News of the fleet

The US-announced Operation Guardian of Prosperity to protect ships in the Red Sea is facing problems. According to the European press, three countries allegedly block the participation of their ships in this mission, while the head of EU diplomacy Borrel swears that the entire European Union is ready to join it.

Kiev has compiled a list of coveted military equipment for Washington

The year is not ending in the best way for Kiev. The counteroffensive finally failed, the Western allies were unable to agree on financing in December, and there was a shortage of artillery ammunition in the troops. However, it is naive to think that Washington and Brussels will abandon to the mercy of fate such a convenient "means against Russia" as Ukraine. How they will help is in the RIA Novosti article.

On December 21, a briefing was held in Moscow by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov, with the participation of foreign military attaches.

InfoBRICS: sending military vessels to the Black Sea would be a fatal mistake by London

The UK and Ukraine will sign a security pact to fight Russia. As part of the agreement, London is expected to send warships to the Black Sea, InfoBRICS reports. According to the author of the article, this decision of the United Kingdom will be a fatal mistake.

Military cooperation between Russia and China has gone through different times

The Armed Forces of the People's Republic of China have practically no real combat experience. Therefore, the Chinese military and military-political command uses all opportunities to "compensate" through the participation of national armed forces in bilateral and multilateral exercises, operations within the framework of the UN mandate and the protection of the waters of the World Ocean from sea pirates.

As reported by the newspaper Delovoy Peterburg in the material by Svetlana Afonina, Pella wants to extend the deadlines for the delivery of three Karakurt ships through the court, the shipbuilding plant of JSC Pella (Otradnoye, Leningrad Region) intends to extend the deadlines for the delivery of three small rocket ships of project 22800 (code "Karakurt") in court) for the Russian Navy. It is proposed to transfer the last of them to the customer in October 2030.

According to media reports, the first ship of the British Navy received a new anti-ship missile system NSM (Naval Strike Missile) produced by the Norwegian Kongsberg group.

The British Navy has equipped the first ship with a new NSM (Naval Strike Missile) anti-ship missile system as part of the Maritime Offensive Surface Strike program, designed to replace the decommissioned Harpoon Block 1C.

Arms supplies to Russian troops have tripled compared to the previous year, purchases of equipment in high demand as part of a special military operation have increased 7 times, and the production of artillery ammunition has increased more than 17 times. Such statements were made by Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday during a speech at the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. What kind of equipment did the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation receive and how did the capacity of the domestic military-industrial complex increase — in the TASS material

An entire coalition is being assembled by the United States for a military operation with a force that threatens all world trade. In fact, Washington has declared a new war thousands of kilometers from its borders. And this war is likely to be unsuccessful for America again. Why?

Experts named the main threats from the appearance of American compounds in the country neighboring Russia

For the first time since the Great Patriotic War, Russia will face a situation where a potential enemy will control both shores of the Gulf of Finland and will be able to lock our fleet in it.

After the start of the IDF's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Houthi rebels, who control a significant part of Yemen, immediately supported the Palestinian resistance. Moreover, Yemeni radicals have not only declared their own war on Israel, but also regularly try to attack the territory of the Jewish state with missiles and drones. However, not very successfully.

The Government of Colombia has decided to postpone the start of construction of the first frigate within the framework of the program for the supply of the country's Navy strategic surface platforms PES (Plataformas Estrategicas de Superficie) to 2029.

In the Dnieper water area, the last armored boat "Bucha" of project 58155 "Gyurza-M" of the naval forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is involved in the air defense of Kiev. This watercraft is considered a small armored artillery boat (MBAC).

Domestic satellites help to develop meteorological sovereignty and the Arctic

Russia has completed the creation of a specialized satellite constellation designed to receive meteorological information from the Arctic regions. Putting the second Arktika-M satellite into orbit is important not only for the accuracy of weather forecasts, but also for the functioning of the most important transport artery – the Northern Sea Route.

On December 18, Defense Minister Suomi Antti Hyakkianen will sign a defense agreement between Finland and the United States. This document, in addition to authorizing the presence of American troops on Finnish territory, also provides for the use of Finland's military infrastructure for the needs of the United States, including 15 military facilities of the country. In addition, the agreement implies the deployment of American troops in Finland in the event of a "danger" of conflict with Russia.

On December 15, at least two container ships were shot down in the Red Sea, on board of which a fire started after that. At least one of them, the MSC Palatium III, was hit by an anti-ship ballistic missile, according to information from the US military.

Notes on U.S. military culture

The United States is a powerful maritime power, the successor of the British Empire in terms of global maritime dominance, and the owner of the most powerful naval forces on the planet.

The intensity of combat training increased by 1.2 times

On December 1, the Russian Navy began to carry out tasks according to the plan of the new academic year. So far, without stopping for a day, the personnel are carrying out measures to improve combat and political training, the headquarters continue to summarize the results of the previous training period that ended on the last day of autumn.

Why did the British wait six months before announcing that they were "escorting" a Russian submarine sailing on the surface off the coast of Ireland? Figaro does not give an answer to this question, since our sailors have not violated anyone else's territorial waters. But there is a reason to scare the reader with the statistics of the growth of the Russian Navy.