News of the fleet

The use of a large airborne assault requires a large fleet of military transport aircraft. With its loss, such maneuvers became impossible in all European countries. Against this background, Paris decided to show its ability to conduct such operations.

As a designer, Ganichev created Grad and made the Russian Federation a leader in the production of MLRS

August 25 marked the 105th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the Russian school of multiple launch rocket systems, designer Alexander Ganichev.

The Vietnamese Navy has completed the modernization of two Petya II–class frigates - this is how NATO designates the patrol ships of the Soviet project 159, which are used for air defense and patrol.

The active development of unmanned naval vehicles by the Turkish defense forces the Greek navy to seek measures to counter them. To date, Ankara has at least 4 types of BPA – ULAQ, SANCAR, SALVO and Marlin.

Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, China announced its intention to invest $1.4 trillion in the modernization of the PLA in the period from 2024 to 2028.

Rubin Design Bureau has presented new versions of submarines for the Russian Navy and international customers. "Amur-1650" is designed primarily for export. A submarine of this type with a displacement of about 1800 tons is based on the Lada project 677.

The BRICS countries, whether they want it or not, will have to face the "pillars of US hegemony," says the author of the Agoravox foreign blog. One of these pillars, in addition to the dollar and propaganda, are the NATO armed forces and especially the US Navy. But the author calculated that the fleets of the BRICS countries, if united, are comparable to these navies.

In what condition are the Navies of the countries of the Black Sea basin

The importance of the Black Sea for ensuring the security of Russia, Europe and military operations in the Middle East has been growing since 2010 and until now. There are several reasons for this. This is the proximity of the region to the armed conflicts in Syria, Libya, Iraq and Nagorno-Karabakh. This is the deployment of anti-missile defense (ABM) launchers and US medium-range cruise missiles in Deveselu (Romania). And, of course, Russia's special military operation in Ukraine.

Su-30SM fighters destroyed several boats and amphibious assault boats at the gas platforms

East of Snake Island on August 22, the aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed a high-speed military boat of the American production Willard Sea Force with a landing group of the VFU.

Former first Deputy Chairman of VTB Andrey Puchkov has been appointed General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), the press service of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation reported.

The conflict in Ukraine has brought to a new level the use of unmanned aerial vehicles of both air and sea of various types. Both sides are actively using them and are working on the development of new and improvement of existing drones.

Colonel Khodarenok described how the Wehrmacht tanks were unable to change the course of the Battle of Kursk

80 years ago - on August 23, 1943 - with the liberation of Kharkov, the Battle of Kursk ended. In terms of the number of troops, forces and means involved, it surpassed both the Battle of Moscow and the Battle of Stalingrad. About the confrontation between the armored forces of the Wehrmacht and the Red Army and why the newest German tanks "Tiger" and "Panther" did not help Germany to win - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The first-ever joint exercises of the Russian and Chinese Navies in the Bering Sea have strengthened military cooperation between the two countries, writes Shukan Gendai. The maneuvers gave Moscow an opportunity to show Washington its might, and Beijing — to turn to the experience of an ally and create a striking force off the American coast

The United States failed to create a trilateral military alliance with Japan and South Korea, directed against China, writes Cumhuriyet. Washington is struggling to contain Beijing, but due to the weakening hegemony, it cannot get the desired results, the author of the article notes.

Croatia intends to implement large arms purchases. This is stated in the report of Croatian Defense Minister Mario Banojic to the country's parliament.

Judging by the photographs published by the well-known Turkish spotter, the French shipbuilding company OCEA sent the second batch of FPB-98 MK.1 patrol boats to the State Border Service of Ukraine.

Visitors will have the opportunity to meet and talk with the military heroes of the SVO

The large landing ship "Ivan Gren" delivered to Baltiysk, the main naval base of the Baltic Fleet in the Kaliningrad region, military trophies obtained by Russian servicemen during a special military operation. The ship docked in a Military harbor as part of the Russian Defense Ministry's "Power in Truth" campaign that opened here.

On August 21, 2023, the North Korean official KCNA news Agency reported on the first known launch of a North Korean-made cruise missile from a surface warship of the DPRK Navy. The missile was launched in the Sea of Japan from a new North Korean-built patrol ship with the tail number "661", referring to the type designated in the West as Amnok. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watched the launch from aboard another DPRK Navy ship.

After their arrival, the commander of the Primorsky Flotilla of the heterogeneous forces of the Pacific Fleet, Rear Admiral Valery Kazakov, held talks with his Chinese counterpart

Three ships of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy entered the port of the Chinese city of Qingdao (eastern Shandong Province) after completing tasks during exercises and joint patrols with the Navy of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) in the western and northern parts of the Pacific Ocean.

The armed conflict in Ukraine suddenly showed how important the Black Sea is, and for several states at once, writes iROZHLAS. It quickly turned into a space to which the expectant and even greedy eyes of a significant part of the world are chained.