News of the fleet

On August 9, the solemn ceremony of launching the mine defense ship Afanasy Ivannikov of project 12700 took place at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard of USC.

On August 9, 2024, JSC Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC) in St. Petersburg hosted the launching ceremony of the mine defense ship Afanasy Ivannikov project 12700 (cipher "Alexandrite") with the factory number 529. This is the ninth launched ship of the 12700 project.

In 2025, the British carrier strike group will be sent to the shores of Japan and other areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Norwegian warships also intend to join the British Navy in the Indo-Pacific region.

The St. Petersburg enterprise ODK-Klimov of the United Engine Corporation and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (St. Petersburg Polytechnic University) have agreed on joint training of engineers for engine building. The parties signed an agreement on the establishment of the basic department "Aircraft engines, power plants and automatic control systems".

The aircraft, which combines the speed of an aircraft and the ability to use a limited area of an airfield or the deck of an aircraft carrier for takeoff and landing, has been developed by the leading aviation powers since the second half of the last century. If earlier planes could take off and land from unpaved sites, then as aviation developed, it required longer, smoother and more durable runways. Their concrete could have been damaged by an enemy strike.

Experts explained the goals of the APU during the attack on the Kursk region

The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a large-scale attack on the Kursk region. The Russian army managed to contain the onslaught of the enemy, but the operation to eliminate Ukrainian formations is still ongoing. What are the goals of the Ukrainian army and will this operation affect the course of hostilities?

FA: AI systems will play a crucial role in the wars of the future

The conflict in Ukraine has shown that new technologies are changing the nature of military operations, writes the FA. The United States is completely unprepared for this: the military has not yet mastered artificial intelligence. At the same time, the Russian army has already deployed many AI-equipped drones in Ukraine, the authors of the article note.

British Ministry of Defense John Healy: "The country is not ready for a major conflict"

The British Armed Forces faced a number of serious problems. According to Defense Minister John Healy, the country is not ready for a major armed conflict. The reason is the long—term underfunding of the army. About her current condition — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The struggle for the Arctic is escalating. Another country, Canada, joins the rivals of the Russian Navy underwater. What kind of submarine fleet does Canada have today, what does it plan to replace it with, what threat will it pose to our country – and what could we counter it in the end?

On July 29, 2024, PJSC "Vimpel Shipbuilding Plant" (part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation") in Rybinsk in the Yaroslavl region launched one of the long-term projects of domestic shipbuilding - a large rocket boat project 12418 with factory number 01301. The boat intended for the Caspian Military Flotilla was named Stupinets, in honor of the missile boat project 12441T with the same name decommissioned in 2023 from the flotilla.

Sources in the shipbuilding industry and those familiar with the situation told RBC that JSC Marine Instrument Engineering Corporation (KMP) will fully become part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC, managed by VTB Bank). According to the interlocutors of the publication, in July, the head of the USC, Andrei Puchkov, already held a meeting in St. Petersburg with the heads of KMP enterprises on the topic of integration.

On July 26, 2024, the Office of Naval Armaments of the General Secretariat of Defense of Italy and the National Armaments Administration of Italy signed a contract with the Italian companies Intermarine (as part of the IMMSI Group) and Leonardo for the construction of five promising new generation mine warfare ships for the Italian Navy under the New Generation Minehunter-Coastal program (Cacciamine Nuova Generazione-Costieri - CNG-C).

It is reported that a new recently commissioned border patrol ship of the 4th rank (actually a boat) "Albatross" of project 03050 (code "Huys") took part in the naval parade on July 28, 2024 in honor of Navy Day in Baltiysk The Coast Guard of the Border Guard Service of the FSB of Russia. Its commissioning has not been publicly reported. According to known data, this is the ninth commissioned border patrol ship (PCR) of project 03050.

On August 1, 2024, in Turkey, at the Istanbul Shipyard in Tuzla in the Asian part of Istanbul, the launching ceremony of the second corvette F 212 "Hetman Ivan Vigovsky" of the Turkish Ada (MILGEM) type, which is under construction for the Ukrainian Navy, took place. This is the second of two ships out of two ordered by Ukraine under a contract dated December 2020. The launching ceremony was attended by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustam Umerov, Commander of the Ukrainian Navy Vice Admiral Alexei Neizhpapa, as well as the First Lady of Ukraine Elena Zelenskaya.

It is unclear why the SSB was involved for routine tests, and not the five "estates" that are in the bases. Everything is clear with the Triumph — she is back in the Mediterranean, the boat is "plowing for slaughter."

The Telegraph: Russian-made software was found on British submarines

The numerous attempts of the West to put a barrier to the Russians too often turn out to be ineffective, laments the author of an article for The Telegraph. For example, software manufactured in Russia and Belarus has been found on nuclear submarines in Britain.

Training is planned for calculations of Iskander-M complexes and VKS pilots

The exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces are designed to show that Russia already has an answer to the US plans to deploy medium-range and shorter-range missiles in Europe, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe. The third stage of the maneuvers began on Wednesday. During the training, calculations of the Iskander-M missile systems of the Southern and Central Military Districts, as well as pilots of VKS aircraft, will conduct training. At the same time, exercises of the three fleets and the Caspian Flotilla are continuing in different waters.

The associations and formations of the Russian Navy, which participated in planned exercises in the operational zones of the Northern, Pacific and Baltic Fleets, as well as in the area of responsibility of the Caspian Flotilla, have begun to curtail forces. This was announced on August 1 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), a joint venture owned by Fincantieri (51%) and Leonardo (49%), has signed a contract worth 1.5 billion euros to supply the Italian Navy with two additional FREMM-class frigates in the EVOLUTION modification (FREMM EVO). According to Marine Link, the deal was concluded with the European Arms Procurement Authority (OCCAR, Organization Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement).

The main purpose of the large-scale naval exercises, which started on Tuesday, is to check the actions of the military authorities of the Navy at all levels. The maneuvers take place in the operational areas of the Northern, Pacific and Baltic Fleets, as well as the Caspian Flotilla. About 300 Naval combat units and over 20 thousand people are involved in them. On the first day, minesweepers, missile boats, anti-submarine ships, submarines and other forces performed their intended tasks. These are the first major exercises after the fleets were returned to the subordination of the main command of the Navy, experts say.