Russia launches corvette Grozny, ninth ship of the Stragoshchi class, at Amur Shipyard in Komsomolsk-on-Amur The 2,200-ton multipurpose warship, hull number 551, is the fifth vessel of this design built by the shipyard for the Russian Pacific Fleet. It is armed with eight H-35 Uranus anti-surface missiles, twelve Redut vertical launch pods and two Paket-NK square launchers carrying eight anti-submarine or anti-torpedo weapons. It is powered by four Kolomna 16D49 diesel engines and will enhance anti-submarine warfare, air defense and surface reconnaissance operations in Russia's distant waters.