News of the fleet

The Russian military held a gathering of the command staff of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) in Crimea with exercises of ships and marines, the navy said on Saturday.

Two newest vessels in August of this year, which became part of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, passed the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea. This was announced by the head of the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet, Captain 2nd rank Alexey Rulev.

The Baltic Fleet of Russia conducted an exercise to eliminate helicopters and drones of a conditional enemy with the help of anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S", the press service of the fleet reported on Saturday.

Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, the commander-in-chief of the Navy, called the fourth-generation nuclear-powered submarines the focus of military and scientific power, which one after another enter the Russian fleet, are being built rhythmically and are being tested.

The National Interest: the missile-carrying cruiser "Prince Oleg" is capable of destroying cities

The underwater missile-carrying cruiser "Prince Oleg" is capable of turning entire cities into ruins. This fear was expressed by journalist Peter Suciu in an article for The National Interest magazine.

The American media appreciated the power of the Russian nuclear submarine of the fourth generation. We are talking about a new strategic missile submarine "Prince Oleg".

According to The National Interest, the main purpose of the Borei-class submarines, to which the Prince Oleg belongs, is the destruction of enemy cities. Moreover, the submarine will be able to deliver such crushing blows even if other nuclear forces are destroyed. The same task, by the way, is facing submarines armed with ballistic missiles that other countries have.

The Russian submarine has not yet been able to locate.

The appearance of a group of Russian warships near the coast of Great Britain, which will arrive in Severomorsk in the early days of next year, caused panic in London.

As reported on December 21, 2021, LLC Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex (SSC Zvezda, Bolshoy Kamen, Primorsky Krai), the construction of a dry dock, one of the largest in the world, has been completed at SSC Zvezda. The commissioning works were successfully carried out.

Before the fire, the crew had been preparing for service on this ship for two months

The crew of the Project 20385 Agile multipurpose corvette, which was damaged during a fire on December 17 at the Severnaya Shipyard, will be distributed to other ships under construction. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.

A series of exercises with the participation of large amphibious ships of the Pacific Fleet took place in the Sea of Okhotsk. "Admiral Nevelskoy" and "Oslyabya" worked out anti-mine tasks.

The Australian Ministry of Defense announced the launching ceremony of the lead patrol ship of the ocean zone OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel) of the Arafura class, which took place on December 16 at the Osborne Naval Shipyard.

In 2021, the formations and associations of the Air Defense Forces received more than 800 units of modern models of VIVT, including T-80BVM tanks, infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3. The composition of the TOPF included the Magadan DPL, Bastion coastal missile systems.

TASS: the construction of part of the corvettes of project 20385 will be transferred from the "Northern Shipyard"

The crew of the multi-purpose corvette "Agile" project 20385, which was damaged due to a fire, will be redistributed to other ships. Also, due to the incident, part of the orders for the construction of ships from the Northern Shipyard is planned to be transferred to other Russian enterprises. The consequences of the fire on the "Agile" were revealed by TASS, citing a source close to the Ministry of Defense.

The commander of the Novorossiysk Naval Base (NVMB) of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet), Rear Admiral Viktor Kochemazov, summing up the results of 2021, reported on the current state of the unification forces.

Combat firing boats of the KCR-60M project of the Indonesian Navy were shown on video. During the exercises, the AU-220M automatic installation, created in the joint stock company "Central Research Institute "Burevestnik" (Nizhny Novgorod), was involved among the weapons samples on board.

The changes are aimed, in particular, at ensuring a higher level of safety of navigation of Russian and Dutch ships, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation noted

The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Alexander Fomin, and the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Russia signed a protocol on amendments to the Russian-Dutch intergovernmental agreement on the prevention of incidents at sea outside territorial waters. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Izvestia: BOD "Admiral Levchenko" will join the fleet by the end of 2022

By the end of 2022, the Russian Navy will include a large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Admiral Levchenko" of project 1155. The Russian Ministry of Defense has approved a plan to complete work on the ship. This is reported by the Izvestia newspaper, citing sources in the defense department.

In seven years, the Russian Black Sea Fleet has been transformed. If in 2014 its capabilities could not be called outstanding, now it is a formidable force. And it's not even about new ships and coastal batteries. The main factor of the strength of the Black Sea Fleet lies in another, writes Forbes.

Americans will build robotic stingrays of two types. On December 21, the press service of the Agency for Advanced Defense Projects (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense announced the signing of a contract with Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and Martin Defense Group to develop prototypes of underwater drones.

MT Rubin Central Design Bureau: the TK-208 Dmitry Donskoy submarine is in good condition

Igor Vilnit, General Director of the Central Design Bureau of Marine Technology (CCB MT) Rubin, in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, revealed the condition of the heavy nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine TK-208 Dmitry Donskoy of Project 941 Shark.