News of the fleet

The new Russian small rocket ship Cyclone will undergo sea trials and weapons preparation for test firing in the Black Sea in mid-November, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The American vessel HOS Red Rock, which is used by the US Navy as a carrier of the SURTASS-E experimental sonar reconnaissance system, entered the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, follows from the data of the international ship tracking system (AIS).

The crews of the ships of the Baltic Fleet (BF) have carried out 430 combat exercises this year, including rocket, artillery and torpedo firing, mine laying, depth bombing, anti-mine exercises. This was announced on Sunday, November 7, by the press service of the BF.

Mikhail Sheremet, a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Crimean region, said that the United States should not "mess around" and test Russia's strength by passing its ships through territorial waters off the coast of Crimea.

The Iranian armed forces on Sunday launched large-scale exercises "Zulfikar-1400" in coastal areas in the south-east of the country, as well as in nearby waters - from the eastern waters of the Strait of Hormuz to the northern Indian Ocean, the Tasnim agency reports.

Conducting regular military exercises bypassing the Montreux Convention will help deprive Russia of dominance in the Black Sea - this opinion was shared by US Navy officer Brian Harrington in an article for The Hill.

The frigate (patrol ship) "Admiral Essen" conducted exercises in the Black Sea to cover the base point of ships in the Crimea from a strike by a group of aircraft of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet reports.

The Army of the People's Republic of China, presumably, already has a nuclear triad. This is stated in the report of the US Department of Defense, distributed on Wednesday, November 3.

The crews of the Russian submarines Rostov-on-Don and Veliky Novgorod of the Varshavyanka project worked out the launch of Kalibr-PL missiles during the exercises. Conditional defeat of surface targets was made after the entry of the US Navy destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) into the Black Sea. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) of Russia.

The upcoming equipping of the Russian Navy with Zircon missiles will be a powerful deterrent to any potential enemy, military political analyst Alexander Perendzhiev expressed this opinion on Sputnik radio.

A large hydrographic catamaran of modular design "Grigory Shadrin" has completed the marine phase of state tests in the designated area of the Barents Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed with Australian Foreign Minister Maris Payne efforts to ensure a peaceful Indo-Pacific region and trilateral cooperation with AUKUS, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.

As reported by the Nigerian Navy, in Abuja on November 3, 2021, by the Chief of Staff (Commander) The Nigerian Navy Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo signed a contract with the Turkish shipbuilding company Dearsan Shipyard Limited for the construction of two patrol ships for the Nigerian Navy. The ships must be delivered within 37 months from the date of signing the contract (that is, by December 2024).

The Pentagon has denied a statement about an attempt by the US Navy to intercept an oil cargo on board an Iranian tanker in the Gulf of Oman. This was announced on Wednesday, November 3, by the press secretary of the US military department, John Kirby.

The conflict between the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the US Navy was shown on video.

The network published a video of a recent incident in the Gulf of Oman between the forces of the IRGC and the US Navy. The confrontation was filmed, among other things, from Iranian drones.

Residents of Istanbul asked the US military who arrived in the country to leave Turkey, but the appeals did not have the proper effect, then Turkish citizens put a package on the head of a US sailor. The relevant footage was posted on Twitter on Thursday, November 4.

The Black Sea Fleet is monitoring the actions of the US Navy headquarters ship Mount Whitney, which entered the Black Sea, informs the National Defense Control Center.

The Black Sea Fleet is monitoring the actions of the American ship Mount Whitney in the Black Sea, the National Defense Control Center (NCMS) of the Russian Federation reported.

The tank received a 1,130 hp engine.

A batch of T-72B3M tanks with improved characteristics entered service with the army corps of the Baltic Fleet in the Kaliningrad region. This was reported on Tuesday by the press service of the fleet.

The AUKUS trilateral defense alliance formed by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States may lead to a "semi-permanent marriage" in the Indo-Pacific region between "brilliant Russia" and "astute China," Lyle Goldstein, director of Asia relations at the Defense Priorities analytical center, writes in the American edition of Defense News.