News of the fleet

The Dutch warship HNLMS Rotterdam entered the Baltic Sea to monitor the situation in the region, the Estonian broadcasting portal ERR reported on Monday, citing a message from the NATO press service.

A special commission based on the results of state tests of the newest hypersonic cruise missile 3M22 "Zircon" from a surface carrier recommended that it be adopted by ships of the Russian Navy. On Thursday, January 14, TASS was informed by a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Large Landing Ship (BDK) The Russian Navy "Orsk", having passed the Bosphorus, entered the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, Istanbul observers reported in social networks, publishing photos of its passage through the strait.

FAR EAST - The crews of the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, as well as the corvettes Gremyashchy and Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov conducted an air defense training in Primorsky Krai, the press service of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) reported on Friday.

The newest small rocket ship "Cyclone" of the Karakurt project, built for the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in Kerch, is completing factory sea trials, the head of the Fleet information support department, Captain of the second rank Alexey Rulev, told reporters on Friday.

The Baltic Plant (part of the USC) has completed the construction of the first serial universal nuclear icebreaker project 22220 "Siberia": on January 12, the vessel departed from the mooring wall of the enterprise and headed to the home port in Murmansk.

The concept of the DDG(X) combat destroyer was presented in the USA. It will be a new generation ship armed with hypersonic missiles and lasers. It is assumed that they will be ten times more powerful than current missiles and laser installations.

The ship's systems are being audited, preparations are underway for the final stage of state tests, which begin next week

The passage of factory sea trials is completed on the small rocket ship "Cyclone", built for the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet). A number of systems have already been tested, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet told reporters on Friday.

The United Shipbuilding Corporation summed up the preliminary results of its activities in 2021. As noted, the corporation's enterprises handed over almost two dozen ships and vessels to customers.

These are the first ever devices of this kind, completely manufactured in Africa

South Africa launched three space microsatellites into near-Earth orbit on Friday. This was reported by the South African government agency SA News with reference to the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of the country Blade Nzimande. The satellites were sent from the American spaceport at Cape Canaveral.

TASS: the submarines of Project 955 "Borey" have a technical novelty of no more than 40 percent

According to unconfirmed reports, one nuclear submarine of the Borey project costs 23 billion rubles to the Russian budget, while the submarine of the Yasen project costs more than 200 billion. The submarines were compared by TASS military columnist Dmitry Litovkin.

The USA has officially completed the last of the experimental Zumwalt-type destroyers. On January 14, information appeared on the website of the Naval Institute of the US Navy that the Lyndon B. Johnson ship (DDG-1002) left the Bath Iron Work shipyard and went to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula (Mississippi) to activate the combat system.

On board the "Epron" is a group of Sevastopol scientists of the Institute of Biology of the South Seas, who will conduct expedition studies of the ecological state of the seas of the Mediterranean basin.

On January 11, 2022, at the enterprise of the Italian shipbuilding association Fincantieri in Mudgiano in La Spezia, a ceremony was held to begin construction for the Italian Navy of the lead non-nuclear submarine of the new project 212NFS (construction number p.6340).

According to Ilya Samarin, in the first half of 2022, slipways will begin to be released as ships are launched, and the plant is taking measures to attract new orders

The Baltic Shipbuilding Plant "Yantar" expects to continue the construction of a series of large amphibious assault ships of the modernized project 11711. This was stated to TASS by Ilya Samarin, General Director of the PSZ (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation).

A number of trainings were conducted with the military personnel of the anti-submarine sabotage forces and means of the Baltic Naval Base at a multifunctional training complex.

The crew completed the inter-fleet transition from the Baltic to the Black Sea Fleet

The crew of the logistics vessel Vsevolod Bobrov completed the transition from the Baltic Sea and arrived in Novorossiysk. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of the Black Sea Fleet.

The US Navy presented the appearance of the promising destroyer DDG(X), which will become one of the main warships of the American fleet in the future. It will receive extremely powerful laser weapons and hypersonic missiles.

The press service of the Pacific Fleet noted that "it is planned to conduct a joint Russian-Indian naval exercise PASSEX, as well as replenishment of water and fuel reserves"

A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) consisting of the Varyag missile cruiser and the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Tributs entered the port of Cochin (India). This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of the Pacific Fleet.

The Russian Navy and the Indian Navy are launching bilateral PASSEX exercises near the Indian port of Cochin, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reported on Thursday.