News of the fleet

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that the launch ceremony of the Richard M McCool Jr. (LPD-29) class "San Antonio" was held at the shipyard of its Ingalls Shipbuilding division on January 7.

The Drive: Russia may be involved in the damage of the Norwegian submarine cable

An underwater fiber optic cable laid between the Norwegian mainland and the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean has been disabled or damaged as a result of a mysterious incident.

More than 70 tests of new weapons, including hypersonic missile weapons "Zircon" and "Dagger", provided the Northern Fleet in 2021.

More than 10 newly formed crews of warships and boats were trained by the Joint Naval Training Center in St. Petersburg.

Ilya Samarin, General Director of the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant, said that the sixth building of Project 11356 is currently mothballed and is located in the water area of the enterprise

The final decision on the fate of the sixth frigate of Project 11356 built by the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant "Yantar" (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has not yet been made. This was stated to TASS by the general director of the PSZ Ilya Samarin.

In accordance with the training plan for the flight personnel of the Northern Fleet's naval fighter regiments in 2022, the crews of the Su-33 and MiG-29K carrier-based fighters will continue to improve their professional skills in the Crimea at the NITKA complex.

The most important segment of the military shipbuilding program, which includes equipping the Russian Navy with icebreaking ships and ice-class support vessels, will be among the priority areas of development in 2022 and the near term.

In 2022, the newest corvette "Sharp" will join the ship composition of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) and the submarine of project 636.3 "Magadan", which has already been accepted into the Pacific Fleet, will arrive at a permanent base from the Baltic Fleet.

Aircraft carriers are not just big ships with aircraft. Each of them is a symbol of prestige and power, as well as the pride of the fleet, representing its country. And all because it is very, very expensive to maintain an aircraft carrier.

This year, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will have new military equipment: launchers with intercontinental ballistic missiles "Yars", "Avangard" and "Sarmat".

Izvestia: in Russia, the infrastructure for hypersonic complexes "Dagger" is being prepared

At military airfields in the Russian regions, the preparation of infrastructure for hypersonic complexes "Dagger" is being completed. Special facilities are designed for maintenance and testing of hypersonic missiles. This is reported by the newspaper "Izvestia".

This year, the new icebreaker Evpatiy Kolovrat will join the Russian Navy. The Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that the icebreaker of the 21180M project was built at the Almaz Shipbuilding Company.

The submarine missile cruiser of the Northern Fleet has worked out the creation of a polynya for surfacing in the ice with the help of torpedo firing, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported.

The commander-in-chief of the British Armed Forces, Tony Radakin, announced a significant increase in the activity of Russian submarines.

In 2022, ice navigation will be one of the most important tasks of the submarines of the Northern Fleet. This was reported in the press service of the SF.

The start of sea trials of the Sharp corvette is scheduled for the end of January, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reported on Sunday.

Naval aviation and air defense forces of the Black Sea Fleet repelled attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles during exercises in the Crimea. This was reported in the press service of the Black Sea Fleet.

The entry into combat service of the Abraham Lincoln nuclear aircraft carrier was overshadowed by an incident involving the radar of the air traffic control system and the US national flag. The rotating radar antenna wound a rising flag around itself, which caused the ceremony to be somewhat blurred. A video of the incident appeared online.

Crews of warships will work out inspection actions of suspicious vessels

The Arctic grouping of the Northern Fleet will hold joint exercises with the ships of the FSB of Russia to protect the Northern Sea Route this year. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of the Northern Fleet.

The press service of the Northern Fleet reported that this year the Arctic group of the SF, created on the basis of the ships of the Kola Flotilla of heterogeneous forces, will ensure the safety of civil navigation and maritime economic activity of Russia along the Northern Sea Route during the next campaign.