News of the fleet

More than a dozen warships of the Northern Fleet will perform tasks in the far sea zone in the first half of 2022, the press service of the SF reports.

Ships and submarines of the Russian Navy (Navy) have spent about 17,500 days at sea over the past year, that is, almost 48 years, the Department of Information and Mass Communications (DIMC) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

Avia.pro: the submarine "Novorossiysk" of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean caused panic in the US Navy

The Novorossiysk diesel-electric submarine belonging to the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy appeared in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea and caused panic among the command of the Naval Forces of the United States and NATO. This is reported by Avia.pro .

A number of projects are linked to combat training

Identification of underwater objects found at the bottom of the Barents and Kara Seas will be one of the main tasks of joint work with the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) in the Arctic region next year, the Northern Fleet (SF) said.

On December 28, Philippine Minister of National Defense Delphine Lorenzana signed a contract with the leadership of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the supply of two new corvettes to the Philippine Navy during a virtual ceremony.

Until now, Belgrade has mainly purchased defensive weapons from Russia, as well as used military equipment. In the future, the possibility of buying new aircraft and air defense systems is being considered.

The opening of the renovated completion embankment No. 6 took place at the Yantar PSZ (part of USC JSC). The reconstruction was carried out as part of the modernization program of the enterprise.

A survey of the Military Harbor area was conducted in Baltiysk.

On the eve of the New Year holidays, the military personnel of the anti-sabotage forces and means detachment of the Baltic Naval Base inspected the permanent deployment points of the BF ships.

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) announced the keel laying ceremony of a new anti-submarine ship for shallow water fairway (ASW-SWC) intended for the Indian Navy, which took place on December 21 at the enterprise in Calcutta.

The Chinese authorities at the talks between the Chinese and US military put forward demands to the American side to put an end to hostile activity near the Chinese borders, the weekly Newsweek reported, citing the Ministry of Defense of the People's Republic of China.

The Celestial Empire commissioned the first serial universal amphibious assault ship Type 075, called Guangxi. The operation of the main UDC began in April.

In the west of Russia, a command and staff exercise of two armies is planned next year, as well as an operational exercise of the Baltic Fleet grouping, Commander of the Western Military District (ZVO) Alexander Zhuravlev said.

The American carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman is delayed in the Mediterranean Sea by order of the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the previous plans for its relocation have been changed, the USNI News publication reported, covering the activities of the US Naval Forces (Navy).

A detachment of warships of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) left Vladivostok for a long hike. As reported to "RG" in the information support department of the VVO press service for the Pacific Fleet, the detachment includes the Varyag missile cruiser, the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Tributs and the large sea tanker Boris Butoma.

Sevmash CEO Mikhail Budnichenko said that no fleet in the world yet has ships similar to the Dmitry Donskoy strategic missile carrier of Project 941 of the Shark type.

Several trips to the sea are planned to test all complexes and mechanisms

The Baltic Shipbuilding plant "Yantar" (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has completed work on the repair and modernization of the patrol ship "Intrepid". This was reported in the press service of the company.

The combat launch of an anti-aircraft missile was carried out by the crew of the Baltic Fleet corvette "Savvy" during a tactical exercise off the coast of the Kaliningrad region.

December 29 marked the 40th anniversary of the signing of the acceptance certificate of the heavy nuclear-powered strategic submarine Dmitry Donskoy. The nuclear-powered project 941 was built on Sevmash (part of USC).

In Kaliningrad, the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant "Yantar" completed work on the repair and modernization of the Baltic Fleet patrol ship "Intrepid".

Admiral Jorge Wilson, Commander of the Uruguayan Navy, signed a letter accepting a proposal for the gratuitous transfer of three Protector-class boats from the US Coast Guard within the framework of the intergovernmental agreement between the United States and Uruguay.