Proposed Prject 58250 (Gayduck class) corvette
Posted on 03/17/2011 5:47:43 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Ukraine Navy to Receive Four Corvettes by 2021
17 March 2011
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry has plans to spend $2bn on four indigenous corvettes by 2021, Ukraine Defence Minister Mikhail Yesel said.
The lead ship is expected to be constructed in 2016 in the Mykolaiv-based Black Sea Shipyard.
In order to minimise costs, the project will involve designing and constructing the ships in Ukraine with foreign ship weapons and equipment to eliminate foreign policy risk.
The Ukrainian Government had approved a defence programme for building ten ships-class corvettes in March 2009, however, due to budget limits the project has been reassumed to building only four ships.
Proposed Prject 58250 (Gayduck class) corvette
ZR-1’s, would be way kewl...
Not sure they float well, even with the fiberglass panels.
They don't have to float. They'll just be used by the old admirals to pick up young chicks at the beach.
Little red ones?
This is the price you get when the government takes over GM.
How will the Swiss Navy be able to afford these?
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