Russia has announced plans to build a new fleet of James Bond style ‘stealth’ boats that will be almost impossible to detect by radar.
According to reports Russian engineers will start work on up to 16 of the new destroyers over the next 20 years which will be outfitted with an arsenal of weapons.
Russian newspaper Pravda said the fleet will form the backbone of the country’s naval power.
Could the Russian offering by similar? An artist's impression of the Zumwalt-class destroyer DDG 1000, a proposed class of U.S. Navy 'stealth' ship
Each boat would be equipped with cruise and anti-aircraft missiles, anti-ship missiles and torpedoes, Fox News reported.
So adaptable is the new boat that it could replace three existing kinds of vessel.
A source from the Russian defence industry told Russian language newspaper Izvestia: ‘It will leave behind large-anti-submarine ships with the help of state-of-the-art hardware.
‘Its assault and anti-aircraft performance will outstrip present-day destroyers and guided-missile cruisers’.
The announcement comes after Russia unveiled plans for a stealth jet fighter that will work as its own version of the U.S. F-22 Raptor, itself a stealth craft.
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