Not so long ago, the site raised the question of what can be installed on French Mistral-type UDCs.
Not dividing the "dead cat" among themselves, the two sides did the following: Russia decided to build large ships not on the territory of Ukraine, and Ukraine refused to buy Russian weapons for Ukrainian corvettes.
As a result of mutual political resentment, the violation of logistics simply "HIDE." But in this case, political ambitions are stronger than economic dividends.
Be that as it may, but the construction of the lead ship from this series under the name "Vladimir the Great" is going ahead even ahead of schedule. Completion dates have been shifted from spring 2015 to autumn 2014.
At the beginning of the project, it was planned to be 50/50, where half is the case, the refrigeration units, the power plant and part of the navigation equipment will be of Ukrainian production, and we will buy everything that is missing. But it turned out that the Ukrainian scientific school can provide domestic radio-electronic and radar equipment. It is neither better nor worse - it is its own. As a result, the share of imported components has decreased to a ratio of 60/40 and is approaching 70/30.
So what will be on the corvette? Let's start with Ukrainian samples:
Ship multifunctional radar target designation system for anti-ship missiles "MORENA";
Optical and radar station "Protazan-K" - Medium caliber artillery fire control system;
Multifunctional radar "Phoenix-U";
Optoelectronic station of all-round view "Selena" - to control and monitor the location of the ship;
AP "VZOI-VZOR" - a system of mutual exchange of information and mutual orientation of the tactical group;
"Positive-1U" radar for general detection of air and surface targets;
ORLS "Kopye-K" - to control small-caliber artillery installations;
Optoelectronic station for take-off and landing "Saiga";
"Button" radio intelligence complex;
Hydroacoustic complex "Zarnitsa";
Remote controlled underwater vehicle control system - "KNPA-58250".
6-barreled ZPU "Gefest" 12, 7 mm - 2 pcs.
It was proposed to replace the ASTER-15 air defense systems with the Dnepr air defense systems.
The imported component came into service. Ukraine itself did not produce ship weapons. It is economically unprofitable to develop their own similar complexes for a small batch. The process of creating the project fell on a difficult period in relations between Russia and Ukraine, and it was not possible to agree on the supply of Russian counterparts, so they had to order from the Germans, Italians and the French. As a result, we have such a "soup set":
RCC Exocet - 8 pcs.
Torpedo tubes B515 -2 3 pcs.
Gun mount 76/62 Super Rapid - 1 pc.
Gun mount Millennium, 35 mm Naval Gun System - 2 pcs.
Active protection system "MASS" - 2 pcs.
Initially, it was planned to use the NH90 helicopter, but due to the development of a new helicopter on the basis of the Mi-2, the purchase of the Italian-French machine is still unknown.
The biggest embarrassment is the price. The cost of the lead ship is estimated at 312 million euros, and the cost of the next 258 million euros. For comparison, the Turkish corvettes of the MILGEM project have a similar armament complex, but with a slightly lower displacement, they cost $ 260 million.
What kind of export can we talk about?
