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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
Russian patrol ship Ruslanlarger figure on 2 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
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Length
Single source63 m (206 ft 8 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Ambassador MK III missile boat | Russian patrol ship Ruslan |
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| Name | Ambassador MK III[source] | Ruslan ( Руслан )[source] |
| Builders | VT Halter Marine[source] | — |
| Operators | Egyptian Navy[source] | — |
| Cost | US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)[source] | — |
| Built | 2008–2013[source] | — |
70 m (230 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| In commission | 2013–[source] | — |
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| Planned | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Type | Missile boat[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | 4 shafts[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 8 days at sea[source] | 50 days[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Thales MRR-3D NG G band multi-role radar Thales Scout ( I / J band ) Maritime Surveillance Radar Thales STING-EO Mk2 fire control Radar Link ASN 150, LinkYE, Link 14 and Link 11 data links IFF TACTICOS Combat Management System with Model 033-2T/066-2T Tracking Pedestals.[source] | MR-302 Rubka ("Strut Curve") surface and air-search radar MR-105 Turel ("Hawk Screech") fire-control radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM[source] | — |
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| Armament | 8 × RGM-84 Boeing Harpoon SSM Block 1G in 2 quad canister launchers 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 Super Rapid DP gun 1 × Mk 31 Mod 3 RIM-116 RAM (21 missiles) 1 × Raytheon Mk 15 Mod 21 Phalanx (Block 1B) 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × deck-mounted 7.62 mm M60 machine guns[source] | 1 × twin 76 mm AK-726 2 × 30 mm AK-630[source] |
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| Country of origin | United States[source]Ambassador MK III missile boat · origin explicitly stated in the linked current national-inventory row; no inference from operator or shipyard | — |
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| Namesake | — | Ruslan from Ruslan and Ludmila[source] |
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| Operator | — | Northern Fleet[source] |
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| Builder | — | Admiralty Shipyard ( Leningrad , USSR )[source] |
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| Yard number | — | 02652[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 26 December 1973[source] |
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| Launched | — | 28 May 1974[source] |
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| Completed | — | 26 September 1975[source] |
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| In service | — | 1975–present[source] |
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| Status | — | In service[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Ivan Susanin -class patrol ship[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helideck for Kamov Ka-25 or Ka-27[source] |
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| Notes | — | Armament removed[source] |
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| National origin | — | Soviet Union[source] |
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