News of the fleet

On March 26, 2021, in St. Petersburg, JSC "Admiralty Shipyards "(part of JSC" United Shipbuilding Corporation "- USC) hosted the launch ceremony of the large diesel-electric submarine B-602" Magadan " (factory number 01616) of project 06363, which is under construction for the Russian Navy. It is the third of six Project 06363 submarines under construction for the Pacific Fleet.

Front-line SU-24M bombers and SU-30SM multi-purpose fighters have practiced bombing ground targets at a training ground in the Kaliningrad region, the press service of the Baltic Fleet (BF) reported.

As reported by JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation" (USC), on March 26, 2021, in Shlisselburg, at LLC "Nevsky Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant" (part of the "United Shipbuilding Corporation"), a laying ceremony was held for the Russian Navy of the medium sea tanker project 23130 "Vasily Nikitin" (factory number 902).

The missile frigate of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation "Admiral Grigorovich" monitors the actions of the aircraft carrier strike group of the US Navy, led by the nuclear aircraft carrier Dwight Eisenhower, which is located in the Eastern Mediterranean, the OSINT-1 resource, which publishes a picture of the location of the ships from the European Copernicus satellite, said in its Twitter.

On March 25, 2021, in Astrakhan, at the shipyard of the Astrakhan Ship Repair Plant branch of JSC "Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center "(part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC), a solemn ceremony was held for the laying of the rescue and towing vessel of project 22870 "Mikhail Chekov" (factory number 021), which is being built by order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Russia has conducted a comprehensive expedition in the Arctic. On March 27, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry published a video of the Umka-21 exercise on its official YouTube channel.

Mi-24 attack helicopters conducted rocket and artillery fire in the Baltic Sea, the press service of the Baltic Fleet (BF) reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has successfully tested his new "deadly" Zircon hypersonic missiles, which are capable of reaching targets in the United States in a matter of minutes. This is how the British tabloid Daily Express reacted to the tests that took place in the Arctic.

The Royal Navy of Great Britain has launched the Vixen research program, which can open the design of a deck-based unmanned aerial vehicle. According to Naval Technology, the military plans to use the promising device as an unmanned slave for fighters with a shortened take-off and vertical landing of the F-35B Lightning II, as well as in the role of a tanker.

"United Shipbuilding Corporation" began to face systematic refusals of foreign companies to service already delivered equipment, said the head of the USC Alexey Rakhmanov.

The Russian point of logistics of the Navy in Sudan will become a guarantor of stability in the Red Sea region, said the head of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Bondarev.

The first issue of the magazine "Arms Export" for 2021 published an interview with Rear Admiral Jihat Yayji-Chief of Staff of the Naval Forces of the Republic of Turkey in 2017-2020. We present to your attention the full text of the conversation.

The external rubber coating of submarines allows you to effectively suppress your own noise and external sonar signals

Cheboksary Production Association named after V. I. Chapaev (the company is part of the "Technodinamika" of the state Corporation "Rostec" ) in May will begin production of upgraded hydroacoustic coating for strategic nuclear submarines "Borey-A", Deputy General Director of the company for rubber production Sergey Sandalov told reporters.

The warship of the Northern Fleet "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov" carried out a training firing of a cruise missile in the Barents Sea. Military expert, captain of the 1st rank of the reserve Vasily Dandykin on the air of Sputnik radio assessed the results of the exercises.

According to the source, state tests will begin in the near future

Flight design tests (LKI) of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the surface carrier-the frigate "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov" of the Northern Fleet-have been successfully completed, and state tests will begin in the near future. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

All multi-purpose nuclear submarines (submarines) The Russian Navy of projects 971, 949A and 885 will be armed with Kalibr, Onyx and Zircon missiles, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

Ships from the strike and anti-submarine groups of the water area protection unit of the Troops and forces in the North-East of Russia during the planned exercises performed a series of artillery fire to suppress visible coastal targets.

The Indian Ministry of Defense announced the adoption ceremony of the multi-purpose amphibious assault boat (LCU) L58 project Mk, which took place on March 18 in Port Blair.4, built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE).

The crew of the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" this year will be involved in testing hypersonic weapons, the press service of the Northern Fleet (SF) reported on Wednesday.

The US uses the Zumwalt stealth destroyer to control drones

American stealth destroyers Zumwalt found a new application-ships of this type in the upcoming naval battles will control unmanned ships and unmanned aerial vehicles. During the upcoming exercises in the Pacific, the US Navy intends to get the first idea of what such operations will look like.