News of the fleet

The Government of Canada announced the transfer of the new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessels (AOPS) (AOPV 431) Margaret Brook of the Harry DeWolf class, built by Irving Shipbuilding Inc., to the Canadian Navy on July 15.

The crew of the Ka-27PS search and rescue helicopter of the naval aviation and air defense of the Black Sea Fleet was also involved, which accompanied the submarine during the passage of minefields, said Alexey Rulev, head of the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet.

On July 15, a solemn ritual of the first raising of the St. Andrew's Flag took place in Primorsk, Kaliningrad Region, on the newest high-speed landing boats of the BK-16 type project 02510, built for the Baltic Fleet at the Rybinsk Shipyard JSC.

The Ukrainian Navy received the first Bayraktar TB2 unmanned strike system from Turkey. On July 15, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported this.

After completing a long campaign, the strategic nuclear missile submarine "Vladimir Monomakh"returned to Kamchatka.

Up to 10 aircraft and ships of the NATO Navies were constantly present in the area of the exercises

Submariners of the Northern Fleet have completed a two-week exercise on weapons testing in the deep-water areas of the Barents and Norwegian Seas, the press service of the fleet reported.

The Russian military has completed tests of weapons of submarines in the deep-water areas of the Barents and Norwegian Seas, they were monitored daily by NATO ships. This was announced on July 16 by the press service of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation.

The US missile destroyer USS Ross left the Black Sea on Friday after a 20-day stay, the US 6th Operational Fleet said.

According to the Media Club web resource, about 5 billion rubles will be allocated from the federal treasury for the digital shipyard of the Onega Shipbuilding Plant in Petrozavodsk [JSC Onega Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant, which has been subordinate to FSUE Rosmorport since 2014]. This was announced by the Head of Karelia Artur Parfenchikov at a meeting of the Government of Karelia on July 16, 2021. According to him, a supervisory board has already been created, which includes competent people.

July 15, 2021 at JSC "Vimpel Shipbuilding Plant "(as part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation") in Rybinsk (Yaroslavl region) the ceremony of laying the next anti-sabotage boat of Project 21980 (code "Grachonok")for the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy took place with the factory number 01229.

The Canadian Navy has received another Arctic patrol ship. July 16, portal navaltoday.com he reported that the second ship of the Harry DeWolf type was handed over to the Canadian Navy at the Irving Shipbuilding shipyard in Halifax.

A warship with the outlines of the British destroyer Defender is shown as the first "target" of the new Russian fighter. The presentation of a promising aircraft with a single engine will take place at the MAKS-2021 international Air Show.

In the second half of August, flight and design tests of the "Zircon" from the nuclear submarine "Severodvinsk" will begin, a source told TASS in the military-industrial complex

State tests of the latest hypersonic missile "Zircon" from a surface carrier will begin in August 2021. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

It turns out that to spy on foreign military bases, you do not need to sit in a secret bunker and study images from military satellites with a magnifying glass.

The pilots worked out the retention of altitude, intervals and distances between aircraft of various types, reaching specified points at a certain time

The first consolidated training for ships and aircraft of the Main Naval Parade was held in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. This was reported on Sunday in the press service of the Western Military District.

On July 13, the ceremony of laying the keel of the K-130 class corvette intended for the German Navy took place at the Wolgast Peene shipyard (a division of the Lurssen-Group) in Wolgast.

Russian submarines of the Varshavyanka project 636 are characterized by low noise, but they are not able to stay under water for more than two days, which makes it easier to detect them, the Polish portal Defence24 said.

Turkey has delivered the first Bayraktar TB2 unmanned complex to the Ukrainian Navy. This was announced on Thursday, July 16, by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

According to Moroccan media with reference to the Italian magazine RID-Rivista Italiana Difesa, the Moroccan Armed Forces are negotiating with the Italian Fincantieri on the acquisition of two multi-purpose frigates of the FREMM class.

An outbreak of coronavirus has been recorded on the flagship of the Royal Navy of Great Britain. On July 14, the BBC news service reported that about 100 cases of COVID-19 infection were detected on the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which is on its first long-distance trip.