News of the fleet

The Command of the US Navy announced the official commissioning ceremony of the Virginia-class submarine (SSN-793) Oregon, which took place on May 28 at the submarine base in New London.

The unmanned underwater swimming vehicle Orca ("Killer Whale"), created as part of the Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) program in the interests of the US Navy, will become an underwater minelayer. This is reported by The Drive.

Amazingly, Russia will have three aircraft carriers by 2030 – and that's where they will be stationed

The aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will return to service by 2024, and a little later the Russian Navy will receive two universal amphibious assault ships Sevastopol and Vladivostok, which are currently being built in the Crimea, Military Watch writes.

American scientists have developed a system to protect whales from collisions with ships. This is reported by the ABC TV channel.

As part of the development of a 30-year fleet construction plan (2020-2049), the US Navy is betting on new frigates and ships of the LCS class. It is assumed that together they will form a category of small surface combatant ships (Small Surface Combatants, SSC), which will not only expand the geographical presence of the fleet, but also increase its ability to operate in a geographically spacious operational area and overload the enemy's defenses.

Live firing of the new unmanned combat surface ship (boat) USV SALVO, built by the Turkish shipbuilding company Dearsan for the needs of the Turkish Navy, took place in the Sea of Marmara.

The large anti-submarine ship (BOD) of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Levchenko" worked out the defeat of air and surface targets of a conditional enemy during exercises in the Barents Sea. The crew used the anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) "Dagger" and artillery. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the fleet.

On the second serial icebreaker of the project 22220 "Ural", built at the Baltic plant in St. Petersburg, the reactor plant was launched. This is reported by the USC press service.

The Russian Northern Fleet conducted a new test launch of a hypersonic missile, it was carried out by a ship in the Barents Sea at a sea target in the White Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

The US Navy is building up logistics capabilities in the Far North to improve the supply of its ships, submarines, aircraft and expeditionary forces in the region.

As reported by the Spanish shipbuilding association Navantia, on May 27, 2022, for the first time, the lead large non-nuclear submarine S 81 Isaac Peral of the national project S-80 Plus (S-80A), built at its plant in Cartagena, went to sea for factory sea trials.

At the industrial conference of the US Special Operations Forces, the issue of modernizing the devices and equipment used by the special forces of the Navy during their operations was raised. Navy Captain Randy Slaff, Executive Director of the Maritime program, noted that the main tasks now are to improve communication systems and achieve more efficient use of power and energy.

How drones and robots guard the state border of Russia

May 28 is the day of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia. In recent years, new equipment has been supplied to the border guards. What exactly and how it is used - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

The Fleet has demonstrated the ability to deliver non-interceptable missile strikes at a distance that makes it dangerous for enemy aircraft carrier groups.

The United States this summer will begin testing the first prototype of the autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle (ANPA) Orca, developed by Boeing Corporation, follows from the data of the Command of Naval Systems of the American Navy.

To do this, it had to be completely cleared

On May 28, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the complete liberation of the city of Krasny Liman in the DPR. The fighting for him lasted less than a week. It is also reported that after the mine clearance, the work of the port of Mariupol is resumed — the first cargo ship entered it on Saturday.

In St. Petersburg, another freezing trawler processor of the 170701 project was launched. The ceremony was held at the shipyard "Severnaya Verf". This is stated in the press release of the company, received by the "Military Review".

The whole military era went down with the cruiser "Moscow"

An American military expert writes in The Atlantic that the Ukrainian conflict forces the United States to take a new look at the war. The states are lagging behind, it is necessary to invest in new technologies and rather create an "army of tomorrow," he writes.

The AN/BQQ-10 intracorporeal nose sonar complex (GAC) of the American nuclear submarine Connecticut of the Seawolf type, which collided with a previously unknown seamount in the South China Sea, failed. This is reported by The Drive with reference to the report on the incident.

As reported, on May 25, 2022 at JSC "Vimpel Shipbuilding Plant" in Rybinsk (Yaroslavl region) The launching ceremony of the small hydrographic vessel "Yakov Lapushkin" of project 19910 (factory number 01802), under construction for the Russian Navy, took place. The vessel was launched in a high degree of readiness.