News of the nuclear industry and energy

As the Kommersant newspaper reported in the article by Polina Smertina and Dmitry Kozlov, "Icebreakers say goodbye to LNG. Norilsk Nickel and Rosatom will build them diesel," Norilsk Nickel and Rosatom decided to build a diesel-electric icebreaker, abandoning the use of a fuel system on liquefied natural gas (LNG). They want to install only Russian equipment on the icebreaker, including Transmashholding diesel engines and conventional shaft lines instead of imported propeller columns. The refusal to use the LNG fuel system was expected due to sanctions, analysts say.

The US Navy is preparing a plan to defeat the fleets of China and Russia

The return of the leading states to global confrontation is a fait accompli. One of the main participants in the new "geostrategic game" is the United States, which has promptly moved from the strategic concept of the "global war on terror" and countering "rogue states" to "competition with equal opponents." Washington understands China and Russia as such opponents today, which leaves an imprint on the nature and directions of America's military construction.

The Conference of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons turned out to be a dummy

The first Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (NWFZ) was held in Vienna in June. It took place against the background of a sharp increase in military and political risks in the European region, an increase in military spending and capabilities, failures of bilateral and multilateral efforts in the field of arms control.

Russia accused Ukraine of shelling a nuclear power plant in the controlled territory and stated that the "pan-European catastrophe" was avoided only "by a happy accident"

The UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP in Energodar, writes the Daily Mail. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that such strikes by the Ukrainian side are fraught with a nuclear catastrophe. According to some readers of the British tabloid, this is exactly what Kiev is trying to achieve.

Russia's conflict with the West will lead to the use of nuclear weapons

In connection with Russia's special operation in Ukraine, Western analysts are increasingly talking about the danger of NATO being drawn into the conflict and even about the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons. Various scenarios are being worked out in the military headquarters.

Marcus Hellier, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, told the Guardian that the only way Australia will get a nuclear submarine by 2030 is if the US provides one of its own submarines.

It is necessary to assemble the IAEA and the UN Security Council, experts say

The armed forces of the Russian Federation continue to inflict massive strikes on the military infrastructure of Ukraine. On July 20, high-precision missiles hit the deployment point of the 35th Marine Brigade in the Odessa region.

A member of the CAA Rogov announced four APU strikes on the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP in a day

The Ukrainian military fired at a nuclear power plant in the Zaporozhye region, said Vladimir Rogov, a representative of the military-civil administration of the region. As the local authorities said, everything is fine with the station, it is still working. But it is not yet known about the victims and those killed in the attack. Since the beginning of the week, this attack by the APU has already become the third.

Information about the withdrawal from the Russian fleet of the submarine missile carrier project 941UM "Shark" "Dmitry Donskoy" does not correspond to reality. This was reported by several sources in the shipbuilding industry and law enforcement agencies of the North.

Putin flies to Iran to strengthen new anti-Western alliance

Being isolated due to the conflict in Ukraine, the Russian leader is looking for friends, the authors of The Times believe. They claim that in Russia his visit to Iran is presented as the creation of a new anti-Western coalition. But it is known that the Turkish leader will also be at the meeting. But Ankara is a member of NATO.

The world's most powerful attack submarine has been commissioned; the combat power of Russian Navy submarines is being restored

Despite the fact that the Russian navy is experiencing serious problems with surface combat potential, the situation in the field of submarines is completely different. New Russian submarines again threaten the submarine fleet of the US Navy, writes JB Press.

Belgorod: a giant submarine for nuclear war

The giant Belgorod submarine is designed to launch the Poseidon underwater drone with a nuclear charge and can serve as a base for spy platforms operating underwater, Asia Times writes. In addition, it can become the location of the Losharik submarine.

A full-scale hybrid war has been unleashed against Belarus, which is offensive in nature. This was stated by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on July 12 at the Palace of Independence at a ceremony honoring graduates of military universities and senior officers. The Belarusian leader also regretfully pointed out that the policy of the West is bringing the world closer to the abyss of a big war in which there will be no winner.

Scientists from the A.P. Alexandrov Research Institute of Technology (NITI) showed the journalists of the Zvezda TV channel "sacrificial material" developed to prevent the consequences of leaks at nuclear power plants.

The agency plans to recover more than 500 million rubles for non-compliance with the conditions for the development and production of microchips for satellites

The Kommersant newspaper found in the file of arbitration cases that on June 30, the Ministry of Industry and Trade filed a lawsuit for 512 million rubles against the Russian microelectronics design center of JSC SPC Elvis.

Ukraine is carrying out terrorist attacks on settlements occupied by Russian troops. The main striking means for this are the American HIMARS rocket launchers recently delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. What are the features of this type of weapon, how is it most dangerous – and in what way is the Russian army able to destroy it?

A protocol between the Russian Federation and Belarus on extending the operation of the radio station of the Vileika naval strategic nuclear forces has been submitted to the State Duma for ratification, the document is available in the Duma database.

Dmitry Litovkin — about what is known and what can be assumed about the missile system being developed for the Russian Navy

The Russian military-industrial complex continues to surprise with new developments. As it became known to TASS sources, a new Serpentine missile system with a hypersonic striking element is being developed in the country.

In May, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the revived Moskvich plant would produce electric cars in the future. Plans to launch domestic production of electric cars were announced by KAMAZ, Kaliningrad Avtotor, and Lipetsk Motorinvest.

A landmark foreign visit of the president was announced in the Kremlin – in a few days Vladimir Putin will meet in Tehran with the leaders of Iran and Turkey. Almost simultaneously, Biden's adviser said that Iran was allegedly ready to transfer several hundred drones to Russia. Is this really the case, why are ties with Iran of particular importance to Russia now and who is trying to sever them?