VLADIVOSTOK. Dec 17 (Interfax) - The state sea trials of the Gromky corvette, which was built by the Amur Shipbuilding Plant for the Pacific Fleet, are nearing completion at the fleet's marine ranges.
"The ship's crew, the factory commissioning team, and the state acceptance commission jointly performed maneuvering and speed tests of the corvette and checked the serviceability of all units, systems, navigation and radio-technical means, and weapons," the fleet's press service said on Monday.
Missiles and artillery were fired at surface, airborne, and coastal targets, Kamov Ka-27 helicopters took off and landed on the corvette, and air defense and anti-submarine objectives were completed.
Up to ten warships and support vessels, Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, MiG-31, and Sukhoi Su-35 fighters of the attack plane regiment of the Air and Air Defense Forces Army of the Eastern Military District, and Tu-142 and Ilyushin Il-38 ASW ships of the Pacific Fleet's marine aviation took part in various stages of the corvette's state trials.
Once the trials are over and the ship is formally accepted, it will raise the Navy flag and officially join the Pacific Fleet.
The Gromky is the second Project 20380 corvette built for the Pacific Fleet under the rearmament program. Such ships are designed by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau for operating in the near marine zone, fighting hostile surface ships and submarines, and providing artillery support to amphibious forces.