News of the fleet

For the sake of security, Russia will create " death zones "that will be almost completely inaccessible to enemy cruise missiles, precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Izvestia reports, citing sources in the Russian military department.

The naval search and strike group of the Northern Fleet (SF) has worked out a series of anti-submarine tasks in the near zone of the Barents Sea. The actions were carried out as part of an interspecific command and staff exercise to resolve crisis situations in the Arctic, which is being conducted under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

Two tactical groups of ships of the Pacific Fleet, as part of a control check for the winter training period, conducted exercises in the Sea of Japan.

[b]Its striking power will increase, said Andrey Dyachkov, General Director of the Northern Design Bureau.]

The Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser will become the strongest surface ship in the world after modernization. This was announced in an interview with TASS in connection with the 75th anniversary of the Northern Design Bureau (SPKB, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), celebrated on April 22, by the General Director of the enterprise Andrey Dyachkov.

The IRGC drone took down military equipment based on the deck of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier of the US Navy. The network has a video with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower of the US Navy, passing through the Strait of Hormuz in the direction of the Persian Gulf.

BAE Systems has announced the launch of the Anson Estiute class submarine, which is under construction under a contract with the British Navy, at the Barrow-in-Furness facility.

General Director of the company Andrey Dyachkov noted that this project is also attractive for foreign customers

The Northern Design Bureau (SPKB, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) will present a version of the patrol ship project 22160. This was announced by the General Director of the company Andrey Dyachkov in an interview with TASS in connection with the 75th anniversary of the bureau celebrated on April 22.

Small artillery ships "Volgodonsk", "Astrakhan" and "Makhachkala" of the Caspian flotilla performed artillery fire on sea and air targets of the imaginary enemy. The fire was conducted from the A-190 "Universal" and AK-306 gun mounts, as well as from the Igla MANPADS.

Artillery units of the Army Corps of the Baltic Fleet are working out tasks to destroy targets at the maximum distance with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Near Moscow, the exercises of the 45th engineering and camouflage regiment of the Russian Armed Forces were held, during which the military tested unusual inflatable equipment, the Zvezda TV channel reports. At the same time, the maneuvers of the "inflated" troops caused concern in a number of Western media, including the British The Sun.

The crews of the missile ship (ROK) "Tatarstan" and the missile boat (RKA) "Stupinets" of the Caspian Flotilla (CFl), as part of the control check for the winter training period, are working out combat training tasks for their intended purpose as part of the ship's tactical group, the head of the press service of the Southern Military District, Colonel Vadim Astafyev, told reporters on Wednesday.

Military personnel who have recently signed a contract and are serving in the electronic warfare units of the Army Corps of the Baltic Fleet, master the complex "Borisoglebsk-2".

The Spanish company Navantia on April 15 on its Twitter page announced the ceremony of laying the keel of the fifth and last corvette of the Avante-2200 project for the Saudi Navy held at the company in San Fernando (Cadiz).

The Northern Fleet is now able to ensure the protection of national interests and the military security of the state in the Arctic.

The command of the US Navy announced the launch ceremony of the new LCS-24 "Oakland" - class coastal warship "Independence", which took place on April 17 in Oakland, California.

After a six-month delay, the French navy armed itself with a new anti-aircraft frigate. Yesterday, April 20, at the French Navy base in Toulon, the ceremony of handing over the new multi-purpose frigate Alsace to the fleet command took place.

As reported by the Polish media, the only remaining submarine in the Polish Navy Orzeł (tail number "291", Soviet-built project 877E, in service since 1986) is completely incapacitated due to a malfunction of the torpedo armament and the identified inability to load torpedoes into its torpedo tubes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his address to the Federal Assembly, named the share of modern weapons in the country's nuclear triad. The statement of the head of state is reported by RIA Novosti.

As reported, on April 15, 2021, at PJSC " Shipbuilding Firm "Almaz" in St. Petersburg, traditionally without much publicity, the border patrol ship of the 2nd rank "Admiral Ugryumov" (factory number 055) of project 22120 (code "Blizzard"), which is being built for the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, was launched. This is the sixth ship of the project 22120, and neither the order of this unit, nor the beginning of its construction was previously publicly reported.

The marines of the Caspian Flotilla together with the sailors of the Northern Fleet conducted exercises on loading and unloading military equipment on landing ships on the Black Sea coast, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reports.