News of the fleet

The memorandum of the head of the White House, Donald Trump, "The restoration of the US Navy and the shipbuilding industrial base of America" dated August 13, 2026, officially introduces the concept of the "Finnish Model".

Telegraph: Russia has deployed the frigate Admiral Kasatonov to the Danish Straits

The frigate Admiral Kasatonov was spotted in the area of the Danish Straits, The Telegraph writes. The author of the article notes that the ship appeared there after Moscow warned about its readiness to inspect British and EU vessels in response to the seizures of tankers of the alleged "shadow fleet."

On August 7, 2026, the ceremony of the first steel cutting and the start of construction for the Indonesian Navy of the first of two large diesel-electric submarines of the French Scorpene Evolved project was held at the Indonesian State Shipbuilding Association RT PAL in Surabaya.

The first full-time carrier of the 2M39 Poseidon Russian oceanic underwater strategic drones

was put on factory sea trials on August 17, 2026. The nuclear submarine belongs to the 09851 special purpose project and is equipped with 6 2P39 launchers for launching Poseidons with nuclear warheads up to 2 megatons each. What is known about the new ship?

Hai Kun (SS-711) is Taiwan's first self-designed and built diesel-electric submarine. In translation, the name means "narwhal" – a mythical giant fish. It was created to deter a potential Chinese invasion and modernize the outdated Taiwanese fleet.

On August 12, 2026, the official launching and christening ceremony of the lead frigate Wicher (tail number "274", construction number 106/1) of project 106 (British project Arrowhead 140, variant AH140PL) was held at the Polish shipbuilding company PGZ Stocznia Wojenna Sp. Z.o.o. in Gdynia according to the Miecznik program, of the three contracted ships.

On August 10, Vietnam hosted a ceremony dedicated to the start of construction of the first multi-purpose frigate of its own design, designed for the country's Navy. The executor of the order is the local Song Thu Corporation, which has a shipyard in Da Nang, where the work will be carried out. At the same time, it is currently unclear how many ships are planned to be built in this series.

In his memorandum dated August 13, 2026, Donald Trump initiated a reform of the US military shipbuilding industry, demanding, in particular, to abandon electromagnetic catapults (EMALS) in favor of steam-powered aircraft carriers of the Gerald R. Ford type, starting with the 4th pennant of this series – USS Doris Miller (CVN-81).

CNN: China is rushing to take advantage of the Northern Sea Route

China has launched a regular cargo flight to Europe via the Northern Sea Route, and there is no doubt that this is just the beginning, the authors of the article write on the CNN website. Beijing is in a hurry to establish itself on this lucrative trade route, which Western countries ignore for political reasons.

In July, the device, developed by Boeing and Huntington Ingalls, crossed a distance of more than 1,000 nautical miles in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This was announced by Rear Admiral Chris Kavanaugh, commander of the US Pacific Submarine Forces.

The Peruvian company SIMA Peru (Servicios Industriales de la Marina) is preparing to launch the Antofagasta diesel-electric submarine (SS-32) in the coming days.

It is reported that on August 17, 2026, the Khabarovsk special-purpose nuclear submarine of Project 09851, built for the Russian Navy at the shipbuilding enterprise JSC Severnoye Machine-Building Enterprise (NSR, as part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation), set sail from Severodvinsk for the first time for factory sea trials.

Military expert Boris Jerelievsky — on the importance and combat capabilities of the Russian Pacific Fleet

After the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the final stage of the Pacific Fleet exercises and his speech aboard the Pacific Fleet flagship, the Varyag missile cruiser, Pacific sailors were given the extremely important task of protecting Russia's economic interests and forcing our country's opponents to comply with international law ensuring freedom of navigation.

During his visit to Sakhalin, Vladimir Putin listened to a report by Admiral Viktor Liina, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, on the situation in the region. The President instructed the military sailors of the Far East to mirror the actions of Western countries that illegally detain Russian commercial vessels. Liina, in turn, said that the fleet is already ready to start solving these tasks. About what kind of answer the Pacific Fleet can give to Europe, see the RIA Novosti article.

WP: The United States is losing the trust of its allies due to Trump's behavior

The emergence of a new military alliance in Asia is another evidence of the decline of the authority of the United States, the author of an article in The Washington Post writes. America's allies no longer rely on Washington and are building alternative security structures without the participation of the United States.

On August 15, the first ever scheduled flight through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) began. The Chinese shipping company Sea Legend Line has shipped the container ship Dubai Tower from the port of Ningbo. Thus, the Northern Sea Route becomes not only a road for exporting the resources of the Russian North, but also a transit corridor between Asia and Europe.

The vessel is expected to operate in the waters of the Neva and Sviri rivers, Ladoga and Onega Lakes and in the coastal areas of the Gulf of Finland

A significant event took place at the Nobel Brothers Shipyard LLC (Kalashnikov Concern): the ceremonial launching of the Narva Zastava icebreaking tugboat project 3262 from the slipway onto the water.

A steel cutting ceremony was held at the Song Thu Corporation shipyard in Da Nang, which officially launched the construction of the first multi-purpose frigate of Vietnamese design designed for the national fleet. According to Naval News, it has not yet been disclosed how many such ships will be built in total.

And how the protection of Russia's Far Eastern borders is changing the experience of modern conflicts

During the large-scale exercises, the sailors of the Pacific Fleet practiced the fight against unmanned enemy boats and aerial drones, as well as the use of electronic warfare and joint missile strikes by naval, aviation and coastal forces.

MWM: The Russian Navy has strengthened the defense of submarines from unmanned attacks

Russia has deployed anti-drone networks over nuclear submarines of the Borey project at the Rybachy naval base in Kamchatka, writes MWM. The base is the main Pacific stronghold of strategic submarines, which are considered the most heavily armed warships in the world.