Although the single international systemthere is no classification of ships; in modern military affairs, it is customary to distinguish ships into a separate class equipped with a wide variety of missiles. A warship with missiles on board is a missile cruiser. There may be weapons designed to attack other ships, and missiles to strike ground and air targets. Special mention deserve strategic missile systems.
Classification of Russian warships
In the classification system adopted in Russia, a warship with missiles on board is:
- heavy nuclear missile cruiser;
- heavy missile cruiser;
- heavy nuclear missile submarine cruiser;
- nuclear submarine cruiser;
- strategic nuclear submarine missile cruiser;
- large nuclear submarine;
- large anti-submarine ship.
Особняком в такой классификации стоит целый a subclass of small rocket ships that appeared in the Soviet Union for the defense of coastal areas. Such ships occupy an intermediate position between rocket boats and rocket ships of large displacement. This type of rocket ships, however, did not receive wide distribution, since low seaworthiness does not allow them to move significantly away from the coast, which significantly limits their use. In the Soviet Union, such ships were built, including on an air bed.
"Peter the Great": one of a kind
Each of these ships representstechnically sophisticated combat system. For example, on a heavy missile cruiser, in addition to missiles, there are also two helicopters to repel air attacks. Such a ship can hit targets on land, at sea, and in the air. He also has systems for defeating submarines. Electronic equipment allows you to simultaneously track multiple targets located in different environments, and effectively hit them. In the Russian fleet there is the only such warship with missiles on board.
What is the name of such a cruiser? "Peter the Great".It is the largest ship based in the Arctic. The largest among all Russian military courts and one of the most powerful in the world. Only the largest American cruisers can equip him with weapons.
More than a thousand sailors serve on it, amongwhich 105 officers. Food and water supplies on board allow you to autonomously be at sea for up to two months. A power plant provides a three-year voyage without refueling.
The invisible power of "Dmitry Donskoy"
An underwater warship with missiles on board is, first and foremost, a nuclear cruiser equipped with long-range strategic missiles.
The longest and heaviest submarine in the worldIt was launched in 1980, but it got its name "Dmitry Donskoy" only in 2002, when it was put into operation after a long modernization.
It is assumed that it will be on this shipBulava missiles were installed, which are being developed by the Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering, which is considered to be the leading design institution in the field of nuclear deterrence.
Cruiser "Moscow"
A warship with missiles on board is notnot only a means of combating other military courts, but also a way to demonstrate the political and economic power of the state. Indeed, not every country can afford the design, development, production and maintenance of such a colossal structure. All stages of the development of a ship of this class require the highest professionalism and technical equipment.
A ship of this class in the Black Seathe fleet is considered its flagship - a warship with missiles aboard the cruiser "Moscow". Its main purpose is in fire support of the landing force and air defense of other ships marching with it in the same group.
