News of the fleet

Ukraine has decided to focus on creating a fleet of marine drones, a week ago the attack of marine drones on Russian ships in Sevastopol led Kiev to think that this is the best option. Zelensky made a corresponding statement.

As reported, in October 2022, factory sea trials of two new small rocket ships of the project 22800 (code "Karakurt"), completed construction for the Russian Navy, were started at once. On October 15, the small rocket ship "Burya" (factory number 257), built by JSC Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant "Pella", made its first test run on the Baltic Sea. A little earlier, tests of the Askold MRC (factory number 802), built in Kerch at the B.E. Butoma Shipbuilding Plant JSC (the management company for the Gulf Shipbuilding Plant LLC), were started on the Black Sea.

Al Jazeera: The US has increased the military budget to a historical record

In order to contain the "threat" in the form of Russia and China, the United States has increased the military budget to a historical record, Al Jazeera reports. This will inevitably provoke an arms race between the nuclear powers, because selfish America sees nothing beyond its nose, the author of the article believes.

What is known about the use of X-32 missiles during a special operation in Ukraine

Among the missiles used by the Russian Aerospace Forces to destroy military facilities in Ukraine, new X-32s were noted. According to media reports, none of these missiles were shot down by enemy air defenses.

In mid-November, an American AUG (aircraft carrier strike group) is expected to arrive in British Portsmouth. This will be the second AUG in European waters.

The UK has purchased American fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets, but there are difficulties due to which the operation of these aircraft is still problematic. As it turned out, Britain simply does not have the necessary number of pilots capable of flying this fighter, and training new ones takes too much time. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom, Ben Wallace.

The head of the Office of Strategic Systems Programs of the US Navy, Vice Admiral Johnny Wolf, is confident that it will be possible to install hypersonic weapons on a Zumwalt-class destroyer in 2025 and on a Virginia-class submarine in 2029, writes Defense News.

LLC "Rybinsk Shipyard" celebrates its 75th anniversary. Over the years, thousands of vessels of various classes and purposes have descended from her stocks.

Today, the shipyard is building unique samples of naval equipment and weapons for the Navy and the civilian market, promising projects of watercraft are being developed.

And how this decision may affect market prices

Russia reserves the right to withdraw from the grain deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 2. According to him, this will happen if the guarantees provided by the participating countries of the treaty are violated.

The Askold small rocket ship of Project 22800 Karakurt, built in Kerch specifically for the Black Sea Fleet, is currently undergoing factory sea trials at the Black Sea training grounds. The end of the ZHI is planned at the end of this year. This was reported by a source in the Russian defense industry.

The United States sent the newest reconnaissance aircraft to the borders of Ukraine

On October 31, an American Challenger 650 reconnaissance aircraft was flying in Romanian airspace, a number of Russian media reported, citing data from the Flightradar24 web service. Earlier, the same aircraft was spotted in Poland. "Newspaper.Ru" - about the purposes of such flights in the sky near the border of Ukraine, about the ability of such aircraft to detect an aerial target and systematically adjust the work of air defense.

Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia spoke at today's meeting of the Security Council, which was devoted to the so-called "grain deal" and the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the bay of Sevastopol. Recall that the enemy used both air and sea-type drones to attack. Moreover, the attack was carried out through the existing security corridors provided specifically for the export of its agricultural products from the ports of southern Ukraine.

It can be resumed only after the situation around the terrorist attack in Sevastopol is clarified

Traffic along the grain security corridor has been suspended after the terrorist attack in Sevastopol, which was committed by Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said on October 31.

The frigate of the Black Sea Fleet "Admiral Makarov", allegedly almost destroyed by Ukrainian naval drones during the attack on Sevastopol on Saturday morning, turned out to be quite safe and sound and calmly stands at its parking place. The footage of the undamaged ship was taken the day after Kiev's loud statements.

According to relevant foreign publications, the Agency for Advanced Research Projects of the US Department of Defense (DARPA) in August 2022 announced plans to begin testing the first crewless ship (No Manning Required Ship, NOMARS) at the end of 2024.

Last week, the Republic of Korea announced a large-scale modernization of its Navy, providing for the replacement of one of the three fleets by the naval command of unmanned ships. Modernization also refers to the reform of the Marine Corps of the Republic of Korea on the American model. It will become an independent structure from the Navy.

On November 1, a thematic conference call was held in Moscow at the National Defense Management Center with the participation of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

This November marks the tenth anniversary of the commissioning of one of the most successful developments of the Tula Instrument Design Bureau in recent years − the anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex "Pantsir-C". The system is supplied to Russian troops and abroad, and is constantly being upgraded.

The most "quiet" PLA command is deployed to Mongolia and Kazakhstan

As a result of the 2017 military reform, the Lanzhou Military District and part of the Chengdu Military District of the PLA became the Western Command (Western Combat Command Zone) with headquarters in Chengdu. Its area of responsibility includes Chongqing, Xinjiang Uygur, Tibetan, Ningxia–Hui Autonomous Regions, Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces.

The equipment of the drones raised to the surface showed that they were moving in the zone for the export of agricultural products

The naval drones involved in the Sevastopol attack launched from the Black Sea coast from near Odessa and moved along the "grain corridor". Moreover, one of them was launched directly in the security zone. This was shown by data from memory blocks of drones raised to the surface, the Russian Defense Ministry said on October 30. After the attack, the Russian side suspended its participation in the grain deal. Experts note that the fleet repelled a complex combined attack, which will not be repeated soon — because of retaliatory strikes by Russian forces.