News of the fleet

Russia has sent a small ship "Vyshny Volochek", equipped with a Kalibr-NK missile system, to the Mediterranean Sea, the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet reported.

The fighter with a shortened takeoff and vertical landing of the F-35B was tested by taking off and landing on the Japanese promising aircraft carrier Izumo, which is being converted from a helicopter carrier. According to The Drive, a combat aircraft took off and boarded a Japanese ship for the first time since the end of World War II.

At the Airshow China 2021 in Zhuhai, the first flight of a Chinese carrier-based fighter of the next generation was announced, which will be made before the end of the year. In the United States, they doubted China's ability to introduce a new aircraft this year. Former US Army officer Brent Eastwood wrote about this in 19FortyFive.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has released a video of the launch of the Zircon rocket, the first tests of which took place on October 4 from the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine.

Judging by the video published by the agency, the rocket launch took place at night

The Russian military conducted the first test launch of a hypersonic missile "Zircon" from a submarine. Prior to that, the launches of the Zircon were carried out from a surface ship.

Under the leadership of the Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Igor Osipov, the quality of the work of the fleet units will be evaluated following the results of the summer training period

The inspection of the forces of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) began following the results of the summer training period, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said on Monday.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, listened to the heads of the relevant departments of the Navy's Main Command about the progress of mooring tests of the corvette "Zealous" project 2030, built at the enterprise "Severnaya Verf" (part of JSC "USC") in St. Petersburg.

Fincantieri Company announced the technical launching ceremony of the third Al-Zubarah class corvette, Al Khor, held on September 30 at the company in Mugiano (La Spezia).

The construction of six Mk VI high-speed patrol boats for subsequent delivery to Ukraine has begun at American shipyards. The contract, funded by the US government, should be completed by March 2025.

Alexey Podberezkin, director of the MGIMO Center for Military and Political Studies, explained what the successful tests of the Zircon hypersonic missile from a nuclear submarine say on Sputnik radio.

The first successful launch of the Zircon hypersonic missile from the Severodvinsk submarine indicates that the tests are on schedule and the Russian Navy will receive the missiles on time. This was announced on October 4 by Admiral-submariner, former commander of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation Vladimir Valuev.

Crews will perform combat training tasks for their intended purpose in difficult conditions

A heterogeneous grouping of ships of the Caspian Flotilla went to sea to pass the final inspection for the 2021 academic year, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reported on Monday.

The US Navy Shipbuilding and Armament Command has signed an additional contract with SAFE Boats International for the development of a working project, construction, equipment, commissioning and training of crews of six Mark VI (MK VI) class patrol boats for the Ukrainian Navy.

Divisions of anti-ship coastal missile systems "BAL" and "Bastion" of the Baltic Fleet are practicing a missile strike on the ships of a conditional enemy on the coast of the Kaliningrad region.

The American fleet was replenished with another destroyer. October 4, portal defence-blog.com He reported that the christening ceremony of the Carl M. Levin ship took place at the Bath Iron Works shipyard located in Bath (Maine).

The Royal Navy of Great Britain tested the launches of drones from an aircraft carrier of the Queen Elizabeth type. A jet unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was launched from the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales. This is reported by the UK Defense Journal.

The pilots of the Northern Fleet's ship-based fighter aviation regiment on the Su-33 have completed a flight training program in Crimea at the ground-based engineering and technical aviation complex (NITKA), simulating the flight deck of a heavy aircraft carrier.

The Russian Ministry of Defense wants to get new amphibious hovercraft. They will be able to take on board about 60-70 tons of load.

Japan is ready to temporarily convert its helicopter carriers into aircraft carriers. Yesterday, on September 30, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Japan announced that in the period from October 3 to October 7, flight tests of F-35 fighters will take place on the ship JS Izumo.

The head of the Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia, Ricardo Dominguez, said that the Ria de Ferrol enterprise will begin construction of the first sections of the F-110 frigate intended for the Spanish Navy in March 2022.