News of the fleet
Airseas has installed the first energy-saving sail on an operating cargo ship
The era of sailing ships has long been in the past, but thanks to the efforts of decarbonization enthusiasts, it can experience something like a Renaissance already in the current decade. The French company Airseas has installed a test system of an automatic sailing mechanism on the cargo ship "Ville de Bordeaux", which will be tested in real working conditions for six months. The customer is very strict - the Airbus corporation, which uses this ship to deliver aircraft structures from all over Europe to the assembly plant in Toulouse.
A new date for the first launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile has been announced
The first test launch of the newest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Sarmat" will not take place this year. Earlier, a TASS source in the defense industry said that one launch will be carried out by the end of 2021.
Russian ships with "Calibers" have worked out tracking a submarine in the Mediterranean Sea
The crews of the frigate Admiral Grigorovich and the patrol ship Dmitry Rogachev conducted a complex of exercises with deck aircraft in the Mediterranean Sea, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) reported on Saturday.
The first "digital" frigate is being built in France
France is building the first ship without a single paper drawing. On December 17, the press service of the Naval Group company held a keel laying ceremony for the first ship of the FDI project.
Russia has advantages over the US Navy
National Interest: The US Navy no longer seems to Russia to be an "unstoppable sea giant"
The US Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) no longer seems to Russia to be an "unstoppable sea giant". This is reported by the columnist of the National Interest magazine Mark Episkopos.
The fire caused major damage to the ship under construction in St. Petersburg - SK
A criminal case has been initiated
A criminal case was initiated in St. Petersburg after a fire on the territory of the shipyard "Severnaya Verf", the representative of the Western Interregional Investigative Department for Transport of the Russian IC Elena Markovskaya told reporters on Saturday.
NI: "Zircon" may pose a threat to the US Navy carrier strike group
The American media recognize that the US Navy carrier strike groups no longer pose the former threat. New military developments will allow Russia to successfully resist them.
"The carrier Strike Group is one of the most powerful weapons in the arsenal and is capable of projecting unprecedented firepower far beyond American waters. These formidable formations have become not only the basis of the US naval doctrine, but also one of the most recognizable symbols of American military power," writes National Interest.
The United States announced the danger of Zircon missiles for the American fleet
The latest Russian weapons, including the Zircon missiles, will allow the Russian Federation, in case of war, to strike at a group of the US Navy. This opinion was expressed on December 17 by journalist Mark Episkopos.
It took more than a day to completely eliminate the fire at the Severnaya Verf plant in St. Petersburg
The complete elimination of the fire at the facility under construction in the Kirovsky district of St. Petersburg took more than a day, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the city reported on Sunday.
Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning and escort ships go on exercises in the Pacific Ocean - Mass media
A group of ships of the Chinese Navy, led by the first Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning, is making the transition to the Pacific Ocean for subsequent exercises, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Sunday.
Source: new Russian helicopter carriers will be armed with unmanned boats
With the help of an onboard sonar station and magnetometers, they will independently detect and identify sea mines
The universal landing helicopter carriers (UDC) of the project 23900 "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko", which are being built at JSC "B. E. Butoma Shipbuilding Plant" (Kerch), will be equipped with mine-free unmanned boats (BEC) of Russian design. This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.
Tests of the deep-sea rescue vehicle AS-36 began on SF
The crew of the autonomous inhabited deep-sea rescue vehicle AS-36 "Bester" of the emergency rescue detachment of the Northern Fleet (SF) has started testing in the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday, December 17.
In the Sea of Japan, the Admiral Panteleev BOD destroyed an enemy submarine
The large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Admiral Panteleev" of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) conducted an exercise to search for and destroy a submarine of a conditional enemy in the waters of the Sea of Japan, Ilya Kolesnikov, head of the information support department of the press service of the Air Defense for the Pacific Fleet, told RG.
The US Navy has adopted the destroyer (DDG-118) "Daniel Inue" of the Arleigh Burke class
The command of the US Navy announced on December 8 at the naval base "Pearl Harbor" the ceremony of commissioning into the fleet of the destroyer URO (DDG-118) "Daniel Inue" class "Arlie Burke".
The repair of the Varyag missile cruiser has been completed
The planned repair of the flagship of the Pacific Fleet of the Guards missile cruiser "Varyag" has been completed at the Dalzavod. Now he will return to the combat team of the Pacific Fleet. Thanks to the high professionalism and efficiency of the employees of the Dalzavod, the work was completed on time. reported on the company's Instagram page.
The composition of the Caspian flotilla was replenished with the newest hydrographic boat
The newest hydrographic boat was accepted into the Caspian Flotilla. The project of the series was named "Nikolay Ivashintsov". The boat is designed for the tasks of depth measurement, fairway search for the exploration of water routes, the Izvestia TV channel reports. Towing to the base took place in October 2021. The boat has passed all tests and is ready for service.
NI: Russia's successes in the field of advanced weapons will help it defeat the US maritime giant
The US Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG), which is also called the "ark of democracy", no longer seems to Russia to be an unstoppable sea giant. This is written by the columnist of the National Interest magazine Mark Episkopos.
The first Soviet K-3 submarine will be sawn into pieces for delivery to the place of eternal parking
The submarine will be placed in the Museum of Naval Glory in Kronstadt
The first Soviet nuclear submarine K-3 "Leninsky Komsomol" will be delivered to the eternal parking place in the Museum of Naval Glory in Kronstadt by land, but for this its hull will be sawn into two parts. This was reported to TASS by two sources in the shipbuilding industry.
Source: in Russia, work is underway to improve the rocket for the "Answer" complex
The firing range of the updated missile may be several tens of kilometers, the agency interlocutor clarified The
range of the guided cruise missile 91P1 of the newest anti-submarine complex "Answer" after its improvement will be at least doubled. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet conducted firing with the "Response" complex
A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) returned to the home base after the closure of the missile firing area with the newest anti-submarine complex "Response" for a training underwater target in the waters of the Sea of Japan. This was reported to "RG" by the head of the information support department of the press service of the Eastern Military District for the Pacific Fleet, Captain 3rd rank Ilya Kolesnikov.
