How the Vietnamese missile boats practice destroying targets

Recently, the Molniya 1241.8 and Tarantul missile boats of the Vietnam Navy had a joint exercise to destroy targets at sea.

According to public information, although Tarantul's combat capabilities are not equal to Molniya 1241.8, Tarantul's role is still very important when coordinating combat with Molniya.

It is known that in the combat formation, the Molniya ship will be in charge of dangerous targets with good air defense systems, while the Tarantul will take on a supporting role, finishing off the enemy with its P-15M missiles carrying very large warheads.

As the leading missile ship class of the Vietnam Navy, it is not surprising that Vietnam builds more ships of this class because currently, our military shipbuilding industry has mastered Molnya shipbuilding technology and is planning to build larger ships.

Molniya and Tarantul missile boats train together.

In an interview with the Vietnam Navy newspaper at the end of 2016, Rear Admiral Hoang Hong Ha - Deputy Commander of the Vietnam People's Navy said that: Four ships (4 Molniya missile ships) Ba Son were handed over to the Navy, after a period of use, they have proven effective and the two ships accepted this time have achieved good results.

Through this contract and technology transfer project, it can be affirmed that Ba Son Corporation has mastered the technology of building fast attack missile ships and this is the foundation for Ba Son to continue building larger and more modern combat ships, well responding to the task of protecting the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland in the current situation.

Currently, Ba Son has gathered a team of skilled workers in building modern warships. Accordingly, when preparing for the Molniya shipbuilding project, Ba Son sent a delegation of officers and workers to the Russian Federation to study and acquire missile shipbuilding technology in 33 specialties.

After returning to Vietnam, this team organized new training and additional training for the Factory's staff. Thus, up to now, Ba Son Factory has had hundreds of skilled staff and workers capable of meeting the requirements of manufacturing modern military technology.

Vietnam tests domestically built Molniya missile boat.

The ship is equipped with many modern radar systems such as MR-352 Positiv-E search, detection and target tracking radar with phased array antenna located on the top of the mast), Garpun-E anti-tank missile fire control radar, MR-123 Vympel artillery fire control radar.

The ship's main weapon consists of 16 Kh-35 Uran-E missiles with a range of 135km. The missile stands out with its compact size, resulting in a low radar cross-section, and its ability to fly at extremely low altitudes, making it very difficult to intercept.

According to Baodatviet