The Russian Fleet wants to get a 800 tons special ship with shock KA-52 on board (photo)

The construction of the 14400 Project ship was frozen because of a full -scale war, but the experience of hostilities allegedly showed that a ship was needed. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation approved a plan, which in 2024 should complete a special ship for training in helicopters. This was reported by "Izvestia". The training ship must first be completed because work on its construction was frozen due to a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine.

The ship still does not have its own name, but build it on a project of 14400. The sources of the publication say that in addition to training the ship will perform tasks for patrolling the maritime regions, as well as fight with drones. In the Russian Federation, the experience of war showed that the fleet needs a projection ship 14400.

Also known are the main characteristics of the vessel: helicopters Ka-52, Ka-31, Ka-29 or Ka-27 will learn to sit down and take off from board the ship, because in Russian in Russian There are many vessels that have special platforms for helicopters. There is no armament of the project. They laid the ship 5 years ago, but actually began to build it in October 2019. The ship has to serve on the Azov Sea in the city of Yeysk, and a ship is being built in the Gorodets of the Nizhny Novgorod region.