According to information published by Tass on June 16, 2022, the Gremyashchy corvette of the Pacific fleet held an antisubmarine exercise in the Pacific Ocean and engaged Otvet antisubmarine missile complex to destroy a hostile submarine.
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Russian Navy's Project 20385 corvette (Picture source: Tass)
Gremyashchiy is the lead ship of the Gremyashchiy-class corvettes of the Russian Navy. Gremyashchiy was laid down on 1 February 2012, and launched on 30 June 2017 by Severnaya Verf in Saint Petersburg.
She was commissioned on 29 December 2020. In August 2021, the ship began her transit from the Baltic to the Pacific Fleet. She arrived at her home port of Vladivostok in November 2021.
About Otvet missile
The Otvet anti-submarine missile system was developed by the Sea Underwater Weapon - Gidropribor Group (part of the Tactical Missiles Corporation). According to open sources, the Otvet system consists of an anti-submarine missile launched from 3S-14 multi-purpose launchers (also used for Kalibr, Oniks, and Tsirkon cruise missiles). The system mounted on surface ships has a maximum firing range of 40 km.
The missile’s warhead section comprises a small-size homing anti-submarine torpedo. Upon reaching the target area, the missile parachutes a torpedo into the water, then it submerges and automatically hunts down an enemy submarine, using its sonar system.
