KUBINKA (Moscow Region) (Sputnik) – Russia is ready to equip the Gepard-class 3.9 frigates for Vietnam with Club-class cruise missile systems, the director of Zelenodolsk shipbuilding plant said Monday.
"If the Vietnamese partners want to install Club missiles [on the frigates], we are ready to provide them with these weapons," Sergei Rudenko told RIA Novosti.
At present, Gepard-class frigates are equipped with Russian Uran anti-ship missiles.
Club missiles are designed for warships to hit both surface and ground targets.
Gepard-class 3.9 frigates are an export version of Project 11661 guard vessels, built in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan.
In 2011, Russia delivered two Gepard 3.9 frigates to Vietnam. Two others are currently in the process of being modernized at the Zelenodolsk shipyard.
