News of the fleet

Small rocket and artillery ships, as well as base minesweepers arrived in the city

More than 20 ships of the Caspian Flotilla have been relocated in Dagestan from Makhachkala to a new military base in Kaspiysk, where a port has been built to accommodate the flotilla's forces and assets. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the press service of the Southern Military District.

In Mishukovo, the main base of hydrographers of the Northern Fleet, on December 24, a solemn flag-raising ceremony was held on a new hydrographic boat of the project 23040G "Leonid Senchura".

On December 24, the Baltic Plant (part of the USC) hosted the signing ceremony of the act of acceptance and transfer of the first serial universal nuclear icebreaker "Siberia" project 22220. The ceremony was held on board the newest vessel.

The first launches of the main engines and diesel generators took place on the "Sharp" corvette, which is being tested at the delivery base of the Amur Shipbuilding Plant (part of the USC) in Vladivostok.

As part of the celebration of the 74th anniversary of the establishment of the Myanmar Navy, on December 24, a ceremony was held at the Thilawa Dockyard in Sinmalaike (Yangon Naval Base) to introduce the Type-035 submarine transferred from the presence of the PLA Navy into the Myanmar fleet.

The only surviving research vessel from the Soviet "star flotilla" is being transferred to the Kaliningrad Region and will remain a museum afloat.

The Pentagon's Advanced Defense Development Agency (DARPA) has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman Systems and Martin Defense to create a full-scale demonstrator of the underwater robot Manta Ray. The military wants this robot to be able to work in the ocean for a long time without maintenance and repair.

The corvette "Savvy" conducted an exercise in the Baltic Sea with the combat launch of an anti-aircraft missile from the Redoubt complex, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported.

As reported by the Global Times, Chinese experts have completed tests of an air-independent power plant (VNEU) based on a Stirling engine. They want to use it on new non-nuclear submarines of the 039C project.

The state tests, within the framework of which the training took place, are planned to be completed by the end of 2021

The crew of the newest patrol ship "Sergey Kotov", built for the Black Sea Fleet, for the first time worked out the reception on the deck of the Ka-27PS search and rescue helicopter of the fleet's naval aviation, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said in a statement on Friday.

The Americans have finally eliminated the difficulties with electromagnetic hoists for moving ammunition to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. In total, there are 11 such "elevators" on board.

The missile destroyer USS Gravely entered the Turkish naval base Aksaz in the Sea of Marmara, the 6th operational Fleet of the United States reported.

Two Borey-A missile submarines will be laid down at Sevmash in 2023

In Russia, two strategic missile submarines of Project 955A ("Borey-A") will be laid down at the Sevmash enterprise in 2023, a source in the military-industrial complex told TASS.

The military exercises conducted by Iran this week in the Persian Gulf were a warning to Israel, said Hossein Salami, commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, amid fears that Tel Aviv may be hatching plans to attack Iranian nuclear facilities.

The Russian military held a gathering of the command staff of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) in Crimea with exercises of ships and marines, the navy said on Saturday.

Two newest vessels in August of this year, which became part of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, passed the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea. This was announced by the head of the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet, Captain 2nd rank Alexey Rulev.

The Baltic Fleet of Russia conducted an exercise to eliminate helicopters and drones of a conditional enemy with the help of anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S", the press service of the fleet reported on Saturday.

Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, the commander-in-chief of the Navy, called the fourth-generation nuclear-powered submarines the focus of military and scientific power, which one after another enter the Russian fleet, are being built rhythmically and are being tested.

The National Interest: the missile-carrying cruiser "Prince Oleg" is capable of destroying cities

The underwater missile-carrying cruiser "Prince Oleg" is capable of turning entire cities into ruins. This fear was expressed by journalist Peter Suciu in an article for The National Interest magazine.

The American media appreciated the power of the Russian nuclear submarine of the fourth generation. We are talking about a new strategic missile submarine "Prince Oleg".

According to The National Interest, the main purpose of the Borei-class submarines, to which the Prince Oleg belongs, is the destruction of enemy cities. Moreover, the submarine will be able to deliver such crushing blows even if other nuclear forces are destroyed. The same task, by the way, is facing submarines armed with ballistic missiles that other countries have.