Admiral Gorshkov

Russia's most modern multirole frigate — a compact, ocean-going warship designed for long-range precision strike with Kalibr and Zircon hypersonic missiles, and the centerpiece of the Russian Navy's bid to recapitalize its surface fleet after decades of Soviet-era reliance.

Overview

The Admiral Gorshkov-class (Project 22350) is a multirole guided-missile frigate designed and built by Severnaya Verf for the Russian Navy. It is Russia's first post-Soviet surface combatant to carry a multi-function phased-array radar and a vertical launch system for long-range land-attack and anti-ship missiles, marking a generational leap from the legacy Soviet destroyer and cruiser fleet. The class is intended to replace the aging Udaloy and Sovremenny destroyers and form the core of Russia's future ocean-going surface fleet.

Development

The lead ship, Admiral Gorshkov, was laid down in 2006, launched in 2010, and endured a protracted fitting-out period before entering service on 28 July 2018, according to Army Recognition. The program was severely disrupted by Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, which cut off the supply of Ukrainian Zorya-Mashproekt gas turbines that powered the first two ships. Russia was forced to develop an indigenous replacement, the NPO Saturn M90FR turbine, delaying subsequent hulls; this supply-chain vulnerability is documented by Naval Technology. By 2025, about three to four ships had been commissioned, with additional hulls under construction and a follow-on larger variant, Project 22350M, in design.

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