News of the fleet

More than 20 ships of the Baltic Fleet together with aviation conducted exercises on air defense (air defense), the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported on Tuesday.

There was a confirmation of the previously announced information about the installation of short-range anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor-M2KM" on patrol ships of the project 22160. Pictures of the Pavel Derzhavin corvette with the SAM installed on the stern appeared on the Web. Allegedly, the decision to install the SAM on the ships of this project was made taking into account the experience of a special military operation in Ukraine.

Another special-purpose boat of project 21980 "Grachonok" was launched in Tatarstan, the ceremony was held at the Zelenodolsk Shipyard named after A.M. Gorky. This is reported by the press service of the enterprise.

The Israeli defense company SpearUAV has developed an autonomous Ninox 103 drone launched from under water to perform reconnaissance functions.

Patrol ships of Project 22160 are expanding their capabilities in the field of air defense. According to a source in the Russian defense industry, it was decided to retrain the ships of the series into air defense corvettes.

The Russian Northern Fleet conducted exercises in the Barents Sea to search for and destroy a submarine of a simulated enemy, the press service of the fleet reported on Monday.

The head patrol ship of the Black Sea Fleet Vasily Bykov has already installed the Tor-M2KM air defense system module, which is undergoing practical tests

Patrol ships of Project 22160, which are in service with the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) of the Russian Federation, will be armed with the Tor-M2KM anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) by the end of the year to strengthen the ship's air defense (air defense), taking into account the experience of a special military operation.

Where did the combat brotherhood of Soviet and British aviators disappear

In recent years, the UK has not only supported the anti-Russian course of the United States, but also sought to become the leader of the anti-Russian front. Russian-British relations have become particularly strained with the coming to power of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The team victory in the competition was won by representatives of the Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School

The All-Army field training competition among the units of the Marine Corps of the Russian Navy "Marine Landing - 2022" ended on Thursday near Kaliningrad.

Moscow is jealous, but not much

Washington has recently been exerting the strongest pressure on Delhi, seeking to abandon any cooperation with Moscow, especially military-technical. And it seems to give certain results. For example, India refuses new purchases of Mi-17 and Ka-31 helicopters.

Australia may not have enough funds planned for defense this year due to the refusal to purchase inexpensive French nuclear submarines in favor of American nuclear submarines, which are several times more expensive.

At the General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) shipyard in Quonset Point (pcs.Rhode Island) On June 4, the ceremony of laying the keel of the SSBN-826 District of Columbia of the Columbia class, intended for the US Navy, took place.

China is expanding its military presence in other regions of the world by secretly building a naval base in Cambodia. This accusation was made by Western countries, writes The Washington Post.

On June 6, the Ministry of Defense of India announced the approval by the Defense Procurement Council (DAC) of a project to purchase eight new-generation Corvette-class ships.

Is the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad surrounded by the EU a valuable resource or a burden?

On the one hand, it is possible to "threaten" Europe from Kaliningrad, but on the other hand, during the war he himself is threatened with isolation, writes the Economist. And there is hardly another area in Russia that is being watched so closely by Western spies.

The ships also worked out actions to protect against weapons of mass destruction at sea crossing, including carrying out special treatment in case of conditional exposure to radiation contamination.

According to HD Hyundai, the large Prism Courage gas carrier with a displacement of 122,000 tons became the first vessel with autonomous control to make the transoceanic crossing, having overcome more than 10,000 km.

The Navy once made America a superpower. Will they be able to again?

Foreign Policy cites the opinion of American experts about the decline of US naval power. The author complains about the quantitative and qualitative reduction of the US Navy and calls its role in the world not decisive, but "fragmentary".

On June 4, 2022, the ceremony of the official laying of the main American nuclear missile submarine of the new generation, called SSBN 826 District of Columbia, was held, and which is being built for the US Navy at the main shipbuilding enterprise of the General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) division of General Dymamics Corporation in Groton (Connecticut).

The lead multi-purpose submarine of the new generation Suffren of the Barracuda type has officially entered the combat structure of the French fleet. The ceremony with the participation of the new French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu took place at the naval base in Brest.