
of this project. It has been part of Russia’s permanent group in the Mediterranean
since March 2019.
The ships of this
class have a displacement of about 4,000 tonnes, speed of 30 knots and
endurance of 30 days. The Admiral Essen is armed with cruise missiles Kalibr,
missile self-defense system Shtil-1, a 100 mm artillery piece A-190, air
defense artillery, RBU-6000 rocket launcher and torpedoes and can carry a deck
helicopter Ka-27 (Ka-31).
Source: ITAR-TASS
21-03-2019
