russians Transfer at Least One Kalibr Missile Carrier rom the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea (Satellite Illustrations or photos)
OSINT analyst MT_Anderson posted a satellite picture of russian naval foundation in Kaspiysk which is the major basing place of russian Navy’s Caspian Flotilla. The impression exhibits that as of May 2, 2024, at the very least one Karakurt course Tucha missile corvette of Task 22800, which is carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles, was moved to this foundation from the Black Sea.
This picture also shows the vessels that are element of the Caspian Flotilla on a standard foundation. There are 3 Buyan class corvettes of Task 21630, two Buyan-M class missile corvettes of Venture 21631 which are carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles, two Gepard-class frigates of Undertaking 11661 as properly as Stupinets missile boat, which is at this time the only provider of P-15 Termite anti-ship missile in russian Navy.
It ought to be pointed out that on April 23, 2024, the spokesman of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Captain 3rd rank Dmytro Pletenchuk mentioned that russians were being transferring Tucha and Amur missile corvettes of Task 22800 from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea.
The Amur missile ship did not revealed on the satellite graphic above. But it is really achievable that this russian vessel could have been stationed in an additional element of the Caspian harbor, which this satellite image did not present. In addition, the overall staff members of the Caspian Flotilla of the russian Navy was not captured in this impression.
The peculiarity of the russian Tucha and Amur missile ships is that they have not however been formally included into russian Black Sea Fleet (as nicely as the russian Navy as a total). Commissioning is presently scheduled for December 2024.
It is most likely that russian Navy command in this tale made a decision to avoid a mishap in which these ships could be ruined by a strike by the Protection Forces of Ukraine even ahead of they have been commissioned, as it occurred with the Askold corvette on November 4, 2023, which was effectively ruined at the stage of completion at the Zaliv Shipbuilding Lawn in quickly occupied Kerch.
Let us remember the standard features of Karakurt class missile corvettes of Project 22800:
– complete displacement- 870 tons
– hull duration and width – 67 and 11 meters
– pace and array – 30 knots comprehensive and 2500 miles
– crew and autonomy – 39 individuals and 15 days
– armament set – a single 76-mm artillery launcher, eight launchers for Kalibr or P-800 Oniks missiles, Pantsir-ME air-defence missile and artillery procedure.
Earlier War Ukraine-Russia News Hub claimed that russians experienced developed distinctive ship for Ka-52 helicopters to cruise in the Sea of Azov.