News of the fleet

A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet went on a long voyage from Vladivostok a few days before the onset of 2022

Warships of Russia, Iran and China will take part in joint naval exercises. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) for the Pacific Fleet.

The Drive: Russian ships of Project 775 caused alarm in Sweden and the UK

Large landing ships (BDK) "Korolev", "Minsk" and "Kaliningrad" of Project 775 (according to the NATO classification - Ropucha, which means "Toad" in Polish) after Sweden, Great Britain was alarmed, writes the American edition of The Drive.

The boat will be able to operate both in autonomous mode and be controlled by a small crew, the interlocutor of TASS notes

An unmanned torpedo boat capable of detecting and destroying enemy submarines in the far sea zone and in the Arctic latitudes in autonomous mode is being developed for the Russian Navy. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

He called the ships that Russia sent to Iran "serious"

The naval exercises that Russia, Iran and China are planning to hold may be a response to the complex geopolitical situation in the world, retired Admiral Viktor Kravchenko, former chief of the General Staff of the Russian Navy, told Interfax on Tuesday.

Another group of three Russian large amphibious ships, having passed the Great Belt Strait, left the Baltic for the North Sea, a representative of the Swedish armed forces said.

TASS: an unmanned torpedo boat is being developed in Russia

In the interests of the Russian Navy, an unmanned boat is being created that can detect the enemy in autonomous mode and use torpedo weapons on it, TASS reports, citing a source in the military-industrial complex.

An unmanned torpedo boat is being developed for the Russian Navy. He will be able to fight enemy submarines in the far sea zone - including in the Arctic.

A new Hephaestus training complex has been commissioned at the S.O.Makarov Pacific Higher Naval School, designed to train naval specialists in the fight for the survivability of a surface ship and a submarine in emergency situations.

Russia, Iran and China will hold joint naval exercises. This was reported on Tuesday, January 18, by the press service of the Pacific Fleet.

The Varyag missile cruiser, the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Tributs and a sea tanker have made a call at the Iranian port of Chahbehar, the press service of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) reported.

Russia is gradually disabling the nuclear submarines of project 971 "Pike-B". On January 17, the Izvestia newspaper reported that the Bratsk submarine was declared unfit for repair and will be written off, and the Samara submarine of the same type will still "fight for life."

The US Navy showed the concept of the next-generation DDG(X) ship

The US Navy has shown the concept of a destroyer with laser weapons and hypersonic missiles, which will be built in 2028. The appearance of the new ship was described in a report by the US Navy, USNI News reports.

China has extended the construction of a series of its own Type 055 destroyers. They are the largest surface ships in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China and are considered the most combat-ready destroyers in the world.

The Pacific Fleet is waiting for a serious replenishment - upgraded nuclear submarines 949AM "Antey". On the air of Sputnik radio, the captain of the 1st rank of the reserve, military expert Vasily Dandykin, told about their capabilities.

The first four ships that do not require a crew appeared in the US Navy. January 16, portal thedrive.com He reported that the Office of Strategic Capabilities (SCO) of the US Department of Defense has officially closed the Ghost Fleet Overlord program.

The Dutch warship HNLMS Rotterdam entered the Baltic Sea to monitor the situation in the region, the Estonian broadcasting portal ERR reported on Monday, citing a message from the NATO press service.

A special commission based on the results of state tests of the newest hypersonic cruise missile 3M22 "Zircon" from a surface carrier recommended that it be adopted by ships of the Russian Navy. On Thursday, January 14, TASS was informed by a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Large Landing Ship (BDK) The Russian Navy "Orsk", having passed the Bosphorus, entered the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, Istanbul observers reported in social networks, publishing photos of its passage through the strait.

FAR EAST - The crews of the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, as well as the corvettes Gremyashchy and Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov conducted an air defense training in Primorsky Krai, the press service of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) reported on Friday.

The newest small rocket ship "Cyclone" of the Karakurt project, built for the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in Kerch, is completing factory sea trials, the head of the Fleet information support department, Captain of the second rank Alexey Rulev, told reporters on Friday.