News of the fleet

According to the agency interlocutor, the previously planned transfer of the enterprise to the United Shipbuilding Corporation will not take place

The ship repair plant (SRZ) of the Black Sea Fleet remains in the structure of the military department of the Russian Federation, the previously planned transfer of the enterprise to the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) will not take place. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

On August 8, the Ministry of Defense of India announced the completion of the first sea trials of the P71 Vikrant aircraft carrier (IAC – 1-Indigenous Aircraft Carrier) designed by the Directorate of Naval Design (DND) and built for the Indian Navy by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL).

The new type of American aircraft carriers is much stronger than its predecessors. On August 9, the press service of the US Navy announced the third and final test of the USS Gerald R. Ford as part of the FSST program.

The new Russian multi-purpose nuclear submarine "Kazan", handed over to the fleet in May, is capable of carrying hypersonic missiles "Zircon", said the commander of the 11th division of submarines of the Northern Fleet, Rear Admiral Alexander Zarenkov.

The Arctic group of the Northern Fleet has embarked on a two-month campaign on the seas of the Arctic Ocean, including along the routes of the Northern Sea Route, during which several exercises will be held on the defense of Russian territories in the Arctic, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported on Tuesday.

The Arctic group of the Northern Fleet went on a campaign on the seas of the Arctic Ocean. The cruise of ships and support vessels will last about two months, including in the areas of the Northern Sea Route route. It is aimed at ensuring the protection of the interests of the Russian Federation in the Arctic.

The state tests of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" will be completed this year, said Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko during the single day of acceptance of military products.

The Russian Armed Forces received more than 200 units of weapons and military equipment in the first half of 2021. This was announced on Tuesday, August 10, by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during the single day of acceptance of military products.

The US Navy has completed tests of the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, which is the most expensive ship built in the world, with underwater explosions, Defense News reports.

The Spanish company Navantia has started testing the combat system for the lead submarine of the S-80 project "Isaac Peral". It will monitor the submarine's armament, track targets and provide information necessary for missions. According to Naval News, while it was tested on land, but on August 31 it will be installed on the first Spanish submarine.

The Russian Northern Fleet is expected to send a detachment of ships to the Arctic on Monday. "From the main base of the Severomorsk fleet, an exit to the Arctic campaign will take place as part of the implementation of a set of measures aimed at ensuring the protection of the interests of the Russian Federation in the Arctic," the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Ukraine has forgotten how to build warships. Several countries will build a modest coastal fleet for Ukraine at once. Marine Sergeant Taras Chmut believes that corvettes will not save Ukraine from Russia, as long as there are no SAMs, anti-ship and sonar systems, as well as torpedo tubes in the Ukrainian fleet.

At the Fincantieri Marinette Marine company in Marinette (pc.Wisconsin) On August 7, the christening ceremony of the LCS-27 Nantucket coastal warship of the Freedom class, intended for the US Navy, took place.

The Russian Navy will receive three nuclear submarines for service. They are planned to transfer them by the end of 2021.

Russian military builders will build more than fifty objects on the islands of the Kuril Ridge, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

The Varshavyanka submarines remained unnoticed by the British carrier strike group for 96 hours.

The Russian inconspicuous submarines of the Varshavyanka project have fully justified their combat capabilities.

Patrol ships "Dmitry Rogachev" and "Pavel Derzhavin" conducted training artillery firing in the Black Sea, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet reported on Monday.

In 2019, China overtook the United States in the number of warships. Despite this, there are no competitors to the American fleet in terms of total tonnage and combat capabilities yet.

The crew of the Black Sea Fleet minesweeper "Ivan Golubets", who began performing tasks as part of the permanent Naval grouping in the Mediterranean Sea, as part of planned combat training, worked out mine action before entering the ships ' home port – the port of Tartus.

The Russian Navy will receive three nuclear submarines at once this year, a source in the shipbuilding industry said. On the air of Sputnik radio, captain of the 1st rank Igor Kurdin stressed that the Russian navy is restoring the necessary and sufficient number of nuclear submarines.