News of the fleet

The exposition will include a fifth-generation Su-57E multifunctional fighter and a Checkmate light tactical aircraft

Russia will present about 200 samples of weapons and military equipment at the 14th International Aerospace Exhibition Aero India 2023, which opens in Bangalore on Monday. The participants and guests of the air show will present both the bestsellers of the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC) - well-proven air defense systems, airplanes and helicopters, as well as promising novelties - the fifth-generation Su-57E fighter, the Checkmat single-engine fighter, reconnaissance and attack drones.

Russia offers India the joint development of a non-nuclear submarine of Project 75 (I) based on the Russian Amur-1650 platform with a localization level of up to 70-80%.

Haber7 readers are sure that the US is going to occupy Turkey

Back in 2002, the United States modeled a military invasion of a state affected by earthquakes. Turkey was probably the target, Haber7 writes. The readers of the portal agree with this: although the target country was not named, there are too many coincidences. But they are sure that the United States will not be able to occupy their country just like that.

The last submarine of Project 941, also known as the Shark, was withdrawn from the Russian Navy. The flag is lowered on the heavy nuclear-powered strategic missile cruiser Dmitry Donskoy. What was unique about these largest submarines in history, for what and how rightly they were criticized, and what lesson can their creation give the Russian Navy today?

Underground, underwater, under the cover of secrecy

China is carrying out large-scale construction work to expand the infrastructure for the deployment of nuclear submarines (NPS) at the Yulin Naval Base (Hainan Island, South China Sea).

How the anti-missile "shield" of the American Navy was conceived

Today, the name "Aegis" is strongly associated with the missile defense system (ABM) of the American Naval Forces, which is an integral element of the US global missile defense system. This element is officially designated as the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System ("Aegis Missile Defense System"). However, another variant of the name is often used – Sea-Based Midcourse Ballistic Missile Defense System ("sea-based missile defense system for intercepting missiles on the main (middle) section of the flight path").

According to Pierre Lelouch, European economies, "having experienced the consequences of shutting off the tap of cheap Russian gas and their own embargo on Russian oil," faced an "explosion" in energy prices that passed the Americans.

Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder announced on February 9 that the Ukrainian military had arrived in the country to train in the management of underwater drones, RIA Novosti reports.

Currently, the Lebanese Navy has begun the latest activities in the framework of the restoration of the naval base in the port of Beirut, which was damaged during a devastating explosion in 2020. According to the commander of the Navy, Senior Captain Haissam Dannawi, in an interview with Breaking Defense, the main goal of the events is to restore such a naval base that would have everything necessary to carry out combat missions and the lives of servicemen.

The Ukrainian side publishes a video online, the credits to which say that it depicts an attack on a bridge in the town of Zatoka, Odessa region. Earlier, several missiles were fired at different periods of time on this bridge. Then the Ukrainian side took measures to repair this bridge, through which military cargo (including fuel for military equipment) was transported to the Odessa region from neighboring countries, including Moldova and Romania.

Sudan has completed the revision of the agreement with Russia on the establishment of a naval base of the Russian fleet on the territory of the country. According to the Associated Press, the situation is developing in favor of Moscow.

Telegraph: Kiev and London want to produce British weapons in Ukraine

In Ukraine, they can organize joint production of military equipment and weapons with the UK under a license. Such plans are being discussed by high-ranking officials of the defense industry of the two countries, writes The Telegraph.

dikGAZETE: The USA staged earthquakes in Turkey with the help of the HAARP project

The closure of the US consulates in Turkey at the end of January, the earthquake and the arrival of an American warship the day before cannot be a mere coincidence. Washington is behind the disaster, the author of the article from dikGAZETE believes. This is confirmed by America's exercises in the Mediterranean Sea – and not only.

Vasily Golovnin — why Washington and Tokyo are developing their military presence in the Indo-Pacific region

High-ranking representatives of the US intelligence and armed forces have recently been increasingly talking about the real possibility of a military conflict in Taiwan and even naming its specific dates.

Newsweek: The Arctic will become the new "battlefield" of Russia and the USA

Washington is preparing for a direct clash with Moscow in the Arctic, writes Newsweek. According to the Americans, the Ukrainian conflict proved that Russia is a "hostile country" that uses the region to attack neighboring states. A similar situation will unfold in the Arctic, analysts are sure.

The Brazilian Navy officially announced that on the evening of February 3, 2023, the aircraft carrier A 12 São Paulo (formerly French Foch), decommissioned from the Brazilian fleet, was routinely flooded in a given area of the Atlantic Ocean 350 km off the coast of Brazil at a depth of about 5,000 meters. The aircraft carrier was excluded from the Brazilian Navy in 2020.

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The frigate "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov", performing the tasks of a long-range campaign, for the first time in the framework of international exercises will perform a combat training launch of a hypersonic missile "Zircon". This will happen during the exercises of the naval forces of the Republic of South Africa (South Africa) and China, a source close to the military-industrial complex told TASS.

The command of the Saudi Arabian Navy has chosen the European MBDA group as a supplier of anti-aircraft guided missiles for new warships, preferring their missiles to the American company Raytheon.

On February 2, 2023, FSUE Atomflot and JSC Baltiyskiy Zavod (as part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation) signed a contract for the construction of the sixth and seventh (fifth and sixth serial) universal nuclear icebreakers of Project 22220 (LK-60YA). The construction and financing of the fifth and sixth serial universal nuclear icebreakers (UAL) will be carried out in a 50-50 ratio from the federal budget and at the expense of FSUE Atomflot. According to the terms of the contract, the commissioning of the fifth serial UAL is scheduled for December 2028, and the sixth - for December 2030.

FT: Ukraine may face problems with Abrams tanks due to complex logistical support

The United States promised to transfer 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. However, according to the Financial Times, the APU is facing big problems due to the complexity of the operation of these machines. Abrams has capricious and voracious engines, and a giant supply system is needed for maintenance, which is located overseas. Western military experts do not rule out that the supply of Abrams will bring Kiev more problems than opportunities.