News of the fleet

Warships of the Pacific Fleet (TOF), together with naval aviation, are conducting exercises in the Central Pacific Ocean for the first time in recent history, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Monday.

The icebreaker's capacity will be 120 MW

The Krylov Center has started developing an electric propulsion system for the Leader nuclear icebreaker with a shaft capacity of 120 MW. This was announced in an interview with TASS by Oleg Savchenko, Director General of the Krylov State Research Center (KGNC).

Ukraine will buy two Sandown-class minesweepers from the UK. This, as reported by "RIA Novosti", was reported by the Odessa edition "Duma" with reference to its sources.

According to the Ministry of Defense of India, the company Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) on June 18 held a ceremony of laying the keel of the second project 11356 frigate under construction in this country, intended for the Indian Navy.

The Lebanese Navy expects to receive seven patrol ships, including four from France and three Protector-class ships from the United States, as part of the assistance program.

The head of the company, Alexander Mikheev, said that the marine weapons segment includes contracts for the supply and joint construction of ships and submarines, the supply of various weapons for them, coastal support equipment, as well as infrastructure projects.

The Americans conducted "explosive" tests of their newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). Numerous photos and videos allow you to view these tests in all their glory.

The Norwegian company Windcatching Systems (WCS), together with the oil and gas company Aibel, has developed a unique wind-catching system. It is a giant grid with a height of 325 meters with many small wind turbines (about 120), arranged in a staggered order. Similar to conventional land-based wind turbines, the Windcatcher is attached to the sea floor by metal piles.

The warships of the Pacific Fleet, together with naval aviation, are conducting exercises in the Central Pacific Ocean for the first time in recent history. On the air of Sputnik radio, the captain of the 1st rank of the reserve Mikhail Nenashev commented on the course of the exercises.

The Navy ships taking part in the X International Naval Salon (MVMS-2021) moored at the berths of the Passenger Port of St. Petersburg, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

In the Pacific Ocean, the crews of ships of the Pacific Fleet, along with planes and helicopters, worked out a number of tasks to repel an air attack and conducted training of air defense forces as part of the exercises that are currently taking place, TASS reports, citing information from the Defense Ministry.

On June 17, the Novorossiysk Naval Base of the Black Sea Fleet hosted a solemn ceremony of raising the St. Andrew's Flag and accepting the newest large hydrographic boat (BGC) of the project 23040G "Boris Slobodnik"into the fleet.

On June 17, MBDA Group announced the signing of a contract to equip the new Tamandare-class frigates of the Brazilian Navy with Sea Ceptor anti-aircraft missile systems.

The strategic submarine missile carrier "Prince Oleg" returned to Severodvinsk after the first trip to the sea. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex, but Sevmash did not comment on this information.

The flagship of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet), the Guards missile cruiser "Moscow" and the frigate "Admiral Essen" pass the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits.

The British destroyer Defender and the Dutch frigate Evertsen, located in the Black Sea, on Friday entered the Ukrainian port of Odessa, according to data from the international vessel positioning system AIS.

A detachment of ships will soon make the transition from the Baltic to Kronstadt to participate in the naval salon, the Baltic Fleet said on Friday.

The Guards missile cruiser " Moscow "of the project 1164 "Atlant", called the killer of aircraft carriers, is going to the Mediterranean Sea, writes the Telegram channel "Military Observer".

A video posted on YouTube by the US Army showing possible scenarios for the use of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) shows a "strike" on the Russian project 1164 cruiser "Atlant" (NATO code — "Glory") and the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system "Triumph", reports The Drive.

The world's largest nuclear submarine "Dmitry Donskoy", small anti-submarine ships (MPC) "Onega" and "Naryan-Mar" conducted exercises in the White Sea, the press service of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation reported on Saturday.