News of the fleet

The Chinese Navy conducted maneuvers in the South China Sea. On April 17, a video of the PLA Navy carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning in the Western Pacific Ocean, taken from the USS Mustin destroyer of the US Navy, appeared online.

Within the framework of the test tactical exercises, the military personnel of the units of the signal troops and mobile communication nodes (PUS) of the Caspian Flotilla (CFl) organized a stable secure communication between the units, command posts and ships performing tasks at sea ranges.

The Northern Fleet began training exercises involving ships, submarines, aircraft and air defense systems. The main purpose of the maneuvers is to ensure the security of Russia's economic activities in the Arctic, the Russian Defense Ministry said. They noted that during the training, rescue operations, assistance at sea, crisis resolution, as well as the protection and defense of maritime communications will also be practiced.

Formations of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (SE) have worked out combat training tasks as part of heterogeneous tactical groups at the military training ground "Opuk" in the Crimea, the press service of the SE reported.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation from April 24 to October 31 will suspend the right of peaceful passage through the territorial sea of the Russian Federation for foreign warships and other state vessels in three areas of the Black Sea. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the bulletin of the Department of Navigation and Oceanography of the Russian Defense Ministry.

US warships will continue to enter the Black Sea, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Friday, April 16. His briefing was broadcast on Twitter by the US Department of Defense.

Also during the exercise, the crews of fighter and bomber aircraft will perform missile launches and bombing of sea targets

As part of the control check, the crews of the Su-25SM3 attack aircraft were relocated from the airfield in the Stavropol Territory to the operational airfields of the Crimea, and the squadron of aircraft was also relocated to the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region. In total, more than 50 aircraft were involved in these events, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reported.

The British continue to build the lead frigate of the latest Type 26 project. On April 16, at the shipbuilding enterprise of the BAE Systems Maritime — Naval Ships division of BAE Systems Corporation in Glasgow (former Yarrow Shipyard), the bow section of the frigate HMS Glasgow was withdrawn from the boathouse.

Two more large landing craft (BDK) Russian Navy - "Kaliningrad" and "Korolev" on Saturday, passing the Bosphorus, entered the Black Sea, said Istanbul sites that publish photos of their passage through the Strait.

Previously, it was assumed that this would happen in May

The carrier of unmanned underwater vehicles "Poseidon" the nuclear submarine "Khabarovsk" of project 09851 will be launched next autumn. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The ships of the British Fleet will enter the Black Sea. We are talking about a frigate and a destroyer of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, the TV channel "Izvestia"reports.

The French nuclear submarine Perle, which was badly damaged in a fire in June last year, will be able to return to service in three years. However, this will not be quite an ordinary repair: the submarine will be cut in half, the damaged part will be separated from it, and the "healthy" half from the exact same, but decommissioned boat will be installed instead.

As reported by the TASS news agency on April 13, 2021, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu demanded to increase the pace and quality of work during the reconstruction and technical re-equipment of the dry dock of the 35th ship Repair plant located in Murmansk, the project is implemented by the Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center (part of the USC Group of companies).

The project of construction of the destroyer "Leader" for the Russian Navy is unlikely to be implemented, said in an interview with RIA Novosti General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov.

The strategic nuclear submarine of the project 955A of the Borey-A class "Prince Oleg "will be ready for transfer to the Russian Navy in October, the General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation Alexey Rakhmanov said in an interview with RIA Novosti on April 15.

The Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation conducted an exercise on the use of electronic warfare units (EW) in the Arctic zone, the press service of the fleet reported on Thursday.

The crews of the newest corvettes "Sharp" and "Zealous" after the stage of theoretical training at the Joint Training Center of the Navy in St. Petersburg begin to practice practical actions on training and training complexes as part of the ship's combat crews.

The United States made the right decision if it really changed its mind about sending two missile destroyers to the Black Sea, former Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Navy, retired Admiral Viktor Kravchenko, told Interfax on Thursday.

More than 10 ships of the Caspian Flotilla, including small missile ships, entered the Caspian Sea as part of a control check of combat readiness for the winter training period, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) told reporters on Thursday.

The flagship aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy (Navy) of the United Kingdom HMS Queen Elizabeth worth about 3.2 billion pounds (more than 300 billion rubles) again leaked. This was announced on Thursday, April 15, according to the Daily Mail.