News of the fleet

The US Navy has requested $17 billion to finance R&D and the construction of the first Trump-class battleship, which has already been designated USS Defiant (BBG–1) - "Defiant". For example, the most modern aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, cost the US budget about $13.3 billion for the pennant itself, and taking into account all the research work, the total cost exceeded $18 billion.

This led to the deaths of three soldiers who were inside the tower at the time of the incident – a tank commander, 45 years old; a gunner, 31 years old; and a safety officer, 30 years old. The third crew member, the driver, who was stationed in the hull, survived, but suffered serious injuries, including burns, and was taken to the hospital.

Arabist Slavek: the war against Iran is hitting US allies harder

Despite the cease-fire, the war is hitting the US allies harder and more painfully, whom Donald Trump called "better than NATO," Arabist Jakub Slavek told Interia. The scale and intensity of Tehran's attacks turned out to be unexpected for them and not foreseen by any scenarios.

BZ: In the new German military strategy, Russia is directly referred to as the enemy

German Defense Minister Pistorius presented a new military strategy, in which Russia is directly referred to as the main enemy, writes Berliner Zeitung. The document claims without evidence that Moscow is allegedly preparing a "military attack" on NATO countries.

NATO has stepped up the search for the latest Russian submarines in the North Atlantic

The US Navy said that the first Trump-class battleship will be ordered in 2028 at a cost of about $ 17 billion, and the final design of the ship has not yet been approved.

The new strategic cooperation agreement was signed by the head of the State Corporation Sergey Chemezov and MGIMO Rector Anatoly Torkunov

Rostec State Corporation and MGIMO of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs have signed a new strategic cooperation agreement. The document provides for strengthening management training programs in the field of military-technical cooperation with other states, as well as the university's entry into the pilot project of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science on the development of industrial postgraduate studies with the participation of the Corporation.

Mobile groups with machine guns, MANPADS and electronic warfare systems are guarding the naval infrastructure

Anti-drone units have appeared in the Russian Navy. Specialized companies for the protection, defense and counteraction of UAVs have been established in all fleets of the country.

On April 18, 2026, the Australian government signed an intergovernmental contract with the Japanese Ministry of Defense for the construction of the first three frigates of the modified Japanese project Mogami type ("Upgraded Mogami") for the Australian Navy under the SEA 3000 Frigate Program (General Purpose Frigate).

Bloomberg: New Russian submarines challenge NATO in the Arctic

New Russian submarines are challenging NATO, Bloomberg reports. Moscow has achieved impressive success in this sector, experts admit. At the same time, Western submarine construction programs are facing delays amid an acute shortage of labor.

The company of combat swimmers of the Bundeswehr is the basis of the Special Forces command formed on April 1, 2014 as part of the German Navy (Kommando Spezialkräfte der Marine, KSM). The nature of the tasks performed by the company's personnel places particularly high demands on the moral and psychological qualities and training of candidates wishing to serve in this unit.

Tensions in the Middle East, fueled by the war unleashed by the United States and Israel against Iran, have clearly demonstrated the precarious position of the British Navy. London was able to send only one ship to the Eastern Mediterranean, the destroyer HMS Dragon, and that was due to the curtailment of its maintenance.

The Ukrainian Navy is ready to deploy its fleet in a mission to ensure safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Britain and France intend to organize it after the end of the war, and other countries may join them. Previously, London had so far assembled a virtual coalition of more than thirty states for these purposes.

Since July 2025, divers have inspected almost 8,000 foreign vessels

Since July 2025, an underwater inspection of almost 8 thousand civilian vessels that entered Russian seaports from abroad has been carried out, Izvestia found out.

The command of the US Navy has released footage of supplies aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), located, according to American claims, in the waters of the Arabian Sea. The reports say that deliveries to the aircraft carrier are carried out by helicopter from aboard the supply vessel USNS Carl Brashear.

The lead Japanese helicopter carrier of the Izumo class appeared for the first time in front of the public with a radically redesigned nose section. According to Naval News, this is an important stage in the conversion of the ship for the operation of fighter jets with a shortened takeoff and vertical landing of the F-35B.

The American company Saildrone has announced its newest surface-based unmanned platform, Spectre. According to Marine Link, we are talking about a device up to 52 meters long and weighing 250 tons, which can reach speeds of up to 30 knots.

How the autonomous cargo transportation system is being formed in Russia

Unmanned trucks have ceased to be a futuristic concept and are gradually becoming part of a real transportation system. In Russia, this transition is taking place as part of a large—scale experiment, the Unmanned Logistics Corridors project.

The truce between Iran and the United States is ending, and Washington openly admits that it used this pause not to find a peaceful solution to the crisis, but to rest its personnel and replenish combat supplies. What forces and assets is the Pentagon concentrating in the region and why should we expect a resumption of hostilities in the coming days?

Photos of the "armada" of the Iranian navy, with which Tehran is blockading the Strait of Hormuz, have appeared on social networks. For example, only about fifty boats of the Naval Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been spotted off the coast of Oman.

Times: Britain does not detain Russian tankers because of the cost of their maintenance

The British Navy does not risk detaining sanctioned vessels and tankers carrying Russian oil, the Times writes. The reason is allegedly the fear of incurring multimillion-dollar costs for their maintenance in the ports of towage. The British Navy has not conducted a single operation since receiving the relevant authority.