News of the fleet

Britain and Norway will lead a coalition to support Ukraine on the Black Sea

Britain has announced that, together with Norway, it will lead a new coalition to support Ukraine at sea. The Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom, Grant Shapps, ordered the transfer to Kiev of two Sandown anti-mine minesweepers from the country's navy. What kind of ships are these and what Ukraine's plans to recreate a combat-ready navy can lead to - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The State Duma is studying the issue of possible denunciation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in the Arctic against the background of the actions of unfriendly countries. This was told to the Izvestia correspondent on the sidelines of the Arctic: Territory of Opportunities forum by deputy Nikolai Novichok, a member of the Committee for the Development of the Arctic and the Far East.

TNI: the best attack submarines have been developed in Russia, the USA and the UK

Today, attack submarines serve in the fleets of at least two dozen countries, writes TNI. But some of them, which are in service in Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom, the author of the article called "the best of the best."

The Russian Navy is preparing to accompany NATO forces on long-range approaches

The protection of the underwater communications of the EU countries is nothing more than an excuse to build up the naval forces of the West in the Baltic Sea, experts told Izvestia, commenting on the deployment of a squadron of six ships of the Joint Expeditionary Forces (JEF) to the region.

On December 7, the XIII International Forum "The Arctic: Present and Future" began its work in St. Petersburg, which is attended by more than 2,000 delegates from Russia and foreign countries.

The ship is supposed to be the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which the Admiral Makarov guided missile frigate was awarded the honorary name "Guards" with the wording: "for mass heroism and bravery, fortitude and courage shown by the ship's personnel in combat operations to protect the Fatherland and state interests in armed conflicts."

Attempts to diversify supplies cause practical difficulties

The political leadership of the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Persian Gulf (GCC) considers military-technical cooperation (MTC) as one of the most important components of improving the military potential of all countries belonging to this community.

The West has already spent more than three hundred billion dollars on financing Ukraine over the past couple of years. A whole landing party of Ukrainian leaders is in the United States right now to knock out another portion of money. Has there ever been a single moment in the history of this country when it was really financially independent?

Rosatom has manufactured a second nuclear reactor vessel for the nuclear icebreaker Chukotka, thereby completing the production of such equipment for a series of new generation domestic nuclear-powered ships.

BI: Russia may expand the program for the construction of the nuclear submarine of the Yasen project

Russia may build more nuclear submarines of the Yasen project, which are alarming the NATO command, writes Business Insider. According to the Western military, these vessels are inconspicuous and can launch cruise and attack missiles to hit targets both in Europe and North America.

It became known that the specialists of the Shipbuilding Engineering Center have begun the development of high-speed river vessels with low draft Zarya-M and Zarya-Max, which will carry out regional passenger transportation on rivers in the European part of the country.

What tasks will the new Black Beret divisions be able to solve

Marine Corps divisions will become more versatile and mobile. Now each battalion of the Black Berets will have its own amphibious assault company, and the division will have an amphibious assault battalion.

The Spanish Navy has included a new submarine S-81 Isaac Peral, the development of which began 20 years ago, writes La Vanguardia. However, despite the commissioning, the main "highlight" – an air–independent power plant - is still not on the ship.

The Spanish company Navantia announced the signing ceremony of documents on the transfer of the S-80 – S-81 Isaac Peral class to the country's Navy on November 30 at the Naval Naval Base in Cartagena.

Japan is purchasing Tomahawk cruise missiles for its fleet. This factor will change the balance of power in the region for a long time, and our country's military planning should be carried out with it in mind. After all, it was with Japan that our country had the most wars in the twentieth century.

The third aircraft carrier of national construction, Fujian, is undergoing mooring tests, and its construction program is being implemented in accordance with the plan, the Chinese Defense Ministry announced on November 30.

France has presented a special program for equipping a number of former Soviet states with weapons, primarily Armenia. Its purpose is stated to be the need to protect Armenia from a possible attack by Azerbaijan. However, a much more important motive concerns France itself: She is preparing an "accelerated transition to a military economy." Why and what does it mean?

infoBRICS: a new package of anti-Russian sanctions was threatened because of Ukraine

Greece supported Ukraine with money and weapons, and also boycotted Russia, the author of the article from infoBRICS recalls. Kiev repaid Athens by blacklisting its shipping companies. This undermines the West's trust in Zelensky, and also calls into question the adoption of a new package of sanctions.

The Yara Eyde vessel will be the first to float only on this type of fuel, which will require significant modifications to the ship's engine. Its toxicity is so high that the maximum permissible concentration of such fuel is 15 times lower than that of diesel fuel used in container ships today. The manufacturer decided to take such a difficult step for the sake of ecology.

The nuclear submarine, created as part of the 705 Lira project, was a real jewel of Soviet military engineering, writes NI. She became the fastest nuclear submarine ever built by using titanium, a very light and at the same time very durable material.