News of the fleet

The Indian aircraft carrier Vikrant has completed only the first stage of sea trials, but it is already the national pride of the country. The NDTV channel showed a story about the first Indian aircraft carrier, revealing all its strengths and comparing the ship with a Chinese competitor.

According to the web resource "Mediapaluba", the lead new nuclear icebreaker "Arctic" of project 22220 (LK-60YA) on August 12, 2021, got up for repair in the Veleshchinsky dry dock of JSC "Kronstadt Marine Plant". The vessel will have to replace the rowing electric motor on the right shaft, which failed during the commissioning of the electric propulsion system.

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu spoke about the results of the tests of the latest hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon", quoting a phrase from the Soviet TV series.

Specialists of the military construction complex of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation have completed the next stage of construction as part of the development of the coastal infrastructure of the base of surface ships and submarines of the Black Sea Fleet in Novorossiysk, the ministry told reporters.

A modern production line for non-destructive testing of turbine blade castings for civil engines has been launched at the Rybinsk enterprise of the United Engine Corporation "UEC-Saturn", the press service of the UEC reports.

According to the data provided, two new Russian corvettes of projects 20380 and 20385 will be laid at once in August. They will serve in the Pacific Ocean.

Arrival to the Pacific Fleet is expected in November

The carrier of Kalibr-NK cruise missiles, the Gremyashchy missile corvette of Project 20385, makes an inter-fleet transition from the Baltic to the Pacific Fleet (TOF) The Russian Navy. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

They will pass through the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal

Diesel-electric submarines "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky "and" Volkhov " of the project 636.3 of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) will begin an inter-fleet transition from the Baltic to the place of permanent basing in the coming days. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Within the framework of the competition, participants will have three stages: "Obstacle course", "Survival Trail" and "Relay race"

Marines from China, Iran, Venezuela, Abkhazia and South Ossetia arrived in Vladivostok to take part in the final stage of the competition of the Army International Games ("ArMI-2021") "Marine landing". This was reported on Tuesday by the press service of the Pacific Fleet (TOPF).

On August 15, the launch ceremony of the lead corvette of the Ada class (MILGEM), intended for the Pakistani Navy, took place at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard in Istanbul.

According to reports published on Twitter, sea trials of the third universal landing ship (UDC) of the Type-075 class built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, intended for the PLA Navy, have begun.

The hypersonic missile "Zircon", which Russia will adopt in the coming years, will put the aircraft carrier strike groups of the US Navy at risk and make them ineffective, according to Mark Episkopos, a columnist for The National Interest.

A large-scale tactical exercise of the marines of two fleets - the Baltic and Northern Fleets-has started on the sea coast of the Kaliningrad region.

According to the Philippine Defense Resource Mintfo.com, The Philippine Ministry of Defense has signed a contract worth $ 15.937 million with the South Korean company LIG Nex1 as part of a project to purchase torpedoes for frigates in service.

The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation is preparing to arm itself with a new diesel-electric submarine. Yesterday, August 16, the press service of JSC "Admiralty Shipyards" reported that the state tests of the submarine "Magadan"have begun.

On August 15, 2021, at the Turkish naval shipyard in Istanbul (Istanbul Naval Shipyard), in addition to the launching ceremony of the first corvette of the Turkish MILGEM project (Ada type) being built for the Pakistani Navy, in the presence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the ceremony of the first steel cutting and the start of construction for the Turkish Navy of the lead patrol ship of the new type Akhisar was also held.

The next research expedition to the Arctic seas of the hydrographic vessel of the Northern Fleet "Horizon" under the command of Captain Vitaly Khopryachkov has begun.

The command of the US Coast Guard announced the launch ceremony of the new fast patrol boat FRC (Fast Response Cutter) of the Sentinel class-(WPC 1144) "Glen Harris", which took place at the Fort Macon base (North Carolina).

Built for the Italian Navy, the universal landing ship Trieste went to sea for the first time to pass factory sea trials. It will be transferred to the fleet in 2022.

Australia now has three fully combat-ready destroyers with the American AEGIS information and control system. Yesterday, on August 15, the press service of the Australian Ministry of Defense announced the achievement of final combat readiness (FOC) by the HMAS Sydney ship-the third and last Hobart — type destroyer.