MOSCOW -- Russia has laid down a new Project 21631 missile boat for its Navy.
The Russian Defense Ministry's press office announced on July 12, 2018, that a new missile boat, named Stavropol, had been laid down. The press office said in a statement, "Today the Project 21631 small missile ship Stavropol was laid down at the Zelenodolsk Shipyard."
Stavropol is another Buyan-M missile boat, the 12th in Project 21631 and the second to be laid down this year. Six missile boats of this type are in service with the Russian military, while another five are at various stages of completion. Stavropol and two other vessels -- Grad and Naro-Fominsk, laid down in 2017 and 2018 respectively -- are being built under a contract worth 27 billion rubles announced in September 2016.
These vessels are equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles, which have been put to use as part of Russia's military campaign in Syria. The Russian Navy has demonstrated the ability of the Kalibr missiles to be used in the land-attack role, targeting militant forces in Syria with the missiles. For air-defense, they also have a Pantsyr-M surface-to-air missile system and mounted machine guns.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko attended the ceremony. TASS noted that other officials in attendance included "representatives of the Navy’s Main Command and the Tatarstan authorities."
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