News of the fleet
How can America defeat the air defenses of China and Russia
How the US Navy intends to defeat the Chinese and Russian air defenses
The command of the US Navy conducted a very important evaluation of the project to create a new generation jammer, writes National Interest. The AN/ALQ-249 electronic jamming station manufactured by Raytheon will become the most important element of the US Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft in countering modern Russian and Chinese-made S-400 and HQ-9 anti-aircraft missile systems.
The US Navy has stopped the program of creating an unmanned underwater vehicle Snakehead
In the recently published budget of the US Navy for 2023, there is no funding item for the sensational LDUUV project to develop an unmanned underwater vehicle of large displacement Snakehead.
The Ural nuclear icebreaker will be commissioned in 2022
The Russian nuclear icebreaker Ural of project 22220 of the Arctic type will be commissioned by the end of 2022. This was announced by the Deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Alexey Besprozvannykh during a speech at the Federation Council, RIA Novosti reports.
The Pentagon and the American defense industry seek to increase the production of weapons
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense for Procurement and MTO Andrew Hunter held a secret meeting with the leadership of eight major American defense companies at the Pentagon on April 13.
New US Navy shipbuilding plan: old cruisers and aircraft carriers will be written off
In 2022, a 30-year shipbuilding plan of the US Navy was presented, according to which the US Navy should decommission two Independence-class coastal warships - USS Jackson (LCS-6) and USS Montgomery (LCS-8). According to the plan, the withdrawal of the ships is planned to be carried out in 2024. Interestingly, the USS Jackson (LCS-6) was commissioned in 2015, and the USS Montgomery (LCS-8) – in 2016. Both ships were built by Austal USA.
The Baltic Fleet patrol ship fired back from the "Dagger" during the tests
The crew of the Baltic Fleet patrol ship "Undaunted" carried out combat missile firing in the naval ranges of the fleet off the coast of the Kaliningrad region as part of the tests.
Is Minsk ready to respond to Warsaw, Vilnius and Riga?
Speaking to journalists of the Belarus 1 TV channel on April 18, State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich said that the republic's army is preparing to respond to a possible provocation from neighboring Western countries.
In the USA, they told about the giant Chinese radar watching Japan
In the Chinese province of Shandong, a giant radar was built aimed towards Japan, which allows you to observe the launches of ballistic missiles, says the American edition of Defense News, referring to satellite images obtained in February by Maxar Technologies.
Yuri Borisov: Manufacturers of precision weapons are contracted by the Ministry of Defense until 2030
Today, the main manufacturers of high-precision missiles, including Kalibr missiles, are contracted by the Ministry of Defense with orders for the supply of high-precision weapons until 2030, and some until 2033. Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, who oversees the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation, said this in an interview with RT.
Without crossing the boundaries
Military expert Dmitry Kornev — how Russia will be able to strengthen the western borders in the event of Sweden and Finland joining NATO
Since March 2022, discussions have been going on in Finland and Sweden about renouncing neutral status and joining the North Atlantic Alliance. On April 11, The Times newspaper reported, citing sources, that both states intend to apply this summer.
"The danger of conflict in the Arctic has ceased to be theoretical"
Russia believes that NATO creates a "risk of unintended clashes" in the Arctic region
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that NATO's activity in the Arctic could lead to "the risk of unintended collisions." This is how Moscow reacted to the NATO exercise Cold Response 2022 ("Cold Response"), the naval part of which was held in the Norwegian Sea. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of the Arctic confrontation between Russia and NATO.
The British Navy: rethinking the concept of amphibious forces
In the document of the British Military command of 2021, the Coastal Response Group ( LRG, Littoral Response Group; hereinafter referred to as the PGR ) is defined as "specialized forces [in the structure of the British Navy] assigned to a geographical area, which includes special ships, boats and helicopters".
"We're all hurting today." The cruiser "Moscow" sank
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: the cruiser "Moscow" sank while being towed to the destination port
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the missile cruiser "Moscow" sank. According to the ministry, this happened during towing to the port in a storm - due to hull damage caused by fires from detonation of ammunition. His crew was evacuated to the ships of the Black Sea Fleet located in the area.
The Baltic Fleet will keep NATO exercises at sea "at gunpoint," the admiral said
The forces of the Baltic Fleet will monitor the actions of NATO ships during exercises beginning in the area, in case of aggressive plans, all targets will be "at gunpoint," Admiral Vladimir Valuev, commander of the Baltic Fleet (2001-2006), told RIA Novosti.
The further fate of the cruiser "Moscow" is described
If the missile cruiser "Moscow" sank, then it probably received serious damage, suggested in a conversation with "Lenta.<url>" fleet historian, editor-in-chief of the portal "News of Mechanical Engineering" Dmitry Zhavoronkov. He described possible options for the future fate of the ship.
"NATO is simply surrounding the Russian Baltic Fleet"
Experts told what threatens Russia with the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO
NATO ships have entered the Baltic Sea, where they will take part in exercises. Earlier, the media reported that Sweden and Finland could become NATO members. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out how the membership of these countries in the alliance would affect the Baltic Fleet of Russia.
The delivery dates of the new superstructure for the fire-damaged corvette "Agile" project 20385 have been named
The new superstructure for the "Agile" corvette project 20385, which suffered as a result of the fire, will be manufactured at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard. This was stated by the Director General of SNSZ Vladimir Seredokho.
In Russia, they told about the reaction of the Baltic Fleet to NATO exercises
The Baltic Fleet forces will monitor the actions of NATO ships that entered the Baltic Sea to participate in the exercises. The former commander of the Baltic Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Valuev, told RIA Novosti about the reaction of the Russian fleet.
Boat on the ground: which fleet of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was abandoned in the port of Mariupol
Ukrainian security forces plan to strike at a cluster of refugees in Lozova Kharkiv region, the Russian Defense Ministry warned
On April 15, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the prevention of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP: according to the military department, Russian air defense systems shot down two Tochka-U missiles fired at a strategic object.
Commenting on the PLA exercises near Taiwan, a Chinese officer called the United States "playing with fire"
The Ministry of Defense of China has issued a release on the exercises of the PLA Air Force and Navy in the area of Taiwan Island. Recall that these maneuvers started after a delegation of American senators arrived in Taiwan. And before that, Washington openly stated that they would make every effort to prevent the reunification of Taiwan with China.
