News of the fleet

In Kerch, the newest watchtower stood on the water

A solemn ceremony of launching the fourth of a series of patrol ships (PC) of the project 22160 "Sergey Kotov" took place at the shipyard "Bay". Its predecessors-PC "Vasily Bykov", "Dmitry Rogachev" and "Pavel Derzhavin" have already been tested and successfully solve the tasks.

Why the US Navy is going to double the size of the military fleet

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, said it would take a much larger U.S. navy of 500 ships to contain China's "expansionist ambitions."

The Japanese Coast Guard has released a photo of the SS501 Soryu submarine, which was damaged after a collision with a bulk carrier off the coast of Kochi Prefecture.

The new ice - class patrol ship project 23550-cipher "Ermak" will be commissioned in 2024. The main task of the "Blizzard", as it will be called - the protection of state borders in the Arctic, the protection of Russia's economic resources and the delivery of goods to the unequipped coast of the Arctic. He will be able to overcome almost two meters of ice.

Russian Ambassador to Iran Levan Jagaryan announced plans to hold a trilateral naval exercise in the middle of this month in the Indian Ocean.

Two serial diesel-electric submarines of the fourth generation of the project 677 "Lada" — "Kronshtadt" and "Velikiye Luki" — will receive the Russian Navy in 2022, the general director of JSC "Admiralty Shipyards" Alexander Buzakov said on February 9.

Russian strategic missile carriers Tu-160 made a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Barents, Greenland and Norwegian Seas. This was reported on Tuesday, February 9, by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Sea of Okhotsk, Kamchatka and the Arctic coast of Russia will be covered by the latest missile corvette "Agile". This is the second ship of Project 20385. It is equipped with cruise missiles, an ultra-long-range anti-aircraft system and a powerful radar capable of detecting targets hundreds of kilometers away.

Drones continue to explore the underwater space. On February 7, the press service of the Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense announced the signing of contracts for the development of underwater unmanned vehicles.

The US Navy is preparing to take on the 69th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. February 7, portal navaltoday.com He reported that the ship USS Daniel Inouye successfully passed the factory and acceptance tests.

As noted in the first part, in modern conditions, river operations are becoming increasingly important in regions where economic and social life develops along river basins. The international market continues to see the spread of water transport technologies that can support the conduct of combat operations on rivers.

CEO Alexander Buzakov said that submarines of project 677 in 2021 it is planned to establish not

"Admiralty shipyards" will lay in 2021 fifth and sixth submarine of project 636.3 for the Pacific fleet (TOF). This was reported to TASS by the general director of the enterprise Alexander Buzakov.

The crew of the newest small rocket ship (MRK) "Grayvoron" of the Black Sea Fleet has started working out measures before the first departure to the sea to independently perform planned combat training tasks.

The issues of additional supplies of hypersonic and high-precision long-range weapons were discussed at a meeting held by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Military-Industrial Corporation NPO Mashinostroeniya JSC in Reutov near Moscow on Friday, February 5.

[b]The head of the enterprise, Igor Orlov, also said that Severnaya Verf will receive a new boathouse for the construction of ships in the ocean zone in 2022. [b]

Severnaya Verf (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) will deliver five ships and vessels to customers in the near future. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the enterprise Igor Orlov.

As reported by the newspaper "Kommersant" in the material of Nikolai Sergeev, " The deputy political officer was completely upset in isolation. What ended the fight against the spread of coronavirus on board a nuclear submarine", a scandalous incident occurred during the coronavirus pandemic on the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine "Karelia".

The Northern Fleet, together with the Russian Geographical Society (RGS), is preparing a new Arctic expedition to search for and survey warships and submarines that sank during the Great Patriotic War, the press service of the SF reported.

It will be easier for Australian soldiers to land on the coasts. February 5, portal navalnews.com He reported that the Australian Ministry of Defense announced the launch of the LAND 8710 Phase 1 program.

This year, an underwater drone and the latest rocket will reach the finish line

In 2021, at least two promising domestic weapons systems will reach the finish line — the beginning of testing.

The British multi-purpose nuclear submarine HMS Talent of the Trafalgar type was equipped with new sensors. Presumably, we are talking about an analog of the Russian wake trace detection system, or SOKS.