The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the army began operating a new military ship of the Baltic Fleet, which carries cruise missiles “Caliber” and “Onyx”.
In a statement made by the service, “On Thursday, December 29, 2022, the Grad missile ship was officially put into service for the Baltic Sea Fleet in the Russian army and its official flag was raised here in an official ceremony. By the commander of the Baltic Sea Fleet and a group of Russian officers and troops.”
“Grad”, the tenth ship of the Buyan-M class, to be built at the Russian Zelenodolsk factory for the benefit of the army, began its development work in 2017, was launched for the first time in 2021 and carried out the experiment. . It started last October.
Each Buyan-M ship is 75 meters long, 11 meters wide, has a water displacement of 949 tons, can carry a crew of 52, can move at a speed of 25 knots and can travel 2,500 nautical miles per mission.
The ship “Grad” is armed with Russian “Caliber” and “Onyx” winged missiles, 100 mm cannons, “Igla” anti-air missiles and air and anti-sea machine guns.
Origin: Russian weapon
Source: Arabic RT
