Quais seriam as classes de Corvetas em destaque pelo mundo afora ? Qual seria a "melhor" Corveta do mundo na opinião de vcs ?
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PROJECT 2038.0 Corveta Russa a todo vapor.Foram encomendadas 5 unidades.
valuable background by noting that on July 24, 2004, RIA Novosti quoted Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Kuroyedov as saying that "The firstborn of our surface shipbuilding is the corvette - a new multifunctional littoral combat ship, which combines qualities of anti-submarine ships and missile carriers."
To that end, National Defense magazine's July 206 article notes that Russia is introducing its Project 2038.0 Steregushchiy Class Corvettes, buying 3-5 vessels and offering the class to international buyers. In addition to being smaller (100m and 2,100t vs. 132m and 2,800t) than the US LCS, the ships will feature a monohull design rather than the Geeral Dynamics/Austal team's trimaran, diesel engines instead of gas turbines, 30 knots top speed instead of 50, standard fit-out instead of mission modules (a major divergence that significantly changes lifetime performance), and other key differences.
The estimated price for the Russian class is $60 million per vessel for its initial deliveries to the fleet, though AMI International VP Richard E. Dorn estimates that export versions are likely to go for $120-180 million. In comparison, the USA's modular LCS ships are expected to cost about $250-300 million each.
GlobalSecurity.org reports that the name "Steregushchy" commemorates the heroic exploit of two sailors from the torpedo boat Steregushchy during the Russian-Japanese War of 1905. Surrounded by the enemy navy, the sailors preffered death to captivity: they went down to the hold and scuttled the ship. National Defense Magazine's article notes that the first-of-class Steregushchiy ("Guarding") will commission in 2007, the Soobrazitelnyi will follow in 2008, and the Boikyy will follow in 2009.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2006/06/russia-china-building-littoral-warships/index.php#more
