The ''Rubin'' class, Russian designation Project 22460 ''Okhotnik'' (russian: Охотник, , Hunter), is a class of Russian border patrol vessels being constructed for the
Russian Coast Guard
The Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB (russian: Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России, Beregovaya okhrana Pogranichnoy sluzhby FSB Rossii), previously known as the Maritime Units of the ...
. It is designed to combat surface and airborne targets and threats. It can also conduct patrol and
convoy
A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection. Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support and can help maintain cohesion within a unit. It may also be used ...
escort duties. It is equipped with a Horizon Air S-100, a license-built version of the Austrian
Camcopter S-100
The Schiebel Camcopter S-100 is an Austrian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using a rotorcraft design.
Design and development
Produced by the Austrian company Schiebel, it was developed from 2003 to 2005. With a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of ...
helicopter
unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controll ...
, which is intended for search, detection and identification of small high-speed sea targets at a distance of from the carrier vessel.
Design
The patrol craft have been designed with a higher degree of stealth than past Coast Guard ships. The patrol craft have a steel hull, with a
double bottom and
double sides to increase survivability. The patrol craft are equipped with comfortable berthing for the crew, modern architecture and other comforts like a swimming pool. The patrol craft is equipped with the Opto electronic control system SP-520M, which functions as a fire control system for the main gun and can search and track targets during the day or at night and is equipped with a laser rangefinder, the patrol craft is also equipped with the navigational and tactical complex "TRIMS-22460". The patrol crafts armament gives them anti-surface and air defense capability, in the event of wartime mobilization the craft can be up-armed with anti-ship missiles. The ships are degaussed. The ships have a flight deck and hangar for a helicopter or UAV, there is also a stern launching ramp for a small boat.
The patrol craft can also carry a 57mm A-220M gun mount instead of AK-630 on the bow.
Ships
Italics indicate estimates
See also
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List of ships of the Soviet Navy
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List of ships of Russia by project number
The list of ships of Russia by project number includes all Russian ships by assigned project numbers. Ship descriptions are Russian assigned classifications when known. (The Russian term "проект" can be translated either as the cognate "pr ...
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Project 22160 patrol ship
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Buyan-class corvette
The Buyan class (russian: Буян, , Buyan), Russian designations Project 21630 ''Buyan'' and Project 21631 ''Buyan-M'', are series of corvettes (small artillery and missile ships in Russian classification) developed by Zelenodolsk Design Burea ...
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Patrol vessels of Russia
Patrol boat classes