New stealth corvette enters service with Russian Navy

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The Russian Navy recently commissioned a new stealth warship into service.

Burya (Буря; “Storm”) is the latest example of the Project 22800 or Karakurt-class corvettes. Like her sisters, she has a length of 67 metres, a beam of 11 metres, a displacement of around 800 tonnes, and a speed in excess of 30 knots.

The ship’s armament includes Oniks and Kalibr anti-ship cruise missiles, 76mm naval guns, a Pantsir-M close-in weapon system consisting of surface-to-air missiles, and 14.5mm machine guns.