From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

George Sherwood wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:54:47 +0100, Adam wrote:
>
>> http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/09/01/stealthwarship.shtml
>>
>> "A modern stealth gunboat was supplied to the Russian Navy in St.
>> Petersburg Friday, RIA Novosti news agency reports.
>>
>> Built at St. Petersburgƒ’s Almaz shipyard, the Astrakhan will be the
>> first in the navy warship to have stealth capabilities and can be armed
>> with various artillery systems previously used only on destroyers.
>>
>> ƒ“Our country is still capable of building combat ships without outside
>> assistance and there is no doubt it will be in the future,ƒ” Navy
>> Commander Vladimir Masorin said.
>>
>> Astrakhan would operate in the Caspian Flotilla, commander added.
>>
>> Almaz is one of Northwest Russiaƒ’s leading shipyards. It was established
>> in 1901 and has built more than 1,000 missile and patrol boats for the
>> Russian Navy and Coast Guard and foreign clients since then. Sales in
>> 2005 were more than 1.7 bln rubles ($61.46 million)."
>>
>>
>>
>> NB:
>>
>> "Astrakhan would operate in the Caspian Flotilla, commander
added."
>
> Here are some nice pics.  Pretty good looking ship, but then the looks of
> the Russian ships have always been nice.

Agreeing with me at last 

It's the curved bows I like. This one has a straight US style
bow....Obviously designed for sheltered seas 

> I am not sure I get the whole
> concept of stealth for ships.  It is still a big signature. Hopefully will
> make a port call here in Baku. 
>

It doesn't have to sneak right up...just close enough.


> http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=90372
>
> George

Cheers.

Adam

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