The High Command of the Navy prepared a report addressed to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu with a request to close the project of the newest airborne landing craft 21820 "Dugong".

As a result of operation, cracks have formed in the stern of the combat boat; the seams of the hull cannot withstand movement at high speed and are coming apart,” an officer from the Commander-in-Chief shared with Izvestia.

Because of this, at high speeds the ship “catches a wave” and is subjected to a strong hydrodynamic shock, which can even break it in half.

Both projects were developed by the Nizhny Novgorod Central Design Bureau for Hydrofoils named after Alekseev.

A representative of the military-industrial complex who participated in the projects clarified the situation to Izvestia on condition of anonymity.

Laid down in 2006, the Ataman Platov was transferred to the fleet only in 2010, although in four years it is possible to build not only a 280-ton boat, but also a cruiser with a displacement of 25 thousand tons.

By the time the Ivan Kartsov was laid down in 2010, serious problems with orders had arisen at the Eastern Shipyard, and this is one of the city-forming enterprises of Vladivostok.

The country's leadership could not allow social tension in the city, which was preparing for the APEC 2012 summit, so the construction of the boat was moved here.

If they are abandoned, then carrying out landing missions will require more massive fire suppression of the defense, and your losses will increase.

The first ships with a dynamic support principle were built on static air cushions with powerful fans and enormous fuel consumption.