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Vietnam to receive two more Gepard-class warships soon: gov’t site
Tuoi Tre News ^
| 25 May 2015
Posted on 05/27/2015 5:39:02 PM PDT by Army Air Corps
The Vietnam People's Navy will soon get their hands on two new Gepard-class 3.9 frigates, the third and fourth of their kind which Russia has built for the Southeast Asian country, as the shipbuilder has just completed them, government website chinhphu.vn reported, quoting Russian media.
>> An audio version of the story is available here
Russia has finished the construction of the two frigates for the Vietnamese navy, Russian news website Sputnik quoted Rafi Fatychow, spokesman for the Zelenodolsk shipyard, as saying last week.
Weapons will be installed on the two warships soon, Fatychow said at a forum on the maritime industry held in Moscow from May 19 to 21.
Gepard-class 3.9 frigates are an export version of the guard vessels under project 11661 of Russia, which are built in the Zelenodolsk shipyard in the Russian republic of Tatarstan.
The two warships will be delivered to Vietnam as soon as the weapons are installed, Sputnik quoted Fatykhow as saying.
In terms of features, the two new ships are similar to the first two Gepard-class 3.9 vessels under the Vietnam People's Navy.
The difference is that the second pair will be equipped with anti-submarine weapons, torpedo tubes, and other modern devices used for detecting enemy submarines. The ships also use modern generators with improved features.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: china; southchinasea; vietnam
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To: ThanhPhero
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05/27/2015 5:39:35 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: TigersEye
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05/27/2015 5:39:56 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
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05/27/2015 5:42:57 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Thanks for posting a photograph of a Gepard-class ship.
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05/27/2015 5:47:46 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
It’s certainly a business-like looking craft.
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05/27/2015 5:50:20 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Army Air Corps
Fodder for the Chicom navy?
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05/27/2015 6:10:03 PM PDT
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Rebelbase
To: Rebelbase
These are being equipped with ASW gear, so the idea is to hunt PLAN submarines.
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05/27/2015 6:13:13 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
The Vietnamese government has also ordered four Sigma-class corvettes from the Netherlands.
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05/27/2015 6:22:44 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
Rafi FatychowNeeds to quit the shipyard and open a restaurant.
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05/27/2015 6:22:54 PM PDT
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PAR35
To: PAR35
With a name like that, how could he fail?
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05/27/2015 6:23:24 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
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05/27/2015 6:26:41 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: PAR35
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05/27/2015 6:51:46 PM PDT
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RushIsMyTeddyBear
(The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
To: KC_Lion
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05/27/2015 7:01:20 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps; PotatoHeadMick; GeronL
Thanks for the Ping.
Slick looking warships.
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05/27/2015 7:25:06 PM PDT
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KC_Lion
(This Millennial is for Cruz!)
To: Army Air Corps
Russians building ships for VC to fight who ? Verry interesting!! Tanks AAC.
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05/27/2015 7:33:04 PM PDT
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mosesdapoet
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To: mosesdapoet
Russians building ships for VC to fight who ?
China.
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05/27/2015 7:35:15 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: ought-six
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05/27/2015 7:42:03 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BeauBo
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05/27/2015 8:25:57 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
Fartykhow?
Is that pronounced how I think it is?
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05/27/2015 8:33:14 PM PDT
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GeronL
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