News of the fleet

On August 15, the launch ceremony of the lead corvette of the Ada class (MILGEM), intended for the Pakistani Navy, took place at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard in Istanbul.

According to reports published on Twitter, sea trials of the third universal landing ship (UDC) of the Type-075 class built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, intended for the PLA Navy, have begun.

The hypersonic missile "Zircon", which Russia will adopt in the coming years, will put the aircraft carrier strike groups of the US Navy at risk and make them ineffective, according to Mark Episkopos, a columnist for The National Interest.

A large-scale tactical exercise of the marines of two fleets - the Baltic and Northern Fleets-has started on the sea coast of the Kaliningrad region.

According to the Philippine Defense Resource Mintfo.com, The Philippine Ministry of Defense has signed a contract worth $ 15.937 million with the South Korean company LIG Nex1 as part of a project to purchase torpedoes for frigates in service.

The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation is preparing to arm itself with a new diesel-electric submarine. Yesterday, August 16, the press service of JSC "Admiralty Shipyards" reported that the state tests of the submarine "Magadan"have begun.

On August 15, 2021, at the Turkish naval shipyard in Istanbul (Istanbul Naval Shipyard), in addition to the launching ceremony of the first corvette of the Turkish MILGEM project (Ada type) being built for the Pakistani Navy, in the presence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the ceremony of the first steel cutting and the start of construction for the Turkish Navy of the lead patrol ship of the new type Akhisar was also held.

The next research expedition to the Arctic seas of the hydrographic vessel of the Northern Fleet "Horizon" under the command of Captain Vitaly Khopryachkov has begun.

The command of the US Coast Guard announced the launch ceremony of the new fast patrol boat FRC (Fast Response Cutter) of the Sentinel class-(WPC 1144) "Glen Harris", which took place at the Fort Macon base (North Carolina).

Built for the Italian Navy, the universal landing ship Trieste went to sea for the first time to pass factory sea trials. It will be transferred to the fleet in 2022.

Australia now has three fully combat-ready destroyers with the American AEGIS information and control system. Yesterday, on August 15, the press service of the Australian Ministry of Defense announced the achievement of final combat readiness (FOC) by the HMAS Sydney ship-the third and last Hobart — type destroyer.

The submarine has started state tests

The diesel-electric submarine "Magadan" of project 636.3, built at the Admiralty Shipyards (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), will be handed over to the Russian Navy by November 10. This was reported on Monday by the press service of the enterprise.

Crews will take part in the Sea Cup competition

The crews of the small artillery ships "Makhachkala" and " Astrakhan "of the Caspian Flotilla have begun the transition to the port of Bender-Enzeli to participate in the"Sea Cup" competition. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the press service of the Southern Military District.

In August 2007, Russian scientists and the military used a deep-water descent vehicle "Klavesin-1R" to study the Lomonosov Ridge in the Arctic Ocean, on the basis of which an autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle "Klavesin-2R-PM" was subsequently developed, Zvezda recalls.

Carrier-based fighter pilots of the Northern Fleet have started scheduled training flights at the ground test training complex (aviation) (NITKA) in the Crimea.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense is working on the completion of the lead ship of the project 58250. It is assumed that he will replace the frigate "Hetman Sagaidachny"in the Navy.

The South Korean company LIG-Nex1 is likely to be selected as the lead developer of the national "Near-Range Defense System-2" (CIWS-II) for combat ships of the Republic of Korea Navy.

Canada resumes patrolling its northern waters. August 12, portal navaltoday.com He reported that the Royal Canadian Navy has sent its Arctic patrol ship HMCS Harry DeWolf on its first trip.

Together with him, the corvette "Gremyashchy" and the minesweeper "Vladimir Yemelyanov" entered the Strait

A large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Vice Admiral Kulakov" of the Northern Fleet (SF) of the Russian Navy entered the English Channel, the press service of the SF reported on Friday.

The crews of the Ka-27PL deck anti-submarine helicopters of the Baltic Fleet Naval Aviation aviation unit conducted exercises to search, track and destroy a simulated enemy submarine with the implementation of practical bombing, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported on Saturday.