Anticipating the competition: fiberglass warships

The construction of Russian ships, which have no analogues in the world of warships, is the correct and far-sighted strategy of the state. The defense industry should strive to stay ahead of the competition, expert analyst at FINAM JSC Alexei Kalachev told a REGNUM correspondent, commenting on the words of the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy.

“Now the sixth ship from monolithic fiberglass for the needs of the Navy is laid on the slipways of one of the most modern shipbuilding enterprises in Russia - at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant in St. Petersburg.

Manufacturers and the military claim that the new mine defense ships have no analogues in the world. They are distinguished by increased strength, maneuverability and survivability, which is especially important for a mine minesweeper.

And rightly so, the defense industry, by definition, should strive to stay ahead of the competition, using the latest technological developments, and creating a technological reserve for future civil production. What is the point of repeating other people's analogues, increasing the gap, when you can try to get ahead.

It should be noted that the use of composite materials in shipbuilding is no longer something fundamentally new, as well as in the aviation and automotive industries.

Composite materials, including those based on fiberglass, will be increasingly used in a wide variety of industries, ”the expert expressed his opinion.

As REGNUM reported, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolay Evmenov said that Russian shipyards are building a number of new warships, including those that have no analogues in the world.

Source: https://regnum.ru