News of the fleet

On March 24, 2022, in Falera in the suburbs of Athens (Greece), in the presence of Greek Minister of National Defense Nicolas Panayiotopoulos and French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly, agreements were signed on the acquisition by Greece in France of three frigates of the new French type FDI (Frégates de Défense et d'Intervention, the option for Greece is designated FDI HN), with the option of another for one frigate, and six additional Dassault Rafale F4 series fighters. The total value of the contractual agreements is 4 billion euros, of which about 3 billion euros are frigates.

On March 22, 2022, the new-generation FFM 2 Kumano frigate (ままの), built at the shipbuilding enterprise of the Japanese company Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co., Ltd (the shipbuilding division of the Mitsui Group) in Tamano in Okayama Prefecture (in October 2021, Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding was sold to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.).

The special operation in Ukraine has been going on for a month. The army and pilots, the landing on Gostomel, the battles of the militia and special forces in Mariupol are heard. The role of the Navy remains behind the scenes – and completely in vain. What battles was the Russian squadron preparing for in the Mediterranean and how does it affect the ongoing operation right now?

On March 18, 2022, at the shipyard of the Italian shipbuilding association Fincantieri in Mudgiano in La Spezia, a ceremony was held for the official commissioning of the Italian Navy of the lead "multipurpose patrol ship" P 430 Paolo Thaon di Revel of the new type Pattugliatore Polivalente d'altura (PPA), which is actually a fairly large multipurpose frigate of the new generation. The ship became part of the La Spezia-based 1st Naval Division of the Italian Navy (COMDINAV UNO).

It seems that the United States is "ripe” to expand the fleet of aircraft carriers. March 22, portal scramble.nl He announced that exercises are planned for the next month using the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) in the format of a light aircraft carrier.

A large underground warehouse of missiles and aviation ammunition of Ukrainian troops in the village of Delyatin, Ivano-Frankivsk region, was attacked.

The hypersonic "Dagger" hit not only a specific target, but most likely also (morally) the NATO command. The fact is that conventional ammunition destroyed not just a warehouse, but one of the central storage bases for nuclear weapons, known as "Object 711". It was built in 1955 and strengthened so that in those years it could withstand the impact of an atomic bomb.

Rear Admiral Chekmasov told what mines were installed by the APU in the Black Sea and how dangerous they are

The Turkish Defense Ministry is taking measures in connection with information about Ukrainian mines drifting in the Black Sea, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what mines Ukraine could have exposed, what is dangerous about their drift and how they can be neutralized.

The foundations of modern naval forces and the US aircraft carrier fleet were laid in the 70-80-ies of the last century

The construction of 10 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers of the Nimitz type took more than 40 years: the lead ship was laid down in 1968, and the last one, the George Bush, was handed over to the fleet in 2009. These ships have a total displacement of more than 100 thousand tons, the length of the flight deck is 333 meters.

The most modern equipment is being supplied to the engineering troops

They do not make exciting TV series about them, they do not become heroes of military adventure novels, boys do not dream of serving in these troops. We are talking about one of the types of special troops of the Russian Federation - engineering troops, which people who are far from army realities consider something paramilitary.

Will the Americans get the remains of the Ross "Zircons" from the bottom of the Barents Sea?

The Americans, having lifted the wreckage of the F-35C fighter from the depths of the South China Sea, proved that they are able to find and raise even small objects to the surface if the search area is narrowed. Therefore, it is possible that they will be able to raise the remnants of Russian missiles from the bottom of the Barents Sea and learn the secrets of the latest samples of our weapons from the finds.

On March 19, Russia celebrates the Day of the Submariner. In honor of the holiday, we tell you how the first domestic submarines were created and fought

On March 19, the Russian Submarine Fleet turns 116 years old. During this period, Russian submarines have gone through several stages of development - from tiny "hidden vessels" to the world's largest strategic missile carriers. Since their appearance in the Navy, submarines have been and remain the embodiment of the most progressive scientific and technical ideas and advanced engineering solutions.

Dmitry Khazanov - about how the USSR began studying the sixth continent, as well as what and who hindered him in this

Aviation has played an extremely important role in the development of polar latitudes. At the same time, some achievements of the past seem incredible even today. For example, during the ice exploration in Antarctica on March 18, 1957, 65 years ago, the commander of the naval expedition squadron, Hero of the Soviet Union Ilya Mazuruk and pilot Alexander Polyakov on an An-2 aircraft landed on the top of an iceberg for the first time.

The Krylov Scientific Center remains the leading institution for modeling and evaluating the capabilities of submarines

On the approaching Day of the Submariner, which is celebrated annually in our country on March 19, it is appropriate to recall another event that became fateful for the post-war development of the Russian Navy. Exactly 70 years ago, back in 1952, the creation of the first domestic nuclear submarine began in the Soviet Union.

As reported by LLC "Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant" (KMZ), at the International Exhibition of Advanced Technologies for Providing society and the state "EXPOTECHNOSTRAGE-2022" held in St. Petersburg from March 16 to 18, 2022, this enterprise presented a new special boat "Bottlenose Dolphin" for the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation (Rosgvardiya).

Why is it difficult for Americans to increase their military presence in the Arctic

Washington is discussing strengthening its military presence in the Arctic, US Army Secretary Christine Wormut said. According to the minister, there are already American military facilities in the region and it is possible to conduct exercises with allies there. "Newspaper.Ru" dealt with the difficulties associated with the development of the Arctic by the Pentagon.

America needs more and more new ships

At the WEST 2022 conference held recently in San Diego, which addressed issues of naval construction, the chief of Naval operations of the US Navy, that is, the commander-in-chief in our opinion, Admiral Mike Gilday, told reporters that in order to fulfill their obligations under the national defense strategy, the United States Navy must have a fleet of "more than 500 ships". As the admiral explained, to be precise, we are talking about 513 floating units.

Daily Express (UK): Putin is on guard — the largest warship of the Royal Navy joins a flotilla of 25 NATO ships in the Arctic

Britain will take part in the exercise "Cold Response" - joint maneuvers of NATO member countries, which will take place just a few hundred kilometers from the borders of Russia, writes the Daily Express. The tabloid calls it a signal to the Russian forces that are participating in a special operation in Ukraine.

Nuclear component of the US Submarine Fleet

If in the vast majority of countries of the world the basis of the Armed Forces is the ground forces, then in the USA such a basis is, of course, the fleet. It has an almost sacred significance for America and this state of affairs will continue in the foreseeable future.

U.S. submarines tracked Soviet submarines more than two thousand times during the Cold War

On February 12, 2022, a note was handed to a representative of the Office of the Military Attache for Defense at the US Embassy in Moscow at the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Defense in connection with the violation of the state border of the Russian Federation by a US Navy submarine. What was the American submarine doing in our waters and what can we counter such actions?

The special operation in Ukraine did not stop the development of the military infrastructure of the Crimea

Russia's military special operation in Ukraine has shown how important it is for us to have a strong army and navy equipped with the latest technology. And not only in large fleets and strategic areas of possible military operations, but also in the Crimea.