Isn't Sokol reponsible for the MiG-31K and MiG-31BM?
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Isn't Sokol reponsible for the MiG-31K and MiG-31BM?
It looks like the ship will have VLS installed at both her bow and stern.
Wonder if it will have a helicopter hangar or helipad (most likely not).
It is, but it's a huge factory.
Correction: The hollowed space at the stern of the under-construction ship does not appear to be the site of a VLS.
Perhaps that was where the engine was located, before a chimney structure was built above.
Perhaps that was where the engine was located, before a chimney structure was built above.
Reading on the www, it's unclear to me the issue of the Amnok and Tuman class corvettes. Are there indeed two of each, meaning one of each for both coasts? Also are there any drawing /images showing the Tuman and Amnok classes side by side, to make out clearly the differences between them, sizes, displacement, weapons fit etc.? To me it looks like on the www they are constantly mixing them up, and even say Tuman is a 3,000 ton Krivak hull.
1x Amnok and 1x Tuman for the Eastern Fleet
1x Amnok and 1x Tuman for the Western Fleet
Tuman is not possible from the Krivak's hull
Krivak = 123 meters long
Tuman = approximately 77 meters long from satellite measurement
But having had a Krivak-III at their disposal for a long period, on which restoration work was also started and then abandoned, still gave them the possibility of carrying out in-depth reconnaissance and study of every part of the ship, an experience which I think was then transferred in part to these new frigates under construction which in terms of dimensions I think can approach if not exceed those of the hull of the Krivak-III/project 1135.1 which, to be clear, was the version with a helicopter landing and hangar.
And on another subject, any other images/news about what me and few other folks believe to be a medium range SAM (see link below)? Could this be a variant of the Pyoljjy-1/2 but without the booster, or perhaps like i believe @Valiant1002 mentioned previously, a SAM version of the apparent BVR AAM seen in 2021 iirc? Incidentally, i do agree and would be sensible for DPRK to create an IRIS type SAM system from the BVR and WVR AAMs shown back then.
Many thanks for your input Sahureka. I'm just going on the www to try to figure out the differences between Tuman and Amnok class. Major one seems to be Tuman only has Kumsong-3s, while Amnok has the much more menacing Hwasal-2? Also, is there any hints that Amnok might be equipped with the DPRK Tor, said to be called Pyoljjy-3?
Thanks, completely missed. Did they show radar?
Given tracked chassis, probably more of Buk m3 TEL?
Maybe this is in fact their new frigate missile, too.
Apart from the parade, i haven't seen any other pics of it to date, certainly not the radar. It does look like a DPRK Buk-M3/S-350/KM-SAM equivalent, and could certainly make sense to have it arm the new DPRK frigate. I wonder if anyone spotted this system in pictures/footage of the famous DPRK new weapons hall/exhibition?