News of the fleet

According to the information published by Euractiv.bg On January 21, the Bulgarian Navy Command began negotiations on the purchase of two diesel-electric submarines.

The main objectives of the campaign are the participation of ships in naval exercises under the overall leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Admiral Nikolai Evmenov

A detachment of warships of the Baltic Fleet consisting of the corvettes "Stoyky" and "Savvy" left Baltiysk for a long hike. This was reported to journalists in the information support department of the Baltic Fleet.

A contract has been signed for the construction of the second URO FFX-3 frigate for the Republic of Korea Navy. As planned, the ship will be delivered to the customer in 2026.

On January 24, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov answered the question whether the Russian military exercises in the Baltic Sea are a reaction to the actions of NATO.

Twenty ships and vessels of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation went to sea to perform combat training tasks, the fleet said on Monday.

At the same time, General Ivashov sees no signs of a possible major military conflict in Europe

The danger of military incidents has increased due to the growing tension in relations between Russia and NATO - against the background of the beginning of Russian manners in the Baltic and the plans of the North Atlantic Alliance to send additional ships and aircraft to Eastern Europe, a military expert, retired Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov, told Interfax on Monday.

After 50 years of service and 20 years in reserve, the legendary aircraft carrier went to scrap

Laid down at the shipyard in Camden, New Jersey, in December 1956, the American aircraft carrier "Kitty Hawk" (USS Kitty Hawk) entered service in April 1961.

Irkut Corporation handed over four upgraded Su-30SM2 fighters to the Russian Navy

In 2021, the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (part of the Irkut Corporation) manufactured four modernized Su-30SM2 fighter jets for the needs of naval aviation of the Russian Navy. Alexander Veprev, General Director of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant of Irkut Corporation, reported this to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on January 20, TASS reports.

The servicemen of a separate marine engineering regiment of the Northern Fleet, as part of a field exit, worked out special tasks for installing mine-explosive barriers, making passages in them to ensure an offensive. The exercises were held on the eve of a professional holiday - the Day of Engineering Troops.

Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia: serial deliveries of Zircon missiles will begin in 2022

In Russia, the state tests of the hypersonic cruise missile of the sea-based "Zircon" are being completed. Serial deliveries of the rocket will begin in 2022. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Alexey Krivoruchko, reports TASS.

In the Arabian Sea, the ships of Russia, Iran and China have worked out the organization of rescue at sea and countering maritime piracy. Joint actions were practiced during the CHIRU-2022 naval exercise. This was told in the Russian Defense Ministry.

Defense Minister of the Republic of Korea So Uk met with his Thai counterpart in Bangkok on January 17 to discuss issues of bilateral defense cooperation.

The first samples of Su-30SM2 fighters were transferred to the Russian Navy. On January 20, the TASS news agency reported that, as part of a single day of military acceptance, Rostec State Corporation handed over samples of modernized aircraft to the armed forces.

NATO has long planned the Neptune Strike 2022 exercises, which will be held in the Mediterranean Sea, and their conduct is not related to relations between Ukraine and Russia, US Defense Ministry spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing on Friday.

The last Bulgarian submarine has been serving as a museum exhibit since 2011, but the Bulgarian Defense Ministry intends to revive the submarine fleet. January 21, portal euractiv.com He reported that the Bulgarian Defense Minister announced plans to purchase submarines.

MIC: the American submarine Connecticut could have received critical damage

The Connecticut nuclear submarine of the Seawolf project, which collided with a seamount in the South China Sea, could have received critical damage that did not allow for its restoration, writes the Military-Industrial Courier (MIC).

Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk considers the resignation of Kai-Achim Schoenbach from the post of commander of the German Naval Forces an insufficient step to restore full confidence in Berlin.

Combat swimmers of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) worked out tasks on anti-sabotage defense in the Kamchatka Territory, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reported on Thursday.

The construction of a special-purpose nuclear submarine Belgorod is at the final stage, said the General director of the Sevmash plant (Severodvinsk) Mikhail Budnichenko.

The multipurpose nuclear submarine Kazan (Yasen-M, project 885-M) has become the lowest-noise submarine in the Russian Navy, the general director of the Sevmash plant (Severodvinsk) said Mikhail Budnichenko in an interview with the magazine "Plant" ("Sevmash").