News of the fleet

After a six-month delay, the French navy armed itself with a new anti-aircraft frigate. Yesterday, April 20, at the French Navy base in Toulon, the ceremony of handing over the new multi-purpose frigate Alsace to the fleet command took place.

As reported by the Polish media, the only remaining submarine in the Polish Navy Orzeł (tail number "291", Soviet-built project 877E, in service since 1986) is completely incapacitated due to a malfunction of the torpedo armament and the identified inability to load torpedoes into its torpedo tubes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his address to the Federal Assembly, named the share of modern weapons in the country's nuclear triad. The statement of the head of state is reported by RIA Novosti.

As reported, on April 15, 2021, at PJSC " Shipbuilding Firm "Almaz" in St. Petersburg, traditionally without much publicity, the border patrol ship of the 2nd rank "Admiral Ugryumov" (factory number 055) of project 22120 (code "Blizzard"), which is being built for the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, was launched. This is the sixth ship of the project 22120, and neither the order of this unit, nor the beginning of its construction was previously publicly reported.

The marines of the Caspian Flotilla together with the sailors of the Northern Fleet conducted exercises on loading and unloading military equipment on landing ships on the Black Sea coast, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reports.

[b]According to the agency's interlocutor, "in November 2020, during the state tests, a salvo was fired from the Kazan, which confirmed the possibility of such launches."]

Nuclear submarines (NPS) of the project 885M cipher "Ash-M" are capable of firing a salvo of cruise missiles "Kalibr-PL" and "Onyx". This was reported to TASS on Tuesday by a source in the military-industrial complex.

A video of the departure of a detachment of ships of the Caspian Flotilla in the Black Sea appeared on the Network. Recall that on the morning of April 17, the detachment passed under the Crimean Bridge. The day before, the ships spent the night in the port of Temryuk, where they replenished their fuel reserves.

Nuclear submarines of the project 885M "Yasen-M" are capable of launching multiple launches of cruise missiles "Kalibr-PL" and "Onyx". First of all, we are talking about the submarine "Kazan".

Seven vessels, a helicopter and a plane took part in an exercise to rescue an emergency ship in the Barents Sea, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported on Tuesday.

JSC "Admiralty Shipyards" (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has started mooring tests of a large diesel-electric submarine of the project 636.3 "Magadan", the press service of the enterprise reported.

The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation will receive another large hydrographic boat of the 19920 project. Yesterday, April 19, the press service of the Vladivostok Shipbuilding Plant named after him. October Revolution reported on the signing of the acceptance certificate on the results of state tests of the boat "Alexander Anishchenko". The timing of the transfer of the vessel to the fleet is not yet reported, but it "will happen in the near future."

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, commenting on the reaction of the US State Department to restrictions on ships entering a number of areas of the Black Sea, said that Russia is acting in accordance with international agreements.

Nuclear submarines (NPS) of the project 885M (code "Ash-M") are capable of firing Kalibr and Onyx missiles in a salvo. The unknown possibility of Russian submarines was revealed by TASS, citing a source in the military-industrial complex.

As reported in the press service of the Black Sea Fleet, the flights were performed at extremely low altitudes in difficult hydrometeorological conditions

The exercises, which involved more than 20 ships and boats of the Black Sea Fleet and three squadrons of attack aircraft of the Southern Military District's Air Force and Air Defense Association, were held as part of a control check of the fleet's forces during the winter training period. This is stated in a statement issued on Tuesday by the press service of the Black Sea Fleet.

The Minister of Defense noted that the Northern Fleet is constantly practicing the use of fighter aircraft from the airfields of the Arctic archipelagos

The development of Russian military infrastructure in the Arctic and on the coast of the Arctic Ocean will continue, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the board of the military department on Tuesday.

The Northern Fleet will receive almost 250 units of modern weapons in 2021, and its share in the fleet will reach 62.3% by the end of the year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The Russian Defense Ministry has built a runway for all types of aircraft on the Arctic island of Alexandra Land (Arkhangelsk Region), Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

In the waters of the Baltic Sea on Monday, the traditional spring exercises of NATO minesweepers Open Spirit will start. The exercise will involve 21 ships from 11 countries, including the ships of the First Permanent Mine Action Group of NATO. The Estonian Navy is leading the exercises, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic reported.

In the Center for Combat Use and Retraining of the flight personnel of the Russian Navy's Naval Aviation in Yeisk, the cadets of the training battalion were released, who completed the training cycle.

Amid tensions between Ukraine and Russia, Britain will send two warships to the Black Sea in May, The Sunday Times reported, citing a representative of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense.