News of the fleet

In its annual report on shipbuilding for the Navy, the Congressional Budget Office warned that uncertainty about the final parameters and capabilities of the next-generation destroyer suggests that its final cost on average may differ significantly from the estimates of the US Navy.

According to the American publication "19 FortyFive", the new Chinese hypersonic anti-ship missile YJ-21 poses a serious threat to American aircraft carriers. The publication tells that this missile is used to launch from an airplane or a surface ship.

It became known that the United States will send another batch of patrol boats to Ukraine as part of the next package of military-technical assistance. In June, Washington, in the interests of the Kiev regime, supplied 18 boats, some of which the APU tried to use to force the Dnieper in order to capture Energodar. Most ended up at the bottom. Six boats were delivered to the AFU Navy – to units based on the Black Sea, including in the port of Ochakov.

The magazine of the Russian Defense Ministry "Military Thought" reports that the Pentagon is developing fundamentally new weapons that will allow attacking strategic enemy targets with impunity. They will bet on non-nuclear forces. About the conclusions of analysts — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Kremlin and the White House went to disarmament for a long time, and then abandoned it

The Treaty between the USSR and the United States on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-range Missiles (INF) officially terminated on August 2, 2019. The parties that concluded it in December 1987, apparently, reacted to this event without much regret. And there were plenty of reasons for this.

Saildrone, an American manufacturer of small and medium-sized unmanned surface ships, expects an increase in the number of seabed exploration tasks that its platforms will perform in 2023 in the Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, and the Middle East. This was stated in one of his interviews by the company's CEO Richard Jenkins.

CNN: US intelligence suggests that the Poseidon tests will begin before the onset of cold weather

The United States has noticed that the ships of the Russian Navy have recently been preparing for a possible test of a torpedo with a nuclear power plant, as reported by an informed American leader.

Ukraine has started raising funds for the creation of a new fleet consisting of naval attack drones. According to the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov, it is this fleet that will soon unblock Ukrainian ports and destroy Russian ships launching cruise missiles.

Wired: "unidentified dark vessels" were found near the leak sites on the Sevpotoks

Two large ships with disabled sensors appeared near the leak sites on the Nord Streams a few days before the damage to the gas pipelines, Wired writes. These vessels tried to hide information about their location.

Asia Times: the US military-industrial complex will not allow Washington to stop sending weapons to Ukraine

The greatest influence on US foreign policy is exerted by arms manufacturers, Asia Times writes. The conflict in Ukraine has become a real success for them. Even under the threat of nuclear war, they will not allow the American government to resort to diplomacy.

The Russian forces in Kherson moved to the left bank, which turned the Dnieper River into a line of contact. Anticipating this, the United States announced the delivery of 40 river armored boats to Ukraine. How exactly can the APU use this type of equipment and how could Russia respond to this?

Foreign Policy: Ireland was named the country with the weakest army in Europe

Ireland is the weakest link in Europe, writes the author of the article in Foreign Policy. The problem lies in the country's armed forces, which will not be able to fight back against any significant threat. However, the Irish are satisfied with everything, and they don't want to change anything.

On November 7, 2022, the official launching ceremony of the head French multipurpose frigate of the new generation D 660 Amiral Ronarc'h type FDI (Frégates de Défense et d'Intervention) took place in the arsenal of the French shipbuilding association Naval Group in Lorian.

The American company Bollinger Shipyards announced the acquisition of the VT Halter Marine and ST Engineering Halter Marine Offshore shipyards from ST Engineering. According to experts, the deal was caused by too slow conclusion of contracts by the US Navy with smaller shipyards.

A West Virginia court has sentenced a U.S. Navy engineer and his wife to long prison terms for conspiring to sell secrets about nuclear submarines to individuals who called themselves representatives of a foreign government, the Navy Times writes.

The Russian military may test a "nuclear torpedo", referring to the Poseidon naval drone, American intelligence notes the preparation of surface ships and submarines for testing. This is reported by CNN with reference to a certain high-ranking American official who wished to remain anonymous.

Air Force (Air Force) The United States, within the framework of the Rapid Dragon concept, conducted a test of the MC-130J Commando II aircraft in the Arctic, during which a training dump of a pallet with AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) cruise stealth missiles was worked out. This is reported by The Drive.

Anadolu: the Ukrainian crisis has undermined security in the Black Sea

The security of the West directly depends on stability in the Middle East and Central Asia, between which the Black Sea is located, Anadolu writes. The Ukrainian crisis has undermined the security of its waters and put shipping and food transportation at risk.

The British Defense Minister announced the imminent purchase of specialized ships "to protect" the critical national infrastructure of the UK. For this purpose, London has temporarily suspended the purchase program of the national flagship.

The United States continues to increase the degree of confrontation with Russia. The Ohio—class strategic submarine USS Rhode Island, the main component of the nuclear triad, has entered the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. The Western media saw this as a message to Moscow, which sounded against the background of the already increasingly belligerent rhetoric of NATO countries. About what this can lead to — in the material of RIA Novosti.