News of the fleet

Calculations of the Bastion anti-ship missile system, which are on duty on Matua Island (Kuril Islands), monitor the water area and strait zones around the clock, the Pacific Fleet said on Saturday.

The Novorossiysk naval base, after modernization, can now receive more than 100 warships, the press service of the Russian Black Sea Fleet reported on Saturday.

The Russian Black Sea Fleet named the composition of the squadron that performs tasks in the Mediterranean Sea.

"More than 10 crews of ships and support vessels of the Black Sea Fleet met the new year 2022 in the Mediterranean Sea, performing special tasks as part of the permanent grouping of the Navy in the far sea zone," the press service of the fleet reported on Saturday.

More than 70 ships and vessels of the Russian Navy (Navy) celebrated the New Year at sea. "A congratulatory telegram from Admiral Nikolay Evmenov, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, has been sent to the commanders and crews of over 70 ships and vessels performing the tasks of naval presence in the ocean and sea zones," the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

The American media have identified five "deadliest" types of Russian weapons.

According to the publication 19Fortyfive, we are talking, in particular, about an unmanned underwater vehicle with a nuclear power plant "Poseidon". The publication describes it as a nuclear torpedo the size of a bus and with a huge range.

Diesel submarines Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Volkhov, which recently arrived at the Pacific Fleet, conducted training firing with Kalibr cruise missiles at coastal and sea targets at the end of 2021, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reported.

The crew of the diesel-electric submarine Veliky Novgorod conducted a fire survivability exercise, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet reported.

More than a dozen warships of the Northern Fleet will perform tasks in the far sea zone in the first half of 2022, the press service of the SF reports.

Ships and submarines of the Russian Navy (Navy) have spent about 17,500 days at sea over the past year, that is, almost 48 years, the Department of Information and Mass Communications (DIMC) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

Avia.pro: the submarine "Novorossiysk" of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean caused panic in the US Navy

The Novorossiysk diesel-electric submarine belonging to the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy appeared in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea and caused panic among the command of the Naval Forces of the United States and NATO. This is reported by Avia.pro .

A number of projects are linked to combat training

Identification of underwater objects found at the bottom of the Barents and Kara Seas will be one of the main tasks of joint work with the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) in the Arctic region next year, the Northern Fleet (SF) said.

On December 28, Philippine Minister of National Defense Delphine Lorenzana signed a contract with the leadership of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the supply of two new corvettes to the Philippine Navy during a virtual ceremony.

Until now, Belgrade has mainly purchased defensive weapons from Russia, as well as used military equipment. In the future, the possibility of buying new aircraft and air defense systems is being considered.

The opening of the renovated completion embankment No. 6 took place at the Yantar PSZ (part of USC JSC). The reconstruction was carried out as part of the modernization program of the enterprise.

A survey of the Military Harbor area was conducted in Baltiysk.

On the eve of the New Year holidays, the military personnel of the anti-sabotage forces and means detachment of the Baltic Naval Base inspected the permanent deployment points of the BF ships.

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) announced the keel laying ceremony of a new anti-submarine ship for shallow water fairway (ASW-SWC) intended for the Indian Navy, which took place on December 21 at the enterprise in Calcutta.

The Chinese authorities at the talks between the Chinese and US military put forward demands to the American side to put an end to hostile activity near the Chinese borders, the weekly Newsweek reported, citing the Ministry of Defense of the People's Republic of China.

The Celestial Empire commissioned the first serial universal amphibious assault ship Type 075, called Guangxi. The operation of the main UDC began in April.

In the west of Russia, a command and staff exercise of two armies is planned next year, as well as an operational exercise of the Baltic Fleet grouping, Commander of the Western Military District (ZVO) Alexander Zhuravlev said.

The American carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman is delayed in the Mediterranean Sea by order of the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the previous plans for its relocation have been changed, the USNI News publication reported, covering the activities of the US Naval Forces (Navy).