News of the fleet

Aircraft and surface ships took part in large-scale maneuvers of the Russian Aerospace Forces

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have completed exercises in the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad zone. During the maneuvers, protection against hypersonic vehicles, drones and cruise missiles was practiced.

The Russian navy will receive four medium-sized reconnaissance ships of the new 03182P project, the laying of the second pair is planned in the near future. This was reported by a source in the Russian defense industry.

The exercises were held on islands in the Laptev Sea

The ships of the Arctic grouping of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Levchenko" and "Alexander Otrakovsky" together with the tactical group stationed on Kotelny Island of the archipelago of the Novosibirsk Islands in the Laptev Sea have worked out combat training tasks for defense in the Arctic, the press service of the fleet reported on Monday.

Air defense means will repel a massive strike by aircraft and missiles of a simulated enemy on the Kaliningrad region as part of the exercises of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

Americans worried that they would be outpaced by the Russians

Unlike a number of other countries of the world that made a big bet on the creation of small and ultra-small submarines (submarines), the command of the American Naval Forces in the second half of the twentieth century focused on the development of a powerful nuclear submarine fleet, gradually abandoning the construction of diesel-electric submarines. Well, the direction of "babies" was considered unpromising at all.

On September 6, 2022, a ceremony of raising the National Flag was held in Vladivostok on the head of the new railway and automobile ferry "Alexander Deev" (factory number 300) of the CNF11CPD/00300 project, built by JSC Amur Shipbuilding Plant (ASZ; part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation).

Will the Arctic become a new arena of confrontation between NATO and Russia?

Sino-Russian cooperation in the Arctic has alerted NATO, according to Huanqiu Shibao. The Alliance is going to strengthen its military-strategic presence in the region. But Moscow does not intend to threaten the sovereignty of the Arctic.

At the beginning of this week, three Russian warships appeared in the English Channel, off the coast of France. Their passage was closely watched by the French naval forces. According to La Depeche, we are talking about the cruiser Marshal Ustinov, as well as the destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov and the tanker Vyazma. These ships crossed the English Channel near Boulogne-sur-Mer on Monday, September 5.

Placed in containers, they will cover both combat units of the fleet and auxiliary vessels

An electronic warfare (EW) system is being developed for the defense of Russian combat and auxiliary ships. The novelty will be placed in ordinary marine, so-called 40-foot containers.

The US Navy calls the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers "workhorses", given their number and service life. The first ship of this type was launched more than 30 years ago, last year the 73rd destroyer of this class entered service.

NATO announces "battle for the Arctic"

The world media are actively commenting on the demand of the NATO leadership to strengthen the presence of Western countries in the Arctic region "in view of its growing strategic importance" against the backdrop of melting ice and global warming.

The Spanish company Navantia has proposed to the Australian government to build three more Hobart-class destroyers (AWD) with an estimated cost of 6 billion. austr. dollars (about 4 billion euro) with the completion of deliveries in 2030.

The ships of the Russian Navy will be protected by electronic warfare systems (EW), which will be placed in 40-foot sea containers. This is reported by Izvestia with reference to sources in the Ministry of Defense of the country.

The project to build a new large-tonnage shipyard in Kronstadt is an interesting and timely initiative, the head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation Alexey Rakhmanov told Interfax on the sidelines of the WEF.

Britain was forced to urgently change the aircraft carrier for deployment off the eastern coast of the United States – instead of the Prince of Wales, the Queen Elizabeth went on a campaign. And all because HMS Prince of Wales shamefully broke down right at the beginning of its journey. What happened to the UK's most modern ship, why has this country been doing badly with aircraft carriers in recent decades – and what lessons does this bring for Russia?

Innovative materials will protect submarines from sonar detection and hide the noise of mechanisms

Russian submarines will become elusive. They will receive the latest coating that will protect them from enemy sonar stations. Made from a new generation of special materials, it will make them practically invisible.

The French company Naval Group announced on September 1 at the Itaguai Naval Base the ceremony of commissioning the head of the Riachuelo class into the combat strength of the Brazilian Navy.

On September 14, 1401, according to the Iranian calendar (September 5, 2022, according to our calendar), the lead ship of the Shahid Soleimani type missile catamarans, named in honor of the martyr General Qasem Suleimani, who died as a result of an American strike in early 2020 during a visit to the Iraqi capital, was officially accepted into the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps..

Currently, the US Navy is armed with nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), cruise missile submarines and Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines (SSN). In 2013-14, the Pentagon began discussing the issue of deep modernization of existing submarines, but later the military department decided to build a new generation SSN (X) submarine from scratch.

The requirements of the US Navy for means designed for long-range operations against surface targets are evolving. This is necessary in order to focus on developing the potential of hypersonic missiles for rapid response to threats that are increasing in range and complexity every year. This is how the processes in the USA themselves are interpreted.