News of the fleet

As a response to the NATO exercises in the Black Sea, Russia sent six submarines on combat duty at once. Bulgarian readers are wondering how one of them — Rostov-on-Don-managed to "disappear" from the NATO radar.

For the Russian military, two more diesel submarines of the Lada project will be built, the decision on whether to continue the series has not yet been made, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Nikolai Evmenov.

The service life of nuclear submarines of projects 949A and 971 will be doubled, they will be equipped with new weapons, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov.

The creation of a modern base for submarines of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation in Vilyuchinsk will be completed this year, said the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov.

In the coming years, the naval strategic forces will be equipped with the latest submarines of the project 955 "Borey", the commander of the 31st Division of submarines of the Northern Fleet, Rear Admiral Stepan Kelbas, told Izvestia.

For Kamchatka submariners, 2021 is a double anniversary year: it marks the 115th anniversary of the formation of the Russian Submarine Fleet and the 290th anniversary of the Pacific Fleet.

Two new nuclear-powered submarine missile cruisers of the Borey-A project, Prince Potemkin and Dmitry Donskoy, will be laid on the slipways of Sevmash this year. This was stated in an interview with the newspaper "Red Star" by the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

The service life of nuclear submarines of projects 949A and 971 will be doubled, they will be equipped with new weapons, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov.

On March 10, a major emergency occurred near the closed city of Fokina in the Primorsky Territory. An explosion occurred on board a large anti-submarine ship of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation.

The Russian Navy will receive three nuclear submarines by the end of the year, including the strategic project "Borey-A". On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert, captain of the 1st rank of the reserve Vasily Dandykin stressed that this is the only nuclear submarine of the fourth generation.

The Zvezda TV channel for the first time aired footage of a once-secret military facility – a special deep-water tunnel for Black Sea submariners.

As the press service of the Southern Military District reported, on March 19, 2021, a solemn ceremony of raising the St. Andrew's flag and commissioning a new torpedo boat TL-2195-the lead boat of the 1388N3 project - was held in Novorossiysk.

The buildup of NATO's military presence in the Black Sea is due to the concern of the allies due to the strengthening of Russia in it, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.

The State Duma held a meeting of the Expert Council for the development of the shipbuilding industry and marine equipment, the topic of which was import substitution.

On March 17, DSME announced the handover ceremony of the third and final Nagapasa-class (405) Alugoro to the Indonesian Navy command at the PT PAL facility in Surabaya.

The last diesel-electric submarine of the project 636 "Varshavyanka" for the Pacific Fleet will be delivered in 2024. And this will be the end of the construction of a series of six submarines for the Pacific Fleet.

The small amphibious assault ship "Mordovia" of the Baltic Fleet performed artillery fire on sea and air targets in the Baltic Sea off the coast of the Kaliningrad Region.

The United States has approved the sale to Taiwan of key components of equipment for Taipei's program to build its own submarine fleet.

During a ceremony held on March 16 at the Japan Marine United (JMU) Corporation in Yokohama (Kanagawa Prefecture), the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force received the third Awaji-class PMO ship.

The frigate of the Spanish Navy "Mendes Nunes" on Wednesday, March 17, entered the Black Sea. The ship is being monitored by the forces and means of the Black Sea Fleet, the Russian National Defense Control Center (NDUO) reported.