New patrol boats to protect Kazakh territorial waters
Ural Plant Zenit JSC (subsidiary of " NC "Kazakhstan
Engineering" JSC) has unveiled prototype model of the high-speed
patrol boat of 0210 "Aybar" .
The company reported that high-speed patrol boat is the 22th boat
of the company being manufactured at the state defense order. The
new boat is replacing the "Burkit" boat, produced by the plant
earlier.
The boat is intended to ensure the protection of state territorial
waters of the state border and the continental shelf of Kazakhstan.
It is designed for patrolling waters to stop illegal shipping,
smuggling, piracy and illegal fishing, interception and inspection
of ship-offenders.
The new boat has improved speed, handling, stability, cruising
range of previous boats. It has also an installed remote-controlled
combat module, which will fully provide the necessary conditions
for using weapons.
The boat will be transferred to the Caspian Sea by the Ural River,
after which it will undergo a series of tests and then delivered to
the customer.
The "Zenith" factory is a shipbuilding enterprise producing modern
military boats and ships. The technical and production capacity of
the plant meets all requirements of the maritime register of
shipping on the implementation of the design, construction,
refurbishment, modernization and repair of ships, hull structures,
marine equipment.
Ural Plant" Zenith JSC plans to modernize the production process to
make special ships and boats with dry weight of about 600 tonnes.
It is part of an investment project called the "Development of
marine shipbuilding".
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