News of the fleet

The multifunctional combat laser system HELIOS will be installed on the destroyer "Preble" type "Arlie Burke" this year, according to Breaking Defense. After that, it will be tested at sea. HELIOS has three functions: to hit small ships and drones, to monitor remote objects and to dazzle optical systems.

The South Korean defense company LIG Nex1 has completed sea trials of the Sea Sword-II unmanned boat. According to the creators, the success was a big step forward in the development of unmanned offshore platforms.

Ilya Samarin, General Director of the PSZ, said that work on the ships is on schedule

The second frigate of project 11356 "Tamala", under construction at the Baltic Shipyard "Yantar" (Kaliningrad) for the Indian Navy, will be launched this year. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the PSZ Ilya Samarin.

In particular, a joint Russian-Indian interspecific exercise "Indra-2022" is planned to be held on the territory of the Southern Federal District

A series of exercises with the participation of Russian servicemen, military personnel from India, Egypt and Pakistan will be held in the fall, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) told reporters on Tuesday.

Specialists of the Military Construction Complex have completed a large-scale reconstruction of a unique museum complex with an underground harbor for submarines located in the Crimean Bay of Balaklava, Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov said.

Each of them is capable of transporting up to 13 main battle tanks

Large amphibious assault ships (BDK) of the modernized project 11711 "Vladimir Andreev" and "Vasily Trushin" are being built at the Baltic shipyard "Yantar" according to an adjusted technical design, their hulls are formed on the stocks. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the plant Ilya Samarin.

During the year, the complex is serially delivered to fleet ships, the interlocutor of TASS noted

The newest ship-based anti-submarine missile system "Response" has been adopted by the Russian Navy. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The upgraded submarines of the 949AM project will become the most armed Russian cruise missile submarines and will be able to carry up to 72 "Calibers", "Onyx" or "Zircons" on board, a source in the shipbuilding industry told RIA Novosti.

At the crossing in the Japanese, East China and South China Seas, the crews of the ships conducted a series of planned exercises

A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) during a long-distance campaign passed the Strait of Malaka and entered the Indian Ocean, the press service of the fleet reported on Tuesday.

During the modernization, the multipurpose nuclear cruisers of the project 949AM "Antey" will receive 72 launchers of the Kalibr, Onyx and Zircon cruise missiles.

It has been 40 years since the first raising of the Naval Flag on the large anti-submarine ship (BOD) of the Northern Fleet "Vice Admiral Kulakov".

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that the launch ceremony of the Richard M McCool Jr. (LPD-29) class "San Antonio" was held at the shipyard of its Ingalls Shipbuilding division on January 7.

The Drive: Russia may be involved in the damage of the Norwegian submarine cable

An underwater fiber optic cable laid between the Norwegian mainland and the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean has been disabled or damaged as a result of a mysterious incident.

More than 70 tests of new weapons, including hypersonic missile weapons "Zircon" and "Dagger", provided the Northern Fleet in 2021.

More than 10 newly formed crews of warships and boats were trained by the Joint Naval Training Center in St. Petersburg.

Ilya Samarin, General Director of the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant, said that the sixth building of Project 11356 is currently mothballed and is located in the water area of the enterprise

The final decision on the fate of the sixth frigate of Project 11356 built by the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant "Yantar" (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has not yet been made. This was stated to TASS by the general director of the PSZ Ilya Samarin.

In accordance with the training plan for the flight personnel of the Northern Fleet's naval fighter regiments in 2022, the crews of the Su-33 and MiG-29K carrier-based fighters will continue to improve their professional skills in the Crimea at the NITKA complex.

The most important segment of the military shipbuilding program, which includes equipping the Russian Navy with icebreaking ships and ice-class support vessels, will be among the priority areas of development in 2022 and the near term.

In 2022, the newest corvette "Sharp" will join the ship composition of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) and the submarine of project 636.3 "Magadan", which has already been accepted into the Pacific Fleet, will arrive at a permanent base from the Baltic Fleet.

Aircraft carriers are not just big ships with aircraft. Each of them is a symbol of prestige and power, as well as the pride of the fleet, representing its country. And all because it is very, very expensive to maintain an aircraft carrier.