“The Northern Design Bureau prepared a technical project for the construction of promising frigates of the ocean zone of the improved project 22350M,” TASS quoted him as saying.
Rakhmanov, however, did not rule out that the construction of the lead ship could begin in 2020.
“If there is money, we will start building in 2020,” said the head of USC.
In March, it was announced that the development of design documentation for frigates of the 22350M project was announced.
It was assumed that the displacement on the modernized frigates would be increased to 7 thousand tons, and the maximum ammunition of the Caliber cruise missiles would be increased to 48 units.