News of the fleet

What are the ships of the new project equipped with and when will all eight of them start serving

At the end of July, the new nuclear submarine Novosibirsk of the Yasen-M project will carry out combat training launches of cruise missiles and go to a permanent base in the Pacific Ocean.

The Indian Navy is deciding which of the potential suppliers of fighters for naval aviation to give preference to – the United States or France. We are talking about the supply of more than two dozen aircraft, senior representatives of the Indian Navy said, according to the Indian press.

The Defense News publication has revealed new circumstances of a severe fire on the universal amphibious assault ship of the US Navy USS Bonhomme Richard. Recall that the ship caught fire on July 12, 2020. The USS Bonhomme Richard was extinguished until July 17, 2020.

The Swedish company Saab announced the ceremony of laying the keel of the A26 class Blekinge for the Swedish Navy, which took place on June 30 at the shipbuilding enterprise in Karlskrona.

On June 30, the French Embassy in Athens hosted the signing ceremony of offset (compensation) agreements between the French company Naval Group and Greek subcontractors within the framework of the program for the supply of three frigates of the FDI HN (Belharra class) of the Greek Navy.

Germany has begun testing laser weapons being developed in the interests of the German Navy. A laser weapon demonstrator is installed on board the German frigate Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt) type F125. This is reported by MBDA Deutschland.

Iran's military is currently operating in the Red Sea more actively than at any time in a decade, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday.

Who dominates the Arctic?

With climate change in the north, new opportunities are opening up, and Russia is "playing with muscles," writes The Economist. More than half of the Arctic coastline falls on Russia. Melting ice has opened a shipping corridor through the Bering Strait between Siberia and Alaska to the Barents Sea.

Turkey has begun testing the Anadolu universal amphibious assault ship (L400 Anadolu). It will become the largest ship in the history of the Turkish Navy. But the Anadolu will not be carried by American F-35 fighters, but by the Bayraktar drones (the marine version) that have become famous in recent years. Why did this replacement happen and will it benefit the Turkish navy?

Enemy fortified areas: break or bypass

The abundance of defensive structures created by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Ukraine suggests that it was on them that a serious stake was placed in a possible armed conflict with the republics of Donbass and even Russia. We prepared thoroughly and in advance. Back on October 10, 2014, the then Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced the construction of three defense lines.

Features of the special operation in the Black Sea

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Vice Admiral Igor Mukhametshin, during a recent visit to the Gorky Zelenodolsk Plant, said that Russia plans to increase the construction of ships equipped with high-precision missile weapons.

The General Designer celebrates the 90th anniversary of his birth

Submarines of the Black Sea Fleet strike targets on the coast and deep into the territory of Ukraine. Submariners make a significant contribution to the course of the special military operation of the Russian troops. The moments of their combat work are captured on photo and video frames provided by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Baltic will get hot

The accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO will entail significant changes in geopolitics, writes Yeni Şafak. Russia will be forced to increase its military presence in the region. This could trigger a second Cold War, warns the author of the article.

As reported, on June 25, 2022, a large diesel-electric submarine B-588 Ufa (factory number 01617) of project 06363, built for the Russian Navy in St. Petersburg at Admiralty Shipyards JSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC), entered the Baltic Sea for the first time for factory sea trials - USC). This is the fourth of six Project 06363 submarines being built for the Pacific Fleet.

The project of the universal landing ship (UDC) of the second generation under the designation 076 was developed by specialists of the Scientific Research Organization of Marine Design and Planning (NIO 708) of the Chinese Shipbuilding Industrial Corporation in the interests of the PLA Navy. According to open sources, this ship will have a length of 290 m, a width of about 65 m and a draft of about 10 m. Due to the increased draft, this ship is not designed for coastal amphibious operations.

The Ministry of Defense of India announced the keel laying ceremony of the seventh Nilgiri-class frigate held on June 28 at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (MDL) shipyard in Mumbai ("Project-17A" / P-17A), intended for the country's Navy.

Due to heavy losses, an unorganized withdrawal of entire units of the VFU began

The Allied forces went directly to Lisichansk, the Russian Defense Ministry said on July 1. An oil refinery, the Matrosskaya mine, a gelatin plant and the village of Topolevka were taken under the control of the Russian Federation and the LPR.

How is the hypersonic weapons program developing in the United States and is it worth waiting for the appearance of real-world missiles there

The next tests of American hypersonic weapons ended in complete failure. On Friday, June 29, it became known that during testing, a promising ultra-high-speed CPS rocket had problems with the launch of the second stage. As a result, the tests ended in an accident.

The Council for Grants to provide state support for the creation and development of advanced engineering schools has selected 30 higher educational institutions, the government website reported on Thursday.

Dmitry Stefanovich, a researcher at IMEMO RAS, spoke about the risks of developing a nuclear conflict

Russian and Western analysts have been discussing the possibility of using nuclear weapons since the beginning of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. Dmitry Stefanovich, a researcher at the IMEMO RAS Center for International Security, co-founder of the Watfor project, an expert of the Russian Council on International Affairs and the Valdai Club, assessed the likelihood of an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine towards the use of nuclear weapons and told what state the nuclear triads of Russia and the United States are in, as well as what Russia's response may be if the United States places its nuclear weapons on the territory of Finland and Sweden.