News of the fleet

The US army should give priority to Russia, not China, writes the American edition of Breaking Defense.

The press service of Sevmash did not comment on this information to TASS

The second serial nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine of Project 955A (code "Borey-A") "Generalissimo Suvorov", under construction at the Sevmash enterprise (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC), will be transferred to the Navy of the Russian Federation in December 2022. This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.

TASS does not yet have an official comment from USC

United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has completed the relocation of its headquarters to St. Petersburg. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The program for the development of the auxiliary fleet of Russia until 2033 provides for the construction of new ships. To supply the garrisons in the Far North, it is planned to build five icebreakers and universal vessels. This is reported by TASS with reference to the deputy chief of staff of logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Andrey Yefimov.

More than 2 thousand special forces troops will be relocated to the Crimea for exercises

As part of the command and staff exercise, in which about 8 thousand servicemen take part, formations and military units of the Southern Military District (SE) have been alerted to work out elements of bringing them to the highest levels of readiness, the press service of the district reported on Thursday.

The Russian-Chinese exercises "Maritime Cooperation – 2021" have started in the Sea of Japan, which will last until October 17. This was announced on October 14 by the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) for the Pacific Fleet (TOF).

More than two thousand servicemen of the Krasnodar Territory have begun to be transferred to the Crimea, where part of the program of large-scale command and staff exercises of the Southern Military District troops will be held at the Opuk military training ground. This was reported by the press service of the Southern Military District.

The French Naval Group announced the handover ceremony of the third (out of four ordered) OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel) coastal patrol ship – (53) Storni, which took place on October 13 in Concarneau.

At the end of October, the basic minesweeper "German Ugryumov" will return to the crew of the ships of the Caspian Flotilla (CFL), which has undergone technical repairs and modernization on the basis of the Severodvinsk branch of JSC "Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center" in Astrakhan.

Japanese Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) launched the second Taigei — Hakugei type submarine. The launch ceremony of the lead boat was held in 2020.

A joint Russian-Chinese naval exercise "Maritime Interaction-2021" is being held in the Sea of Japan from October 14 to 17. This is stated by the information support department of the VVO press service for the Pacific Fleet (TOF).

Joint exercises in the Sea of Japan demonstrate a high level of military cooperation between Russia and China, according to retired Admiral Viktor Kravchenko, former chief of the General Staff of the Russian Navy.

The ceremony of greeting and awarding the participants of the hike will take place on Friday, October 15

The ships and vessels of the Arctic grouping of the Northern Fleet have completed all the tasks of the tenth campaign on the seas of the Arctic Ocean and are returning to the main base of the fleet Severomorsk. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the fleet.

The Network posted new images of the most powerful aircraft carrier in the history of China, which is in the final stage of construction. In addition, the artist depicted in detail an air group consisting of promising fifth-generation fighters.

Thursday, October 14, in the sea of Japan launched a joint Russian-Chinese naval exercises "Sea interaction-2021".

"In the course of practical actions of the crews of the ships of the two countries will work out joint tactical maneuvering, mine ensuring the units will conduct artillery firing at sea targets, carry out search and blocking the submarine of the conditional opponent in the designated area," he said at the headquarters of the Pacific fleet of the Russian Federation.

The Pentagon disagreed on Tuesday with the assumption of the PRC that the American side is allegedly hiding information about the incident with the nuclear submarine USS Connecticut.

The topography of the bottom of the South China Sea, in the depths of which the American Seawolf-type nuclear submarine Connecticut recently collided with an unknown object, is subject to frequent changes due to tectonic activity, Aaron Amik, a veteran submariner of the US Navy, told The Drive.

The Russian Ministry of Defense conducted experimental exercises in the Black Sea. As sources in the military department told Izvestia, the maneuvers ended last week.

The navy conducted exercises in the Gulf of Guinea of the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of the African continent, where they freed a ship "captured by pirates". The crews of the large anti-submarine ship "Vice Admiral Kulakov", the medium sea tanker "Academician Pashin" and the rescue tugboat "Altai" took part in the exercise. They are currently on a long hike.

The creation of the AUKUS alliance poses a danger to the provisions on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, jeopardizes the security architecture in Asia, said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.