News of the fleet

Two Russian nuclear submarines launched cruise missiles from the route of the Northern Sea Route at a target simulating a detachment of ships of a conditional enemy, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The creation of the AUKUS military-political alliance consisting of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States led not only to an increase in Australia's military potential in the future, but also to the emergence of certain risks. First of all, they are related to the need to attract additional labor resources, the creation of new production facilities, the development of new logistics routes and the necessary infrastructure for the implementation of the country's maritime program.

Alexey Rakhmanov — about the corporation's plans and the potential for the development of domestic tourism in Russia

The development of the Russian tourism industry has become one of the leitmotives of the Eastern Economic Forum (WEF). Alexey Rakhmanov, the head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), spoke about how domestic tourism can develop thanks to shipbuilding in an interview with TASS.

For the first time in many years, the Russian Navy has received a real tool to aim its long-range missiles at enemy ships. According to a number of reports, the military satellite "Peony-NKS" has finally got up for combat duty. How did it happen that this device was created for so long and why is its work critically important for the security of the whole of Russia?

Ak Bars CEO Mistakhov: the first Cyclone ship will be handed over to the Russian Navy in 2022

The first small rocket ship of the project 22800 "Karakurt", armed with a naval version of the anti-aircraft missile and gun complex "Pantsir-M", called "Cyclone" will be handed over to the Russian Navy by the end of 2022, Director General of the shipbuilding corporation "Ak Bars" Renat Mistakhov told RIA Novosti.

Russian and Chinese warships are conducting joint patrols in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, including the Sea of Okhotsk, exercises with practical artillery firing are planned, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

At ThyssenKrupp Estaleiro Brasil Sul (tkEBS) in Itajai (Santa Catarina, Brazil), the cutting ceremony of the first steel for the lead frigate of the F200 class "Tamandare" (MEKO A-100MB) took place.

According to the captain of the platform Sergey Dyachkin, everything went without incident

NATO forces observed the world's first ice-resistant self-propelled platform (LSP) "North Pole" during its first flight from St. Petersburg to Murmansk, the captain of the platform Sergey Dyachkin told reporters on Thursday.

The budget of the US Navy is limited, there are not enough funds and priorities for achieving results need to be changed. This was stated in a recent interview by Charles A. Williams, a former assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy.

The American authorities continue a series of renaming attempts to erase from the history of the country any mention of the Confederacy of the Southern States (Confederate States of America) and its generals and officers. So, a specially created commission recommended that the command of the US Navy rename the warship USS Chancellorsville.

Alaska is a US outpost in the fight against Russia

The Arctic is again becoming a battlefield, the author of the Parisian "Monde" states the fact. After a brief period of improving relations between Russia and the United States, the Arctic state of Alaska is once again being militarized. In addition to military conflicts, global warming also increases the strategic value of the region.

At the MSPO 2022 Arms Exhibition in Kielce, the Polish Aviation Institute (Łukasiewicz-Instytut Lotnictwa) from Warsaw presented its newest product, the PRC-650 hovercraft for patrol and search and rescue operations. The company Farada Group from Lyubartov, known for the development of drones for medical transport, has received permission to manufacture these boats under license. They should be available internationally.

In India, the fifth frigate of the project 17A Nilgiri was launched. The ceremony was held at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (MDL) shipyard in Mumbai, due to the declared mourning over the death of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, the celebrations were canceled.

Aircraft and surface ships took part in large-scale maneuvers of the Russian Aerospace Forces

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have completed exercises in the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad zone. During the maneuvers, protection against hypersonic vehicles, drones and cruise missiles was practiced.

The Russian navy will receive four medium-sized reconnaissance ships of the new 03182P project, the laying of the second pair is planned in the near future. This was reported by a source in the Russian defense industry.

The exercises were held on islands in the Laptev Sea

The ships of the Arctic grouping of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Levchenko" and "Alexander Otrakovsky" together with the tactical group stationed on Kotelny Island of the archipelago of the Novosibirsk Islands in the Laptev Sea have worked out combat training tasks for defense in the Arctic, the press service of the fleet reported on Monday.

Air defense means will repel a massive strike by aircraft and missiles of a simulated enemy on the Kaliningrad region as part of the exercises of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

Americans worried that they would be outpaced by the Russians

Unlike a number of other countries of the world that made a big bet on the creation of small and ultra-small submarines (submarines), the command of the American Naval Forces in the second half of the twentieth century focused on the development of a powerful nuclear submarine fleet, gradually abandoning the construction of diesel-electric submarines. Well, the direction of "babies" was considered unpromising at all.

On September 6, 2022, a ceremony of raising the National Flag was held in Vladivostok on the head of the new railway and automobile ferry "Alexander Deev" (factory number 300) of the CNF11CPD/00300 project, built by JSC Amur Shipbuilding Plant (ASZ; part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation).

Will the Arctic become a new arena of confrontation between NATO and Russia?

Sino-Russian cooperation in the Arctic has alerted NATO, according to Huanqiu Shibao. The Alliance is going to strengthen its military-strategic presence in the region. But Moscow does not intend to threaten the sovereignty of the Arctic.