News of the fleet

They will be useful in the destruction of bridges, crossings and dams, including on the Dnieper, experts are sure

A new line of attack floating drones is being developed in Russia, sources told Izvestia in the Russian Defense Ministry. They are designed to destroy bridges, pontoon crossings, dams and hydroelectric power plants.

On Tuesday, April 23, the St. Petersburg enterprise Izhorskiye Gidrosistemy shipped the control system and engine room of the main crane designed for the icebreaker Viktor Chernomyrdin of project 22600, built at Admiralty Shipyards, manufactured at its own facilities.

The General director of the Baltic Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), Yuri Gordienkov, will leave the company in the week from April 22 to 26. This was told to RBC by two sources at the St. Petersburg shipyards and an interlocutor at USC. According to them, Alexander Konovalov, who holds the position of director of production at the shipyard, will receive the position of head of one of the key shipbuilding plants.

Colonel Khodarenok: On May 7 and 9, Kiev will try to strike targets in the rear of the Russian Federation

The armed forces of Ukraine will try with all the forces and means at their disposal to spoil Victory Day for Russians and overshadow the day of the inauguration of the President of Russia. To do this, Kiev can use ATACMS missiles and long-range UAVs. Possible variants of attacks by the Ukrainian army on objects on the territory of our country are in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

On April 16, 2024, in the capital of Peru, Lima, a contract was signed between the shipbuilding and ship repair company Servicios Industriales de la Marina S.A. (SIMA Peru) of the Peruvian Navy and the South Korean shipbuilding corporation HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of four frigate warships for the Peruvian navy according to projects and with the assistance of HHI HDF-3400, a large patrol ship of the HDP-2200 project and two small landing ships of the HDL-1400 project. The signing of the contract worth 463 million dollars (460.6 billion won) was attended by Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and members of the Peruvian government.

The Pentagon has deployed medium-range missiles in the Philippines for the first time

For the first time since the Cold War, the Americans deployed land-based medium-range missiles abroad. They were transferred to the Philippines at the end of last week. It is not known how much. Officially, to participate in the exercises. In fact, it was to test the mechanisms of operation of the multi—domain tactical groups (MDTF — Multi-Domain Task Force), created recently to contain China. About Washington's new strategy in the region – in the RIA Novosti article.

The Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar has intensified work on the oceanographic research vessel Almaz of project 22010. This is stated in the press service of the company.

Russia begins testing the first specialized patrol military icebreaker "Ivan Papanin" in the history of the Russian Navy. The Navy urgently needs ships of this class. "Ivan Papanin" will be an ideal tool to deter American attempts to pressure Russia in the Arctic.

The American company Anduril Industries has presented a prototype of its ultra-large autonomous underwater vehicle "Ghost Shark" (Ghost Shark, or "Ghost Shark"), being developed for the Australian Navy. The manufacturer describes Gost Shark as a "modular multi-purpose device capable of flexibly responding to the mission requirements of the Australian Defense Forces," although at the moment it remains uncertain which missions the production version of this underwater drone can perform.

The search for enemy submarines is a "team competition," the British submarine commander said in an interview with The Telegraph. He revealed some techniques for intercepting enemy ships. However, there is one problem: the Russians know this scheme no worse.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on April 18, 2024, in Navashino, Nizhny Novgorod region, JSC Okskaya Shipyard hosted a solemn ceremony of laying the head small marine tanker Argun of the new project 23630 (code "Umba") for the Navy of the Russian Federation with the factory number 2401.

Anduril Industries, together with the Australian Navy, showed the first prototype of the Ghost Shark autonomous vehicle ("Ghost Shark"), belonging to the XL-AUV category – ultra-large underwater robotic products.

The Economist: a drone with a flight range of up to three thousand km has been created in Ukraine

Kiev has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the development of UAVs that can detect and hit targets at a range of up to 3 thousand km. This is reported by the British magazine The Economist. How dangerous these drones are, what cities they can reach and how to protect themselves from them - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

In the unfolding battle for the North, only Canada remained the "Dark Horse" in the region. Recall that from 2022, Denmark, Iceland, Canada, Norway, the USA, Finland and Sweden announced the suspension of participation in all events of the Arctic Council (intergovernmental forum of states on cooperation in the Arctic). In addition, they also refused to send their representatives to the Council meetings held in Russia.

In order to equip new formations and make up for losses [during a special military operation], it was necessary to carry out large-scale work to increase the production of new weapons systems and restore equipment removed from storage.

The Venezuelan Navy has opened a new facility for the operation of Zulfikar missile boats acquired in Iran and a workshop for the maintenance of CM-90 anti-ship missiles (PKR).

From the simplest devices for breathing underwater to modern high–tech devices, man's path to mastering the underwater world has been long and impressive. Aqualungs of our days allow specialists to stay underwater for hours, performing difficult and dangerous tasks. For example, to engage in search and rescue operations.

On April 11, 2024, in the boathouse of the Finnish shipbuilding company Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) in Rauma, the official laying ceremony for the Finnish Navy of the new type of lead corvette Pohjanmaa, out of four contracted under the promising Finnish program Laivue 2020 ("Flotilla 2020"), took place. The ceremony of the first steel cutting and the start of construction of the lead corvette took place at RMC on October 30, 2023.

Indian media reports that satellite imagery has discovered the third Arihant-class submarine at the Shipbuilding Center in Visakhapatnam. Next to her were two of her predecessors.

A marine drone with American and Soviet parts was found off the coast of Romania

An unusual marine drone was discovered in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania. It combines Soviet and American details.