Project 21956

Model of Lider-class destroyer preliminary design on ARMY-2015
Class overview
Name:	Lider class
Preceded by:	Sovremennyy-class destroyer Udaloy-class destroyer Slava-class cruiser
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	17,500 tons
Length:	200 m (656 ft 2 in)
Beam:	20 m (65 ft 7 in)
Draught:	6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Propulsion:	nuclear marine propulsion
Speed:	32 knots (59 km/h)
Range:	unlimited
Armament:	Anti-ship and cruise missiles (64 3S14 universal cells): Kalibr-NK cruise missile Oniks supersonic anti-ship cruise missile Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile Air defense missiles: S-500 air defense system (56 cells) Redut medium-range air defense system (16 cells) 3 × Pantsir-M SAM/gun systems Artillery: 1 × 1 × A-192M Armat 130-mm naval gun Anti-submarine warfare: 2 × 6 × Paket-NK dual use anti-torpedo/anti-submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities:	Stern hangar
Notes:	Hangar for up to 2 medium-lift helicopters

The Lider-class destroyer or Project 23560 (Shkval-class destroyer or Project 23560E for export version) is under consideration for construction for the Russian Navy as a nuclear powered combined guided missile destroyer, large antisubmarine warship and guided missile cruiser.

“The Lider will be a universal ship, triple-hatted as a destroyer, large ASW ship and guided missile cruiser while being smaller than Project 1144 ships and carrying far more weaponry,” according to Valeriy Polovinki, advisor to the director general of the Krylov State Research Center that worked out the destroyer’s preliminary design, as reported in The Defence Talk. "It is meant to replace the Sovremennyy-class destroyers, the main anti-surface warships of the Russian Navy, as well as the Slava-class cruisers and the Udaloy class anti-submarine destroyers."

The Lider-class ships will be nuclear powered and have extensive food storage and stores, to give them an independent cruising capability of 90 days.

They will be about 200 metres (656 ft 2 in) long with a beam of 20 metres (65 ft 7 in), and a maximum speed of 32 knots (59 km/h). The vessels are estimated to displace around 17,500 tons.

A flight deck and hangars will accommodate two Kamov Ka-27 or Ka-32 helicopters.