Two Vietnamese missile ships, No. 379 and No. 380, were officially put into operation at a ceremony in the Naval Zone 2 in Dong Nai province on September 24.
Two Vietnamese missile ships, No. 379 and No. 380, were officially put into operation at a ceremony in the Naval Zone 2 in southern Dong Nai province on September 24.
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The two missile ships were built by HCM City-based Ba Son Shipyard under a contract to build six such corvettes for the Vietnam People’s Navy, using Russian technology. |
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The ships, equipped with the state-of-the-art technology, help the Vietnam People’s Navy strengthen its national defence capacity |
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Two missile ships No. 379 and No. 380 have been built since October 2011 |
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Each missile ship has armed with 16 Uran-E anti-ship missiles with a 130km firing range |
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The ships are equipped with advanced technologies |
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Radar system |
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Ba Son Shipyard plans to hand over two missile ships to Vietnam People’s Navy in mid-2016 |
(Source:VOV)