Analysis: Russia’s multiple corvette programmes
The Russian Navy is running multiple ship procurement programmes in the corvette class with the current fleet recapitalisation covering the simultaneous procurement of four different types – Project 20380 (with its sub variants known as 20385 and 20386), 21631, 22800 and 22160.
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