SinoSoldier
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Vodka-fueled delusions on the part of Russians is hardly "breaking news", is it? Or "news" for that matter.
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Vodka-fueled delusions on the part of Russians is hardly "breaking news", is it? Or "news" for that matter.
SinoSoldier
Colonel
Now, this is a rumor coming from a country that once offered to sell their Su-57s to China and S-400s to the United States. When dealing with such humans, give them a bone to chew on and yourself a good dose of table salt.
Skywatcher
Captain
Why don't they offer it for the USN FFG contest as well, while they're at it?
Its not a rumor, its the optimistic opinion of a politician. No hurt if they give it a try. But for many reasons I don't see why China would want Buyan-Ms. Maybe Vietnam, seeing them to be satisfied customers of the Gepard class frigates, which are more like modern corvettes. Or India.
Wasn't there some Chinese diesel engines that were exported to Russia for some corvettes? I was thinking it maybe of this class. Oh wait, it is this class, they started substituting engines that were European embargoed with Chinese ones.
The Chinese engine breaking down delaying the ship's commissioning.
Service must be responsive, as two months later the ship is back up and gets to be commissioned.
I don't see how they could export these corvettes with Chinese engines to India and Vietnam. They will have to find a new supplier not from Europe unless India or Vietnam has to work something out with Germany for the engines.
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Deleted member 13312
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China may be interested in the concept design of the Buyan, but there is no reason why they must procure actual ships from Russia to make it work. They already have a viable hull in the form of the Type 56A which in comparison of tonnage is actually somewhat under armed when compared to the Buyan. The large hull and displacement allows for greater increase in potential firepower and endurance.
SinoSoldier
Colonel
When the MIC of a particular nation has a history of making outlandish claims, it doesn't hurt to be a bit more skeptical. Granted, it may be perfectly reasonable to expect Vietnam to buy some, but I wouldn't be so trusting of any rhetoric from Russia's MIC henceforth.
Aside from the Su-35, any purported Russian deal with China is immediately suspect when it comes to me. Again, I need to emphasize that they had the audacity to claim that the S-400 would be available for sale to the United States.
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Deleted member 13312
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I can agree with most of what the TASS article states other than the tonnage. Good tonnage? These ships barely reach the 1000 ton mark.
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Deleted member 13312
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In terms of naval export however, Russia has seen more success. So this article isn't completely far fetched. Vietnam had operated Gepard class frigates, whilist India still uses the Talwar class frigates as well.
The Karakurtt is not a vaporware seeing as the lead ship had already been launched.