News of the fleet

On May 26, 2023, at the head shipbuilding enterprise of the German company Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder, a ceremony was held for the transfer to the Indonesian Navy of two minesweepers built for them -mine finders Pulau Fani (tail number "731") and Pulau Fanildo (tail number "732") of the MHV-60 project.

The journal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "Military Commissariats of Russia" (No. 3, May-June 2023) under the heading "Organizational and mobilization bodies will have to further improve their work in all areas of activity" published the text of the speech of the Chief of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces The Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Yevgeny Burdinsky, at the gathering of the leadership of the organizational and mobilization departments of the headquarters of military districts, the headquarters of the Northern Fleet and military commissars of the subjects of the Russian Federation held on March 27, 2023 in Moscow.

The head of the Iranian Navy, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, said that Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and other countries in the region intend to form a coalition to ensure maritime security.

On June 1, 2023, a ceremony was held in Jakarta for the transfer by the Indonesian Navy of the so-called "presidential helicopter-carrying corvette" (Kapal Korvet Rudal Heli (KRH) VVIP dan Kepresidenan) Bung Karno (tail number "369", KRH 369), which is a yacht for the President of Indonesia with the ability to perform the functions of a patrol and anti-submarine ship. The Corvette was built at the private Indonesian shipyard PT Karimun Anugerah Sejati (KAS) in Batam.

Global News: A Chinese ship went to intercept a US Navy destroyer in the Taiwan Strait

A Chinese warship at high speed approached the American destroyer USS Chung-Hoon at a distance of less than 150 m in the Taiwan Strait. The relevant footage was shared by the Global News channel on June 3.

On Sunday morning it became known that there was an incident with a Chinese Navy warship and an American destroyer in the Taiwan Strait. It is reported that the Chinese vessel twice dangerously approached the American one. Why did China decide to take a drastic step against the background of the security conference taking place in Singapore with the participation of the American and Chinese defense ministers?

The Northern Fleet will continue to improve the system of illumination of the situation in the Arctic

The Northern Fleet will continue to improve the extensive infrastructure of the air, surface and underwater lighting system deployed on islands in the Arctic, the press service of the SF reported on Thursday on the occasion of its 290th anniversary.

Soon its ship's complement will be replenished by the newest frigate of project 22350 "Admiral Golovko"

The Operational and Strategic Association of the Navy (Navy) The Northern Fleet celebrates on Thursday the 290th anniversary of its creation.

As the Vedomosti newspaper reported in the material of Herman Kostrinsky, Alexey Polukhin and Alexey Nikolsky, "The Ministry of Agriculture refused to build three large scientific vessels," the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation refused to build three large-tonnage research vessels (NIS) with a total cost of more than 70 billion rubles.

NYT: The US is alarmed by a possible threat from the Russian Northern Fleet

NATO, in particular the United States, is seriously frightened by a potential "red hook on the right" from the Russian Northern Fleet, writes NYT. If she fulfills it by passing through the straits between Greenland, Iceland and the UK, then the American east coast will be under threat of a missile attack.

The US Navy is going all-in

Russia and China are seen as the main opponents of the United States. Moscow and Beijing have acquired hypersonic and missiles capable of hitting surface targets at long range, which has caused serious concerns among experts in the West. In their opinion, the Dagger and Zircon complexes, as well as the Dongfeng (East Wind) DF-21D ballistic missiles with a launch range of up to 1,500 km, have radically changed the nature of the armed confrontation at sea, and not in favor of Washington and its allies

In the fight for the Pacific Ocean, the American Navy puts on robotic systems

In recent decades, the American navy has faced two extremely serious challenges. Firstly, various kinds of unmanned and unmanned vehicles are developing more and more rapidly. Often they are even combined into integrated complexes capable of solving a very wide range of tasks – from purely auxiliary to full-fledged combat.

NYT: The US and NATO are concerned about the possible threat posed by the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation

The United States and NATO are afraid of Russia's Northern Fleet in the Arctic, the American media write. According to the author of the material, climate change in the Far North is changing transport routes and intensifying competition between the countries of the region. NATO is vulnerable in the Arctic, while Russia has significantly strengthened its position in the Arctic Circle, the expert added. Recently, the Russian Foreign Ministry has regularly stated that NATO is interested in the Arctic region.

The frigate Amiral Ronarch, which is being built in Lorient for the French Navy, "became the target of malicious action," as indicated in the publication Le Télégramme. Numerous cables laid inside the ship were cut and severed. A similar incident occurred earlier this month on the British frigate HMS Glasgow, which is being built at a shipyard in Scotstoun, Scotland. In connection with the designated incidents, work on both ships has been suspended.

As reported by JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), on May 25, 2023, FSUE Rosatomflot (an enterprise of the Rosatom State Corporation) and JSC Baltic Plant (St. Petersburg, part of USC) signed a contract for the construction of a multifunctional nuclear technological service vessel (MSATO) project 22770.

Ukraine has lost its last major ship. The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the landing ship of the Ukrainian Navy "Yuriy Olefirenko" in the port of Odessa with a precision strike. This vessel with a rich history first declared itself during the Israeli-Egyptian armed conflict in the early 1970s. How will the destruction of "Yuri Olefirenko" affect the combat capability of the AFU?

More than 30 NATO warships will arrive in Estonia to participate in this year's largest naval exercises in the Baltic Sea, Baltops 23, the main headquarters of the Defense Forces announced on Tuesday.

On May 30, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the country under the leadership of the head of the military Department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

Rosoboronexport of Rostec State Corporation will present the newest autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle "Klavesin-1RE" during the International Naval Salon in St. Petersburg. Such robotic equipment will be in demand both in the domestic market and abroad.

The presence of monstrous stocks of nuclear weapons and their means of delivery from the two geopolitical giants of the last century, combined with a complex confrontation in virtually all spheres of life, allowed for almost 80 years to maintain, albeit fragile, but still, a peaceful balance on the planet.