News of the fleet

An Israeli oil tanker was attacked in the Arabian Sea, near the coast of Oman. The attack was carried out by a drone of unknown origin, which struck the ship twice.

Iran is responsible for the attack on the Mercer Street tanker in the Indian Ocean, Israeli intelligence has evidence of this, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday.

Iran is most likely the culprit of the attack on the Mercer Street tanker, such actions are not permissible, British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said in a statement released on Sunday.

The British aircraft carrier strike group (AUG), led by the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, could be defeated in the Mediterranean by the Russian ship strike group (KUG), supported by the missile cruiser "Moscow", predicts in the "Military-Industrial Courier" Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) for information policy, Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov.

The fourth of five Avante-2200 corvettes ordered for the Saudi Arabian Navy was launched at the Spanish company Navantia in San Fernando.

On July 28, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin visited the Amur Shipbuilding Plant (ASZ, part of the USC) and inspected the corvette ships of project 20380 and small rocket ships of project 22800 "Karakurt"under construction.

The Amur Shipbuilding Plant, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, plans to deliver one of the corvettes of the project 20380 - "Sharp" - to the Victory Day celebration in 2022, four months ahead of the contract deadline, the plant's general director Vladimir Kulakov told Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during his visit to the plant's completion pier.

The director of production of the corporation Valery Teplov said that a modern site for the production of disks is being formed in the workshop No. 43 of the Moscow PC "Salyut"

The United Engine Corporation (UEC, part of the Rostec state Corporation) will robotize the section of turbine disks of aircraft engines by 2023. This was reported to TASS by the director of production of the corporation Valery Teplov.

In the coming years, the Polish navy may arm itself with domestic frigates. July 27, portal defence24.pl He reported that Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak signed a contract for the supply of three ships to the Polish Navy.

Taiwan continues to strengthen its fleet. On July 28, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan reported that the Navy of the Republic of China received the first serial corvette of the Tuo Chiang type.

The new Russian submarine "Krasnoyarsk" will be launched on July 30, the Ministry of Defense reported. On the air of Sputnik radio, Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov explained why the submarines of this project have more extensive capabilities.

The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford of the US Navy, which is the most expensive ship built in the world, turned out to be overly technological. The corresponding recognition was made by the chief of naval operations of the US Navy, Admiral Michael Gilday, according to Popular Mechanics.

On Friday, July 30, the Krasnoyarsk multi - purpose nuclear submarine-the fourth Yasen and the third built according to the modernized project 855 Yasen-M-will be launched from the Sevmash slipway shop.

On July 26, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, met in St. Petersburg with 20 delegations of foreign navies who attended the Main Naval Parade held on July 25 in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt.

Users of the Chinese website "Guangcha" appreciated the parade in honor of the Day of the Russian Navy, which was held on July 25 in St. Petersburg.

According to the Taiwanese resource Taiwan News, the launch of the first national non-nuclear submarine and the delivery of heavy torpedoes from the United States for it will probably be implemented earlier than originally planned.

The American magazine The National Interest has recognized the new Russian submarine K-329 Belgorod, equipped with Poseidon unmanned vehicles, as the most advanced submarine of the Russian Navy.

According to an informed TASS source in the military-industrial complex, a two-seat version of the Su-57 will be used to control the Hunter UAV. A similar concept is now being implemented in the West.

The commander of the Southern Command of the US Armed Forces, Admiral Craig S. Faller, on July 22, during an official visit to El Salvador, handed over the patrol boat "Defiant-85" (Defiant 85) to the Metal Shark company to the Navy of this country.

Kiev expects to receive the first ADA-class corvette, which is being built in Turkey for the Ukrainian navy, in 2023. This was announced on Tuesday, July 27, according to the message of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.