Finally 1 in the
Russian Navy, with KASTONOV starting trials. They are falling way behind the
PLAN with its roughly comparable Type 054A class!
Well armed and brimming with latest electronics; should be quite combat capable. DFO
specs....
Displacement: Standard:
4,500 tons
Full:
5,400 tons
Length: up to 135 m (443 ft)
Beam: 16 m (52 ft)[5]
Draught: 4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion: 2 shaft CODAG;[6]
2 10D49 cruise diesel engines 5,200 shp (3,900 kW);
2 M90FR boost gas turbines 27,500 shp (20,500 kW);
Total: 65,400 shp (48,800 kW)
Speed:
29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph)
Range: 4,850 nmi (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance: 30 days
Complement: 210
Sensors and
processing systems: Air search radar(S): Furke-4 5P-27 main radar for Detection, tracking and targeting of air and surface targets,[7] Poliment 5P-20K 4 faced active phased array search, tracking and guidance/management radar [8][9]
Surface search radar: Monolit 34K1 surface search, AShM and additional artillery targeting radar
Main Artillery radar fire control system : Puma 5P-10
Sonar: Zarya M sonar, Vinyetka towed array sonar
Navigation: 3 × Pal-N radars
Other: 2 × target illuminators aft superstructure for Palash CIWS
Communications: Vigstar Centaurus-NM
Electro-Optical Systems: 2 × MTK-201M and 2 × 5P-520
Combat system: Sigma/Sigma 22350
Electronic warfare
& decoys: EW Suite: Prosvet-M
Countermeasures:
2 × PU KT-308
8 × PU KT-216
Armament: 1 × 130mm Amethyst/Arsenal A-192M naval gun with rate of fire of 45 rds per minute [10]
16 (2 × 8) UKSK VLS cells fitted with P-800 Oniks (SS-N-26) and/or Kalibr missile system (SS-N-27)
32 (4 × 8) Redut VLS cells housing 9M96, 9M96M, 9M96D/9M96DM(M2) family of missiles and/or quad-packed 9M100 short range missiles
2 × Palash CIWS
2 × 4 330mm torpedo tubes for Paket-NK anti-torpedo/anti-submarine torpedoes
2 × 14.5mm MTPU pedestal machine guns
Aircraft carried: 1 × Ka-27 series helicopter
Aviation facilities: Helipad and hangar for one helicopter