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 | | MKB Raduga traces its history to 1946 when Aleksandr Bereznyak, who previously worked on the design of Russia's first rocket-propelled fighter aircraft, Bolkhovitinov Experimental Design Bureau's (OKB) BI-1,[1] formed Branch No. 2 of OKB-155 (also known as MiG OKB) based in Dubna. |
 | | The first ship was launched in 1998, and the second in 1999, at Severnaya Verf in St. Petersburg. |
 | | Both ships, formerly named Vazhnyy and Aleksandr Nevskiy, were initially laid down for the Soviet Navy, but remained incomplete due to lack of funding.[15] Although the contract was implemented, the sale of Moskit missiles to China initially encountered Ministry of Defense resistance. |
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