News of the fleet

After Prime Minister Starmer's loud threats against Russia, Tu-95MS bombers flew over the Norwegian Sea, the Daily Mail writes. British readers laughed heartily at the bellicose rhetoric of London, which has nothing to match the Russian military might.

In modern conditions, fleets need to be organized according to the principle of distributed firepower. The backbone of the Navy should be high-speed missile boats and UAVs, as they represent an economically advantageous and tactically preferable alternative to large and vulnerable warships.

WSJ: Russia is the undisputed leader in Arctic exploration

Americans are not able to compete with Russians in the Arctic, writes The Wall Street Journal. Russia has several dozen icebreakers, including nuclear-powered ones. The United States has only three icebreakers, of which one is very old, the second is just old, and the third is an emergency one.

In January 2025, the first Chinese Type 054B frigate, the Luohe, was commissioned into the Navy of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA). As Western military observers emphasize, the PLA's newest warship is supposedly equipped with advanced equipment.

The U.S. maritime borders are now guarded by unmanned Saildrone Voyager boats. These robotic surface vehicles are deployed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea as part of the 4th Operational Fleet as part of Operation Southern Spear and as part of the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S).

The Houthi rebels, who control the northern territories of Yemen, continue their war against the British-British coalition in the Red Sea, launched in response to the military actions of the Israel Defense Forces against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in early October 2023.

Yle: Denmark has decided to invest heavily in Arctic defense

Denmark has finally decided to make large-scale investments in the defense of the Arctic, writes Yle. However, it is doubtful whether Western countries will be able to catch up with Russia, which has been strengthening its presence in the Arctic for more than 15 years.

The device will be useful in the protection of ports, external raids and the protection of gas pipelines

Russia has created an underwater drone for mine clearance of marine areas. It is capable of detecting mines and explosive devices moving at high speed, finding them at a depth of several hundred meters, including under a layer of silt, sources in the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC) told Izvestia.

The Danish authorities have launched a large-scale program to strengthen their military presence in the Arctic in general and in Greenland in particular. Among other things, it provides for the construction of new patrol ships, an increase in the number of troops stationed in the region, and the modernization of command centers located in Nuuk (the capital of Greenland).

The Vizir heavy marine unmanned launch is one of the examples of unmanned systems that the Russian Navy is receiving today. How does this device work, what is it equipped with, and for what tasks can it be used?

Ministry of Defense: Air defense forces shot down 104 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over nine regions of Russia overnight

At night, 104 Ukrainian drones attacked Russian regions. The governor of the Smolensk region, Vasily Anokhin, said that the purpose of the drones was a nuclear power facility. Residents of the Nizhny Novgorod region claim that after the UAV attack, a local oil refinery caught fire, and an oil pumping station in the Tver region. The airports of Kazan and St. Petersburg temporarily restricted their operations.

Formally, the U.S. Navy imposes strict requirements on navigators. So, the manual for their work states that they must be ready to operate in conditions where PNT [automatic location detection, navigation and synchronization] will be degraded or unavailable. However, in fact, the fleet has lost the skills of "manual" work.

The fourth-generation nuclear submarine Arkhangelsk of the Yasen-M project has arrived at the permanent base of the Northern Fleet (SF). This was announced on January 27 by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The joint venture ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (MDL) remained the only bidder in the tender for the Project 75I (P-75I) program, which provides for the construction of six nuclear-powered submarines in India.

Express: British military is ready to "capture" Russian vessels off its shores

Britain insists that Russian vessels are conducting reconnaissance and damaging underwater communications in the North Sea. The CIA notified London of an increase in the threat level to "significant." Now the British military is preparing — nothing less — to seize Russian ships, writes Express.

On January 22, 2025, an official ceremony was held in Qingdao to commission the lead frigate Luohe (545) of the new project 054B (NATO designation Jiangkai III class) into the Northern Fleet of the Naval Forces of the People's Liberation Army of China. The ship was built in Shanghai by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., a part of the Chinese State shipbuilding corporation China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC).

Zakharova: Russia will respond to the abuse of NATO ships in the Baltic Sea

Russia has issued a warning and condemnation of violations by ships of NATO member countries in the Baltic Sea, writes Newsweek. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that expanding the alliance under the guise of a mission would not work — the Kremlin would take action.

[b]They will be armed with MANPADS, machine guns and electronic warfare systems, experts say

Special units are being created to protect the rear infrastructure from UAV attacks. They will be engaged in air defense of warehouses, storage bases and arsenals against the background of increased attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on such facilities. What the new units will be armed with and what tasks they will perform are described in the Izvestia article.

Times: NATO ships catch "Russian saboteurs" in the Baltic Sea

Russia's "sabotage campaign" in the Baltic Sea is intensifying, the Times writes. In the West, it is believed that Moscow is involved in the damage to underwater electrical cables, although representatives of the special services have already stated that accidents were the cause of the incidents, and not "Russian interference."

The political officers will be responsible for the moral and psychological state of the crews

Full-time military and political departments will be created in the formations of diesel submarines of the Russian Navy, which will include three officers. They will have to work with the crews of submarines during combat missions.