Missile cruiser "Marshal Ustinov" after modernization will replace port of registry

Missile cruiser "Marshal Ustinov", modernizationwhich has been on the shipyard "Zvezdochka" for about four years, is a notable unit of the Northern Fleet. Specifically, there are only three such units in the Russian Navy, one each in the Northern, Black Sea and Pacific fleets, two of them, Moscow and Varyag, are the flagships of the Black Sea and Pacific Fleets, respectively.

Transfer to a new duty station

Relatively recently in the mass mediainformation with references to sources in the military industry and the Ministry of Defense began to appear information about the intention of the command of the Navy to reassign the missile cruiser "Marshal Ustinov" after the repair to the Pacific Fleet. This is an important decision, as it significantly changes the distribution of Russian naval forces towards the Far Eastern theater of military operations.

State of the Pacific Fleet

If to understand more in detail, the similarthe decision is ripe for a long time. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Pacific Fleet began to rapidly lose ships. The lack of financing for maintenance, ongoing repairs and modernization of ships led to the withdrawal of the largest and most significant ships - aircraft carrying cruisers Minsk and Novorossiysk. It should also be noted that the Pacific Fleet lost (albeit not completely) the cruiser Admiral Lazarev, as well as most of the destroyers and amphibious assault ships. In addition to the withdrawal of ships from the system, the problem became the maintenance of ships in combat readiness. The above-mentioned "Varyag", as well as the large anti-submarine ships of Project 1155 - are practically the only large cars left in the ranks. In such a state of the fleet, there was no question of any full-fledged presence in the ocean.

Replenishment of the Pacific Fleet with the MarshalUstinov "together with the implementation of major repairs of the remaining 956 destroyers in the reserve allows to deploy simultaneously two sufficiently powerful anti-submarine groupings in the far sea zone. With the re-commissioning of the Admiral Lazarev nuclear missile cruiser in 2018 and the replenishment of the fleet with the corvettes being built, the Pacific Fleet will be able to carry out any practical tasks in the region after so many years of interruption.

Infrastructure

The emerging complexity of providing infrastructurethe basing of such a large ship is minimized due to the failure of the transaction to acquire the "Mistrals". To accommodate the helicopter carriers, a jetty was built, the dimensions of which permit the use of missile cruisers. Given that, most likely, the transfer of helicopter carriers will not take place, the logical decision will be to use the infrastructure created for the deployment of the Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser.

Project Description 1164

The missile units of Project 1164, to whichthe cruiser "Marshal Ustinov" belongs, play a major role in the Russian naval forces both in the far and near sea zones. They are capable of hitting any surface ships of the enemy, including aircraft carriers, using the main armament - the P-1000 "Vulkan" missile systems. Also in the range of their tasks is to provide air defense in the naval formations of the fleet. The air defense means of these ships are represented by the most heavily-owned Russian air defense complex Fort, as well as by the Osa-MA complexes as auxiliary air defense systems of the near zone.

The artillery armament of the ship is representedone installation of AK-130 in the bow of the ship, and six automatic antiaircraft artillery complexes AK-630. As an anti-submarine weapon, there is a RBU-6000 jet-bomb installation. In general, the missile cruisers of this project are an inexpensive alternative to the nuclear missile cruisers of Project 1144. The greatest value to these ships is attached to the presence of a powerful offensive anti-ship complex, as well as the possibility of creating (in combination with other less-equipped air defense vehicles) the air defense system due to the presence of the Fort "With a fairly large ammunition of missiles.

Modernization

So, what will be a missilethe cruiser of project 1164 "Marshal Ustinov" after repair and modernization? Of course, there is no exact information on the specific elements to be replaced and modernized. However, it is reliably known that during the overhaul, more than fifty percent of shipboard wiring, the element base of navigation systems, antenna groups, and radar stations are subject to replacement. Armament and power plant will not be modernized, however, significant repairs are carried out. It should be noted that the repair of the missile cruiser "Marshal Ustinov" is a priority task of the shipyard "Zvezdochka".

In general, the cruiser "Marshal Ustinov" will not undergosignificant changes, and the range of tasks it solves will not change radically. However, it should be noted that the four-year repair will certainly have a positive effect on the overall combat readiness of the ship, reducing the number of malfunctions, as well as improving the overall reliability of ship systems and units.

Conclusion

As a conclusion, it should be noted thatthe decision to redeploy the missile cruiser of Project 1164 Marshal Ustinov to the Pacific Fleet also symbolizes the special attention paid to the development of the armed forces in such a tense region as the Far East. The presence of unresolved territorial disputes, the massive naval presence of the United States, the development of the PLA Navy and many other factors compel the military leadership of the Russian Federation to also increase the grouping of troops and forces in this direction.