News of the fleet

Naval maneuvers of Russia and China with practical missile and artillery firing will start in the East China Sea on Wednesday.

Bulgaria has started construction of the second MMPV-type multi-purpose patrol ship, the steel cutting ceremony was held at the MTG Dolphin shipyard in Varna. The work was started by the Commander-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Navy, the Managing Director of NVL Group and the Executive director of MTG-Dolphin.

An expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense was held at the National Defense Management Center on December 21, at which the results of the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2022 were summed up and tasks for the next period were defined.

On December 18, the Ministry of Defense of India announced the ceremony of the adoption of the second URO-class destroyer "Visakhapatnam" ("Project-15B"), (D67) "Mormugao", which took place at the shipyard in Mumbai.

As reported, on the evening of December 18, 2022, a corvette of the Thai Navy FS 442 Sukhothai (Ratanakosin type) sank in the Gulf of Thailand as a result of a strong storm. All crew members were rescued.

Russia and China will conduct naval maneuvers with practical missile and artillery firing in the East China Sea from December 21 to 27, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

Specialists of the SSZ Vimpel (part of the USC) have begun assembling the hull of the head passenger catamaran on hydrofoils of the NSS150B project at the industrial site of the East Siberian River Shipping Company.

There is a lull in the Black Sea theater of the special military operation, but everything can still change. And although making detailed forecasts about the course of military operations is a thankless and meaningless task, it is possible to draw up several likely scenarios for the further development of events in the Black Sea.

More and more weapons are coming to the Middle East from the eastern direction

In the new geo-economic and geopolitical conditions, the leadership of the People's Republic of China considers military cooperation with foreign countries as a tool for projecting its growing interests.

Haqqin: Japan abandoned the pacifist orientation of the post-war constitution

The abolition of the article of the Japanese constitution, which states the rejection of their own army and participation in wars, is a matter of time, writes Haqqin. The militarization of the country is gaining momentum. Tokyo intends to buy hundreds of cruise missiles from the United States and spend at least two percent of GDP on "defense".

Emergency power outages have begun across the country

On December 16, Ukraine faced large-scale consequences of strikes on the energy infrastructure. Many cities remained de-energized, emergency power outages were introduced throughout the country. Ukrenergo said that more than half of the consumption of the country's energy system has been lost, which means "the onset of a system accident mode." Strikes on the infrastructure of Ukraine began after the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge and are taking place against the background of incessant shelling of residential areas of Donbass, experts remind.

According to Politico, in recent decades Russia has dominated the struggle for the Northern Sea Route, building up the nuclear fleet and developing mining in the region, and the United States is acting "as a catch-up."

Kiev used SpektreWorks' American drones to attack Crimea

The drones that Ukraine has been using to strike Crimea since the summer of this year are American-made. Experts of the "competent authorities" came to such conclusions. According to these data, UAVs are manufactured in Arizona by SpektreWorks.

Colonel-General Sergey KARAKAEV, Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, tells about the results of the past year, rearmament, development of new combat patrol areas, about the upcoming ballistic missile launches in 2022 and tasks for the coming years.

RIA Novosti's choice: the main events of 2022 in the military sphere

The beginning of the special operation in Ukraine became the main military event of the year in Russia. This is the first experience of a protracted large-scale military conflict for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the first partial mobilization, the first massive use of a number of weapons.

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On December 14, the day of raising the naval flag is celebrated on the largest nuclear submarine in the world - the heavy nuclear submarine of strategic purpose (TAPKSN) "Dmitry Donskoy". This day is considered the beginning of the ship's combat service.

How many warships should there be in the U.S. Navy? This issue has turned into an occasion for heated political discussions in the American leadership today. Representatives of Congress, the presidential administration and the Pentagon have different points of view on this issue. Therefore, the US Congress is going to create a special commission that should determine the necessary number of ships in order for the American fleet to be combat-ready and able to solve the tasks assigned to it.

On December 13, at the Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) shipyard in Kiel (Germany), the launching ceremony of the second and third Impecable and Illustrious Type-218SG (Invincible) class submarines intended for the Singapore Navy took place.

The Philippine Navy will receive one or two more Pohang-class corvettes from the Republic of Korea Navy in addition to the two corvettes approved for transfer earlier.

Taiwan will increase the firepower of Tuo Chiang-type corvettes, which are called "aircraft carrier killers." A new batch of ships that will be built for the Naval Forces (Navy) of the Republic of China will receive more anti-ship missiles, writes the South China Morning Post (SCMP).