Russian Coast Guard going for speed instead of firepower?

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New 'Rubin' class patrol boat of the Russian Coast Guard
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Maximum speed up to 30 knots.

That's much faster than most of the Coast Guard's older vessels
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But, it does not carry such powerful weaponry as those boats
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Instead of cannons, I see AK-630 machine guns, and they also have Kh-35 missiles, Wikipedia says.

I guess they are good for intercepting poachers in the Pacific. And matching speed with our big rival over there
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Is it just me who is misunderstanding what boat you are talking about, or is there a rather large cannon in the front of the boat?
 
Strauss said:
Is it just me who is misunderstanding what boat you are talking about, or is there a rather large cannon in the front of the boat?
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The older boats have cannons, yes. The Rubin just has AK-630, which, don't take me wrong, can do a lot of damage, but is not a artillery weapon nonetheless. That is why I said 'speed instead of firepower'.
 
Yeah, I was thinking that too, but then I looked up what the AK-630 actually was. Interesting having a CIWS as the main gun.
 
It is not going to fight a war, it needs to to be fast to catch some of the boats around these days. If it needs back up then they can always call up the Air Force
 
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