News of the fleet
Faster, scarier, more expensive
The White House has requested $813 billion for military spending
The United States Department of Defense may receive $773 billion in military spending in fiscal year 2023 (starting October 1). Together with the funds allocated to the Ministry of Energy for nuclear weapons, the total amount of US military spending may amount to $ 813.3 billion, according to the draft budget submitted by the White House on March 28.
Hypersonic weapons of the USA – suitcase without handle
The Drive (USA): the newest hypersonic cruise missile of the USA made a secret test flight
The United States announced a successful test of hypersonic weapons, writes The Drive. But it's too early for Americans to rejoice, because such "successful tests" have been going on for more than ten years.
Say goodbye to weapons: the remnants of the Ukrainian group were offered to leave Mariupol
The Russian Armed Forces are ready to ensure the entry of ships into and out of the port of Berdyansk for evacuation
The Russian armed forces continue to destroy the military infrastructure of Ukraine. On April 4, the Russian military struck 31 targets. Buk-M1 anti-aircraft complexes, command posts and communication centers, fuel and ammunition storage facilities were hit. Fighting continues in Mariupol. The command of the Russian Federation offered the Ukrainian militants to lay down their arms and go in the direction of Zaporozhye to the territories controlled by Kiev. Meanwhile, the Russian servicemen who returned from captivity confirmed the facts of torture, bullying and murder.
Young Guards
Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — about the first two Naval formations that received elite status
At the end of March, two Marine corps formations — the 155th Separate Brigade and the 126th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade - received the honorary name "guards". Military units of the Navy are marked with this status for the first time since the Great Patriotic War. Why did these brigades receive a high rank?
"The record of aircraft loading has been broken": the US Navy is testing the concept of light aircraft carriers
The American command hopes to form a fleet of light aircraft carriers that will complement the Ford-type giants with a displacement of over 100 thousand tons.
Australia may pay more than $5 billion to cancel the contract for French submarines
The breakdown of the agreement between Australia and France on non-nuclear submarines could end up costing Australian taxpayers 5.5 billion Australian dollars (4.15 billion US dollars), despite the fact that the deal was torn up long before the construction of the ships began. Andrew Greene writes about this in an article for ABC News.
Navantia handed over the lead corvette Avante-2200 to the Saudi Navy
On March 31, the Spanish company Navantia announced the handover ceremony of the Avante-2200, (828) El Jubail class corvette to the command of the Saudi Arabian Navy, held in San Fernando.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the volley firing of "Calibers" by a ship from the Black Sea at targets in Ukraine
A ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet carried out a salvo launch of seven Kalibr cruise missiles at targets on the territory of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.
China has put forward a "huge stationary aircraft carrier" against Australia
"This is a fundamental shift in regional international relations." With these words, the Australian press assesses the seemingly harmless agreement concluded between the PRC and the Solomon Islands. What exactly is contained in this document, why is the Australian leadership and society frightened by what is happening and what does all this have to do with the events in Ukraine?
Nuclear aircraft carriers of the US Navy are slowly ordering Ukraine to live for a long time
In the States, they believe that the war with Russia is on the threshold, and the Pentagon has almost no combat-ready "floating airfields" for it
Since Turkey closed the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits to warships of all non-Black Sea states with the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, the 6th Fleet of the US Navy did the only thing left in its power to get as close as possible to the battlefields.
What weapons did Russia use for the first time in Ukraine
Russia has attracted all types and kinds of armed forces to the military special operation in Ukraine, with the exception of the "nuclear triad". Both time-tested weapons and brand-new ones are used. About what the Russian army is fighting with — in the material of RIA Novosti.
The resurrection of the electronic industry of the Russian Federation will be carried out according to the experience of the USSR State Planning Committee
The Ministry of Economic Development has started collecting opinions and proposals from several dozen ministries, associations, banks, consortia and hardcore organizations on promising methods of state planning in the Russian radio-electronic industry. The Ministry of Economy is interested in their position on the elements of the 1969 Soviet regulation on the Ministry of Electronic Industry, as well as information on the previously applied methodology of the USSR State Planning Committee.
The squadron needs a destroyer
China shows an example of increasing the power of Russian destroyers
The first month of the special military operation passed with limited use of the Navy. The main contribution of sailors to the demilitarization of Ukraine so far goes along the line of hitting important military infrastructure facilities with launches of high-precision missiles of the 3M14 "Caliber" family from surface ships and submarines.
Canadians: our efforts in the Arctic are pathetic compared to Russia's
The Globe and Mail (Canada): Russia has plans for the Arctic – how will Canada respond?
Canada can gain a significant military advantage over Russia in the Arctic, says the author of The Globe and Mail. But readers of the publication believe that nothing but incompetence and lack of real steps should be expected from the current government.
"American aircraft carriers are being openly led by the nose"
Why the Russian Navy relies on diesel submarines of the Varshavyanka project
Admiralty Shipyards launched a diesel-electric submarine (DPL) of the 636.3 Varshavyanka project, which was named Ufa. As part of the project, this submarine will become the fourth in the Pacific Fleet and the tenth in the entire Russian Navy. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the peculiarities of "Varshavianok".
"Where there is an army of Russia, there are exercises. Don't worry"
Experts explained the meaning of the Russian Armed Forces firing drills in the Kuril Islands
More than a thousand servicemen of the Eastern Military District (VVO) are conducting training firing from artillery guns and anti-tank missile systems on the Kuril Islands, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out why Russia is conducting exercises in the Kuril Islands right now.
The submarine "Ufa" of project 06363 was launched
On March 31, 2022, the launch ceremony of the large diesel-electric submarine B-588 Ufa (factory number 01617), which is under construction for the Navy of the Russian Federation, took place at Admiralty Shipyards JSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC - USC JSC) in St. Petersburg project 06363. This is the fourth of six Project 06363 submarines being built for the Pacific Fleet.
Saudi Arabia received the first corvette of the Spanish project Avante 2200
On March 31, 2022, at the Spanish naval base La Carraca in San Fernando in Cadiz, a ceremony was held for the transfer of the Avante 2200 project built by the Spanish shipbuilding association Navantia in the ordered series of five units of the large corvette Al Jubail (tail number "828", construction number C546) to the Saudi Arabian Navy.
The Security Council of the Russian Federation believes that the US Navy ships will not return to the Black Sea until the mine danger is completely eliminated
US warships will not return to the Black Sea until the mine danger created in the region by the Armed Forces of Ukraine is completely eliminated, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council (SB) of the Russian Federation Mikhail Popov believes.
"A US destroyer may wander into the wrong place and get hit by a missile"
Why American warships left the Black Sea
The US Navy has withdrawn its ships from the Black Sea, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said. "Newspaper.Ru" was looking into what this decision might be related to.
