On October 17, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected the new Russian fleet - project 12700. Unique project 12700 "Alexandrite" and its 62-meter main ship "Alexander Obukhov" - the pride of the Russian Navy. The world's only minesweeper of such impressive size, created from composite materials, was launched on June 27, 2014. Let's try to understand what is his advantage over steel colleagues from our homeland and other countries.