Missile hovercraft

The Bora-class hoverborne guided missile corvette of the Russian Navy, also bears the NATO class name Dergach, is one of the few types of military surface effect ship built solely for marine combat purposes, rather than troop landing or transport. Its designation in the Soviet and Russian navies is Project 1239; the first vessel produced under this designation was Sivuch, which was later renamed Bora. It is one of the largest combat sea vehicles with catamaran design.

Deployment
The Bora-class was designed in 1988 mainly for coastal defense and patrol duties against surface vessels, large and small. Two were built and are currently in service, both assigned to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. A future series of hovercraft have been planned based on this model for future production.

Armament

 * 2 × Quadruple MT-206ME launchers for 3M-80E "Moskit" marine cruise missiles (or various others)
 * 1 × 9K33M "Osa-MA" type surface-to-air missile system for anti-aircraft defense with 20 missiles
 * 1 × AK–176M automatic 76.2 mm cannon or 1 × AK-100 automatic 100 mm cannon
 * 2 × AK-630 30 mm anti-aircraft Gatling cannons
 * 16 × 9K38 Igla man-portable shoulder mounted surface-to-air missile launcher sets
 * 2 × 14.5 mm naval machine gun mounts
 * 1 × DP-64 anti-saboteur grenade launcher

Operators

 * Russian Navy
 * NRF