News of the fleet

Russia is completing tests of the latest hypersonic missile "Zircon", which will be used both on submarines and on ships, Vladimir Pospelov, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission and a member of the Marine Board under the Russian government, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The training took place against the background of a British Navy patrol ship entering the Black Sea

Exercises to destroy air targets of a simulated enemy were conducted by the crew of the patrol ship "Inquisitive", the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) said on Monday.

According to the public relations service of the Armed Forces of Pakistan ISPR (Inter-Services Public Relations), at the enterprise of the Chinese company Hudong Zhonghua in Shanghai, the keel laying ceremony of the third (of the four ordered) Type-054A/P class frigate for the Pakistani Navy was held.

The Nagurskoye Arctic airfield on Franz Josef Land, after the construction of a new runway, can accommodate any class of aircraft, including strategic bombers. As the chief of staff of the Army of the Air Force and Air Defense, Major General Igor Churkin, told reporters, the airfield was put into operation last year. The length of its runway is 3.5 thousand meters. "This allows the airfield to accept all classes of aircraft," Churkin said.​

The company Hydromea has introduced an underwater robot with a camera and wireless control using optical signals. Wireless communication allows you to control the robot and receive video from it at a distance of up to 50 meters.

A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet completed a visit to Singapore, where it arrived on May 11, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reports.

The grouping of forces and means of the Russian army deployed in the Arctic is capable of ensuring Russia's military security – " Admiral Alexander Moiseev, Commander of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing for Russian and foreign journalists on the nuclear missile cruiser Peter the Great.

The Northern Fleet will receive 345 units of weapons this year, the share of modern equipment will be more than 62 percent, the commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, said at a briefing for Russian and foreign journalists on the nuclear missile cruiser "Peter the Great".

The US State Department has approved a potential supply to Canada under the Foreign Military Sales program of the Aegis multifunctional Weapon Control System (Aegis) and related equipment.

The Philippine Navy prefers to purchase the recently decommissioned US Coast Guard Cyclone-class coastal patrol ships instead of the additional Hamilton-class boats.

The large anti-submarine ship "Admiral Panteleev" performed artillery firing in the waters of the Peter the Great Bay, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reported on Saturday.

The Russian military conducted a training exercise of the anti-sabotage forces and Means Unit (PDSS) in the Crimean naval base, the Black Sea Fleet said on Saturday.

The new Chinese ballistic missile JL-3 Type 094 submarines can have a range of 10 to 14 thousand kilometers and surpass the existing American and Russian counterparts, writes TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin, commenting on the report of the newspaper The South China Morning Post.

The large sea tanker of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) "Boris Butoma" has entered the port of Cam Ranh (Vietnam), the navy said on Saturday.

Off the coast of the Kaliningrad Region, the Baltic Fleet's naval minesweeping group conducted exercises.

The naval minesweeper Alexander Obukhov, the base minesweeper Leonid Sobolev, and the raid minesweeper Leonid Perepech took part in the maneuvers. The crews were ordered to defuse the mines placed by the imaginary enemy.

The forces of the Russian Black Sea Fleet began tracking the actions of the British patrol ship "Trent", which entered the Black Sea. This was reported on Sunday, May 16, by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Specialists of the Ministry of Defense will go on an expedition to find places for hydroaerodromes. This was stated in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

"A large expedition is now being planned," he said. "We are identifying hydroaerodromes all over the north, then Kamchatka and our entire eastern coast, where Be-200 aircraft can land."

The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov" after participating in the celebration of Victory Day in Murmansk left for Severodvinsk.

On May 4, Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems announced the official handover ceremony of the second (of the four ordered) URO corvette of the Saar-6 class, the Oz, to the Israeli Navy command.

An Indonesian consortium led by the state-owned company PT Pindad in Banyuwangi (East Java) announced the launch of a prototype fire support boat / "tank-armored boat" X18 (Tank Boat).