Developed by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau, the Project 23420 small antisubmarine warfare (ASW) ship armed with Paket-NK system will be offered to Southeast Asian navies, the bureau’s officials told Mil.Today.
"Actually, this project is an offer for foreign customers rather than Russian Navy", explained Dmitry Tsygankov, head of the marketing and scientific technical information department at the Almaz design bureau.
According to him, designers regard Southeast Asia as key market but are open for cooperation with any customers worldwide.
Andrey Frolov, an expert in marine weapons and chief editor of The Arms Exports magazine, says the Russian Navy presently has no need of such ships.
"We have a type variety of corvettes, we call them differently but the essence is the same. It is excessive to breed another project now", shared Frolov his viewpoint.
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