At a meeting on shipbuilding issues, it is planned to discuss increasing the firepower of ships of the Russian Navy; Manufacturers at various levels are working on this. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this at the opening of the event, writes TASS.
“Today we will discuss the tasks of equipping ships with additional firepower, including manual and automatic machine-gun modules and drone crews,” the head of state said.
The President emphasized that such systems, taking into account Russia’s combat experience, are already being developed by our enterprises, including both large companies and small private development and production companies.
The Russian Navy includes the following associations: Baltic Fleet, Black Sea Fleet, Northern Fleet and Pacific Fleet, as well as the Caspian Fleet.
The Navy also includes units and formations of OSNAZ ships under the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, ships of the Navy Auxiliary Fleet, ships of the Naval Hydrographic Service, ships under the Navigation Directorate and Oceanography of the Russian Ministry of Defense (formerly the Main Directorate of Navigation and Oceanography of the Russian Ministry of Defense), ships of the Navy Ships of the Search Service and rescue operations, the formation of the Main Directorate of Deep Sea Research of the Russian Ministry of Defense, as well as the creation of special forces (SPN) and the creation of combat and logistics support for the coastal service of the fleet.
Putin before appreciated He ordered the warships to load the shipyards.