Vietnam debuts 2 locally-made missile warships

The Vietnam People’s Navy on Thursday conducted a flag raising ceremony for two fast-attack missile ships of Molniya class, the first of its kind to have been built locally in Vietnam.The ceremony to debut the new vessels, HQ377 and HQ378, was held at the military port of Naval Zone 2 in southern  Dong Nai Province.

The ships were earlier handed over by the Ministry of Defense to Brigade 167 of Naval Zone 2.The vessels, designed based on a Russian version, were built at the Ba Son shipyard under the General Department of Military Industry.These vessels are equipped with advanced weapons with state-of-the-art functions.Each of the warships is equipped with 16 missiles arranged into four modules for launch on its sides, two AK-630 shipborne artillery systems with 4,000 shells each, which can fire 4,000-5,000 shots per minute.