Russia to auction off huge landing ship

The Russian Navy is preparing to auction off its largest landing craft. The boat will be sold for scrap as the costs of modernizing the vessel would be just too high to make it worth while.

A source in the Russia Navy told a reporter:“Modernization of the landing ship ‘Mitrofan Moskalenko’ has been considered unpractical for economic reasons, also the ship is morally and physically outdated.

The cost of its modernization is equal to construction of at least two small artillery ships. Also, [the] ship’s necessity is questionable from a strategic point of view. Russia does not plan to land seaborne troops anywhere."

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