News of the fleet

On June 28, 2022, the American boat-building company Metal Shark (Louisiana) confirmed that as part of the next package of military assistance to Ukraine announced by the US government on June 23 with a total cost of $ 450 million, six new 40-foot (actual length 13.3 m) small patrol boats of the Defiant type built by Metal Shark will be transferred to Ukraine from the US Navy. In addition, Metal Shark announced that it is building 17 more small patrol boats of three different types with aluminum hulls for the supply of the Ukrainian Navy as part of American military assistance programs launched before the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

The heavy nuclear-powered missile cruisers Peter the Great and Admiral Nakhimov of Project 1144.2 Orlan, considered the most powerful in the Russian Navy, will become giant targets in the event of war. So the Russian ships were evaluated in the publication of the American edition 19FortyFive.

June 29 became the official date of the professional holiday for all those who work at shipyards in 2017. Then, at the initiative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and the joint stock company United Shipbuilding Corporation, the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 659 of May 30, 2017 was published, according to which the date of the celebration was set on this day.

The Turkish Navy has begun sea acceptance tests of the amphibious helicopter dock ship (DVKD) L400 "Anadolu" (Anadolu).

Moscow. June 29. INTERFAX A detachment of Pacific Fleet Support vessels (Pacific Fleet) is taking part in the expedition of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) to the Kuril Islands, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Wednesday.

The United States will provide assistance to the Ukrainian Navy by supplying another batch of patrol boats. According to the Ukrainian press, we are talking about boats manufactured by Metal Shark.

According to the statement of the Australian Minister of Defense Richard Marles, the new Australian government has confirmed that by March 2023 it must approve a program for the creation of a fleet of submarines with the United Kingdom and the United States.

The Command of the US Navy announced the official commissioning ceremony of the new Virginia-class submarine (SSN-794) Montana, which took place on June 25 at the Norfolk Naval Base.

The crew of the autonomous inhabited deep-sea rescue vehicle AS-36 of the SF rescue squad under the command of Captain 3rd rank Andrey Volkov is undergoing acceptance tests in the Kola Bay on the traverse of the main base of the SF – Severomorsk.

On June 23, the launch ceremony of the fifth Mogami-class frigate (also known as Project 30DX, 30FFM), designed for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces, took place at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) shipyard in Nagasaki.

As reported by the TASS news agency, on June 26, 2022, the nuclear submarine K-571 Krasnoyarsk (factory number 163), completed by the construction of the Northern Machine-Building Enterprise Production Association JSC (SMP, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC JSC), went to sea for the first time from Severodvinsk for factory sea trials) - the third ship of the modified project 08851 (project 885M; code "Ash-M").

Nuclear "fangs" of Russia

Without the support of the EU and NATO, Lithuania would not have banned transit traffic to Kaliningrad, writes Al-Quds Al-Arabi. According to the author of the article, the West will not be able to maintain a firm position on this issue for a long time, because Russia is the strongest nuclear power in the world.

On June 23, at the base of the Caspian Flotilla, a ceremony was held for the solemn raising of the St. Andrew's flag on a new vessel – a dredging non-self-propelled dredger of the RDB 66.42M project.

The underwater drone-glider for the inspection of radiation-hazardous objects for the Ministry of Emergency Situations will be ready for mass production in three to four years.

The Pentagon has revealed the contents of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, which will receive four more HIMARS MLRS, 18 patrol boats and 36 thousand artillery shells.

Turkey is a key country in the grain crisis

Turkey has developed a plan to evacuate Ukrainian grain, Sabah reports. If it works, then within six to eight months more than 35 million tons of cereals and sunflower oil will reach customers. At the same time, Ankara will receive a good bonus.

On June 23, 2022, US President Joe Biden signed documents on the provision of another new package of military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 450 million and including military equipment from the presence of the US Department of Defense. Thus, the total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 now reaches $6.05 billion.

JSC "PO "Sevmash" (part of the "United Shipbuilding Corporation", USC) has laid a manned underwater vehicle (OPA) of project 03660 "Jason" for work on offshore gas pipelines, the press service of the machine-building enterprise reports.

On Monday, during the passage of the American patrol ship Sirocco and the transport ship USNS Choctaw County through the Strait of Hormuz, three boats of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran approached them a short distance.

The loss of the cruiser "Moscow" caused serious changes in the tactics of warfare in the Black Sea Fleet. The command, having lost a valuable asset, managed to rebuild its work and gain a significant advantage in the theater.