[/b]Admiral Gorshkov Frigate[b]

Named in honor of the Soviet Union’s most influential naval leader, the Admiral Gorshkov–class frigates (Project 22350) are the largest surface combatants built in Russia since the Cold War. They represent the current high end of Russian naval surface combatant construction and recapitalization efforts. The class was designed by the Severnoye Design Bureau and is being built in Saint Petersburg by Severnaya Verf.

The Admiral Gorshkov was ordered in 2005 and laid down in early 2006, but did not commission until July 2018, joining the Northern Fleet. The ship subsequently undertook a celebrated global circumnavigation during 2019, with port calls in Asia, the Middle East, South America, and the Caribbean. Five additional units are now in varying stages of construction and fitting out. The second of the class, the Admiral Kasatonov, reportedly was undergoing final trials late in 2019, with fleet entry expected in 2020. The third and fourth units will be named Admiral Golovko and Admiral Isakov, both of which are expected for delivery by 2022. The modified fifth and sixth ships were laid down in April 2019.

The weapon’s attack phase supersonic speeds and terminal maneuvering make it a challenging weapon to defend against.

����Russian military expert, doctor of military sciences Konstantin Sivkov, in an interview with Zvezda, revealed the unique characteristics of the Admiral Gorshkov frigate equipped with the Zirkon missile system.

“There are currently no long-range anti-ship cruise missiles in the United States of America. "Tomahawks" had a range of 550 kilometers. The United States does not yet have new long-range ship-based missiles. Therefore, carrier-based aviation is the only strike force. The Admiral Gorshkov ship, armed with the Zircon missile system, is capable of defeating an aircraft carrier multi-purpose strike group while providing full-fledged reconnaissance target designation, without entering the reach of all the weapons that this aircraft carrier multi-purpose group has," said the military expert.

As Sivkov explains, the Admiral Gorshkov frigate is capable of defeating an enemy carrier-based multipurpose strike group without entering the reach zone, first of all, of its carrier-based aircraft.

Yeye pro-NATO no-go comment here. ;DViva Russia