News of the fleet

Russia wants to replace the search and reconnaissance helicopters on its ships with longer-range unmanned aerial vehicles.

This week, such a statement was made by the Russian Foundation for Advanced Research (which is an analogue of the Office of Advanced Research and Development of the US Department of Defense). 

Exercises on conducting reconnaissance by unmanned aerial vehicles were held in the Baltic Fleet.

The training was held in preparation for the joint strategic exercises of the Armed Forces of Russia and Belarus "West-2021".

The short range of the F-18 Super Hornet fighters complicates their use in the fight against Russia and China and makes US aircraft carriers vulnerable to long-range attacks. This is reported by the publication Military Watch.

The UK Ministry of Defense is considering the possibility of deploying its submarines with a nuclear arsenal on US or French military bases in the event of Scotland gaining independence. This was reported on September 1 by the Financial Times newspaper.

Popular Mechanics compared the characteristics of two advanced nuclear attack submarines: the Russian Yasen-M and the American Virginia. The conclusion: who is who, is ambiguous. The American submarine carries more missiles, but the Russian one has "more tricks".

The NATO ships and planes that were closely watching the Russian submarines lost them again.

The NATO military, which began tracking three Russian diesel-electric submarines in the western part of the Mediterranean Sea, again failed to cope with its task of establishing the current position of Russian submarines.

The UK has prepared an action plan for the transfer of its submarines from bases in Scotland in case the autonomy leaves the kingdom.

On August 30, the US Navy Command announced the completion of the final tests, in accordance with the contract for the supply (FCT), of the new LHA-7 "Tripoli"universal landing ship (UDC).

The British company Babcock International has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) on cooperation in the construction of the first light aircraft carrier for the ROK Navy under the CVX program.

A container with a nuclear reactor of the K-19 submarine was found in the Abrosimov Bay in the Kara Sea off the coast of Russia. This was announced on Thursday, September 2, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the head of the state central airmobile detachment "Centrospas" of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Yevgeny Linitsev.

The Soviet nuclear submarine K-19 has experienced many accidents, because it was the first in its class, a lot of systems on the new submarine just had to be worked out, Admiral Vyacheslav Popov, commander of the Northern Fleet (1999-2001), explained to RIA Novosti.

South Korea seriously intends to replenish its Navy with an aircraft carrier. According to the portal kedglobal.com Yesterday, on September 1, the British company Babcock International signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the South Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) on cooperation in the construction of the first light aircraft carrier for the Republic of Korea Navy under the CVX program.

The underwater robot-drone "Surrogate", which simulates a portrait of a submarine with the help of acoustics to deceive the enemy, was designed in Russia, a representative of the Central Design Bureau of Marine Technology (CCB MT)"Rubin" told RIA Novosti.

A detachment of small anti-submarine ships "Kholmsk" and "Ust-Ilimsk" of the Pacific Fleet conducted artillery firing on sea and air targets in the Sea of Okhotsk.

The command of the US Navy announced the official commissioning ceremony of the new Virginia-class submarine (SSN-792) "Vermont", which took place on August 28 at the submarine base in New London.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has announced the successful completion of factory sea trials of the new destroyer URO (DDG-121) "Frank E. Petersen Jr. "of the Arleigh Burke class, intended for the US Navy.

The army Corps of the Russian Black Sea Fleet held exercises in the Crimea, where tasks for comprehensive support of troops were worked out, the press service of the fleet reported on Wednesday.

JSC NPO Gidromash (Moscow, an asset of RATM Holding) will supply sealed electric pump units for two strategic nuclear submarines "Dmitry Donskoy" and " Prince Potemkin "of the Borey-A project, the company's press service reported.

The US Navy has lost one of its helicopters. According to the press service of the 3rd Fleet of the US Navy on August 31, a multi-purpose helicopter MH-60S Knighthawk with six servicemen on board crashed off the coast of California. The incident occurred at 16: 30 local time (at 2: 30 on September 1, Moscow time).

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky thanked the NATO bloc for its support and presence in the Black Sea region, but believes that this is not enough in the current conditions.