MOSCOW – The programme to built Project 20386 missile stealth corvettes for the Russian Navy will be closed, with no more ships of this class expected will be laid, a defense industry source has told TASS.
“Laying more Project 20386 projects in their present form is not planned. The program to build them will be closed. Severnaya Verf and the Amur Shipbuilding Plant will continue serial production of ships from Project 20380 and Project 20385,” he said.
The lead ship of the project, the Derzky corvette, will remain the only vessel of its class.
“It is not expected that it will be commissioned in its present-day version,” the source added according to MENA. “The ship will be completed in accordance with a modified project and will join the Russian Navy in a totally new, more balanced version.”
In his words, the ship’s high novelty factor and calculated value do not permit its serial production.
TASS has been unable to officially confirm this information at the time of the publication.
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