News of the fleet

The Spanish Navy showed a video showing the S-81 Isaac Peral submarine, both from the outside and from the inside. Its construction began in 2007, it was launched in 2021 and commissioned in November 2023. The remaining three S-80 Plus class submarines of the same type continue to be built.

MWM: the largest cruiser Admiral Nakhimov has started testing

The Russian Navy's combat staff is about to be replenished with the Admiral Nakhimov nuclear-powered cruiser, writes MWM. She was launched after extensive repairs and began testing. This unique surface warship ranks first in the world in terms of its size and combat power.

On July 24, 2025, in Severodvinsk, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin took part in the ceremony of raising the Naval flag on the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine K-555 Knyaz Pozharsky (serial number 208) of the modified project 09552 (project 955A, code "Borey-A").

Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov — on how the Russian Navy will develop in the coming years

In Severodvinsk, the eighth Prince Pozharsky Project 955A Borey-A nuclear submarine was accepted into the Russian Navy. The submarines of this project carry ballistic missiles on board.

"Dozens of ships are currently being built in Russia." With these words, on Navy Day, experts assess both the renewal of the ship's personnel and the sharp increase in the importance of robotic systems for naval warfare. How is the new look of the Russian Navy being formed and what tasks were worked out during the final July Storm exercises?

On July 24 of this year, flowers were laid at the Novodevichy Cemetery at the grave of Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi, an outstanding Soviet aircraft designer, who would have turned 130 on July 22. Flowers were laid by Mikhail Strelets, Director of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, employees and veterans of the design bureau.

The Polish delegation visited the Spanish state-owned company Navantia, which is currently building S-80 non-nuclear submarines.

Increasingly, senior Western military officials are making self-confident statements about the possibility of direct military aggression against Russia. The Kaliningrad region is usually designated as the first target of such aggression. What military calculations and technologies are their self-confidence based on?

Within the framework of the five-day maneuvers, launches of Zircon hypersonic missiles can be carried out, experts say

During the large-scale operational exercises of the Russian Navy "July Storm", which started on July 23, attacks on ships and coastal facilities, including using high-precision long-range weapons, will be practiced. Experts believe that cruise missiles from all types of carriers (surface, underwater, coastal and air) will be used as part of these maneuvers. Launches of hypersonic Zircons are also possible. In total, 150 ships and vessels, 120 aircraft and more than 15,000 military personnel of the three fleets and the Caspian Flotilla are involved in the exercises. At the same time, experts note that in 2025, exercises are actually held instead of Navy Day parades. Izvestia investigated what this might be related to and what tasks Russian sailors can perform in the waters of two oceans and two seas.

According to the Chinese specialized military-technical publication Ship Armament (the official press organ of the Chinese Shipbuilding Industrial Corporation), the guided missile frigate of project 054B with a length of 147 m, a width of 17 m and a draft of 5 m has a standard displacement of 4,400 tons, a total displacement of 5,500 (according to other sources, 5,600) tons. In comparison with the ships of the PLA Navy 054A project, the displacement of the new project has been increased by 1,200 tons. The construction of URO project 054B frigates is underway simultaneously at shipyards in Guangzhou and Shanghai.

Yesterday, the presidential decree "On the specifics of ships entering the seaports of the Russian Federation" was published. Within the framework of the Federal Constitutional Law of 30.01.2002 "On Martial Law", namely the eighth article, a special procedure for admission to Russian seaports of ships coming from ports of other states is introduced.

Russia's first ship for the training of deck helicopter pilots of the Navy went on sea trials

The Nikolai Kamov, a training vessel for training naval aviation helicopter pilots, has entered factory sea trials and can be finalized after their completion, a representative of the developer told Izvestia. This project had no analogues either in Soviet times or in modern Russian history. Today, many ships are being built for the Russian Navy, on which helicopters will be based, so a training vessel for pilot training will be in high demand, experts say.

The sailors were lifted to the surface from a submarine lying at a depth of 80 meters

In the Sea of Japan, exercises were held to rescue the crew from aboard a submarine lying on the ground at a depth of 80 meters. The rescue vessel Igor Belousov, which has no analogues in the Russian navy, was involved in it. The autonomous vehicle "AS-40" was launched, which docked to the submarine "Magadan" and the submariners were brought on board. Each such operation is unique and inimitable and requires the ability to think outside the box, experts say.

The Navy of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) is working hard to increase the speed of take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft. For example, the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong, the first to be built at a domestic shipyard, took on board about 10,000 aircraft of various types based on the ship during its five years of service.

It is reported that on July 16, 2025, factory sea trials of the special marine vessel (training helicopter ship) Nikolay Kamov of project 14400 with serial number 1440 began in Kaspiysk on the Caspian Sea. The vessel was built in the interests of the Navy of the Russian Federation at the enterprise of PJSC Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation (SSK) in Gorodets (Nizhny Novgorod region).

On July 17, the Day of Aviation of the Russian Navy is celebrated. Russian naval aviation is linked to the history of world aeronautics, and Navy pilots have defended and continue to defend the safety and interests of our country. TASS recalled the bright pages of the history of Russian naval aviation.

The maneuvers will involve reconnaissance and attack FPV drones, as well as ground-based robotic systems

During the Hamkorlik-2025 exercises, the Russian military will share with their Uzbek colleagues the experience gained in using drones and countering them during a special military operation. According to experts, the difficult situation in the region requires constant military training activities so that troops are ready to meet various challenges, including non-traditional ones.

Our military shipbuilders are sometimes scolded for their slowness, not only in the construction of new ships, the deadlines for launching which, indeed, often shift to the right (do not forget about sanctions), but also for delays in the repair and maintenance of ships already in service with the Russian Navy.

Characteristics of Tomahawk cruise missiles that the United States threatens to transfer to Ukraine

Washington is considering expanding military assistance to Ukraine, including the supply of Tomahawk cruise missiles, which have become a kind of hallmark of American military operations abroad. "The newspaper.Ru" was looking into whether they could appear in Ukraine, as well as what features Tomahawk has.

The maneuvers take place against the background of the worsening situation in the Middle East and the recent aggression against the Islamic Republic

Maritime rescue exercises will be held in Iran's territorial waters in the Caspian Sea. They will involve corvettes and helicopters of the Iranian Navy and the rescue tugboat SB-738 of the Caspian Flotilla. Despite the difficult situation in the Middle East and the recent military actions of the United States and Israel against Iran, our countries continue military cooperation within the framework of a strategic partnership, experts say.