News of the fleet

The second pair of large amphibious assault ships (BDK) of Project 11711 will be transferred to the Russian Navy in 2023-2024, the ships will have 40% more displacement and, accordingly, landing capacity, Ilya Samarin, General Director of the Yantar Shipbuilding Plant (Kaliningrad), told RIA Novosti.

As reported by the American web resource "The Drive" in the material by Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway "The Navy Wants To Get Rid Of Its Nearly Brand New Patrol Boats", the US Navy plans to withdraw all 12 of its high-speed patrol boats of the Mk VI type from combat service by the end of the 2021 fiscal year (that is, by September 30, 2021), despite the fact that they were commissioned only in 2014-2018.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group) will show the main novelties of the Russian defense industry and the most popular Russian weapons in the world at the International Defense Exhibition IDEX 2021, which will be held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from February 21 to 25.

The US Navy has released rare footage of an F/A-18E Super Hornet carrier-based fighter chasing a Tomahawk cruise missile launched from a Ticonderoga-class cruiser. The time and location of the shooting, as well as the name of the shooting ship, are not reported.

The underwater unmanned vehicle "Sarma" will be prepared for mass production in 2024. It can be used for cargo transportation, maintenance of surveillance systems and lighting under the ice.

The URO (151) frigate "Antonio Luna" of the Jose Rizal class, built by the South Korean company Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), arrived in the Philippines.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the participants of the exercises will work out joint counteraction to piracy, inspection operations and perform firing from various complexes of ship artillery weapons.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic visited the Vrh Koplja 2021 exercise on February 7, after which he said that the Serbian authorities intend to allocate additional funds for the development of the country's Armed Forces.

Exclusive video from Pakistan about the launch of the Russian frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" published by RT. The ship participates in the international exercise AMAN-2021.

Russian designers have developed a marine version of one of the most effective anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor". This will significantly expand the capabilities of the Navy's warships and protect them from air attacks. Almost all ship-based air defense systems are land-based modifications. About some of them-in the material of RIA Novosti.

Military personnel of the intelligence units of the separate motorized rifle brigade of the Northern Fleet worked out the tactics of raiding operations in the Arctic on two-link snowmobiles "Aleut".

Thanks to the active development of technology and the launching of modern vessels, the Russian submarine fleet is regaining its positions lost after the collapse of the USSR, and poses a real threat to the NATO military.

European countries are actively moving towards the creation of a common ship. February 11, portal defensenews.com He announced that Navantia and Naviris have signed a memorandum of understanding.

The Belgorod submarine is one of the most ambitious shipbuilding projects in the country

The special-purpose submarine "Belgorod" is preparing to go to sea for the first time. As sources in the military department told Izvestia, the world's longest submarine has a high degree of factory readiness.

The fire occurred in St. Petersburg on the nuclear icebreaker "Ural", under construction at the Baltic Plant (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), it is already localized, the press service of the plant told RIA Novosti.

Preparations have begun for testing the Poseidon nuclear underwater robots from their first full-time carrier, the Belgorod nuclear submarine. Now the nuclear-powered cruiser is preparing to go to sea for the first time. Previously, a unique strategic underwater drone was tested from the B-90 Sarov diesel submarine. Experts believe that it may take several more years to complete the project of creating a complex with innovative ammunition.

Take aim at the Russian Northern Fleet, strengthen the Scandinavian flank of NATO and designate a military presence in the Arctic-the Pentagon will transfer B-1B Lancer strategic bombers to Norway for the first time. Four aircraft will take up permanent combat duty in February.

Russian Embassy evaluates US-Turkish military exercises in the Black Sea

The Russian Embassy in Washington, in response to the US and Turkish exercises in the Black Sea, called on the US military "not to rattle weapons" and not to interfere in the peace and security of the Black Sea. NATO previously explained its maneuvers by strengthening the Russian fleet.

Serial production of the underwater unmanned vehicle "Sarma" is planned to begin in 2024, said Alexander Vedrov, Deputy General Director of the concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey".

The US Navy has just purchased two high-speed French five-seat Iguana boats, equipped in addition to two 350-horsepower outboard engines with a pair of retractable tracks.