News of the fleet
The troops of the Kiev regime tested the underwater drone "Marichka" with a warhead weight of about 200 kg
The enemy conducted another test of an underwater drone with a 200 kg warhead. We are talking about an underwater vehicle, which in the Ukrainian nomenclature is designated as "Marichka".
Spain – the sultry rear of NATO
Madrid provides assistance to Kiev, but in homeopathic doses
Spain is one of the largest European member states of NATO and the European Union. Accordingly, its Armed Forces are also among the largest in the region.
Six days that made a fuss
The North Korean leader conducted a tour of the Far East and Primorye
Chairman of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un completed a six-day visit to Russia on September 18. During his 13 years in power, he has never been so magnificently welcomed, and the programs of foreign trips have never been so intense.
Russian ships were covered by the "Storm shadow"
The AFU strike on Sevastopol did not cause irreparable damage to the Black Sea Fleet
On the eve of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, where another attempt is expected to begin the process of peaceful settlement of the armed conflict in Ukraine, Kiev for the first time conducted a massive strike with long-range cruise missiles (CRBMS) on a large industrial facility deep in Russian territory.
Battles on the waters
Military historian Miroslav Morozov — on whether the naval special operations forces will take the place of the traditional fleet
During a special military operation, Ukrainian forces regularly try to commit sabotage: they attack Russian ships with the help of marine drones, land sabotage groups on the coast of Crimea. Kiev believes that in this way it will be able to reverse the negative situation in the Black Sea for itself. What is the probability that the naval special operations forces will become a replacement for the navy in the XXI century?
The ceremony of the official "baptism" of the Fallujah UDC of the US Navy took place after a significant delay
The issue with landing ships in the United States is quite acute. In order for the reader to better understand the essence of the problem, it is worth explaining. The Congress and the Pentagon dislike the Marine Corps, because, according to American law, the president has the right to use the ILC at his discretion, without Congressional approval. Congressmen really don't like this, so Marines are always kept "in the black", they receive weapons and equipment almost always last.
The new aircraft will protect Crimea and Sevastopol from long-range missiles
On Friday, the AFU launched a missile attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) in Sevastopol. The attack was carried out by Su-24, which are carriers of Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missiles. According to experts, in order to protect the Crimea and Sevastopol, it is necessary to destroy these attack aircraft in their bases. The upgraded A-50U long-range radar detection aircraft, which has just been placed at the disposal of the VKS, will help solve this problem.
Pakistan received the first Turkish-built MILGEM-type corvette
On September 23, 2023, a ceremony was held at the Turkish Naval Shipyard in Istanbul (Istanbul Naval Shipyard) to hand over to the Pakistani Navy the first F 280 Babur corvette built for them of the Turkish MILGEM project (PN MILGEM, Ada type), under a 2018 contract for the construction of four units. The ceremony was attended by Defense Ministers of Turkey Yasar Guler and Pakistan Anwar Ali Haider.
The Navy needs a "Smart" approach
How to increase the number of the Black Sea group without violating the Montreux Convention
The implementation of the agreements in principle reached in Sochi by Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin regarding the transportation of Russian grain through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits will require urgent replenishment of the forces of the Russian Navy on the Black Sea with combat seaworthy ships. They are needed to escort grain carriers in conditions when Ukraine is increasing the intensity of attacks with the help of unmanned sea boats (BMCs).
Grain carriers will protect "Ladny" and "Inquisitive"
Soviet-built patrol ships control the Black Sea shipping
Turkey and Russia have agreed to supply 1 million tons of grain to the world market with the assistance of Qatar, and the elaboration of technical details will begin in the near future. This was reported on September 7 by RIA Novosti with reference to the words of the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Grushko.
The Chinese armada is rushing into the ocean
But so far the PRC fleet dominates only in the near sea zone
The Navy of the People's Liberation Army of China is designed to defend the coast from enemy attacks from the sea, prevent amphibious landings, protect sea and ocean communications. And also to ensure the national interests of the People's Republic of China at sea – independently and jointly with other types of aircraft.
Paris proclaims "economy of war"
France is becoming more active in the global arms market
The formation of a global and European architecture is impossible without taking into account the arms and military equipment market. Therefore, it is necessary to study the policy of military exports of the great powers. We will look at French policy in this area and try to identify continuity and innovations in it.
Elon Musk saved the Black Sea Fleet
Without satellite Internet, Ukrainian boats do not go on a combat course
One of the richest entrepreneurs in the world, Elon Musk, ordered his subordinates at SpaceX to turn off the Starlink satellite Internet near the Crimean coast, as a result of which the unmanned sea boats (BMK) launched by Ukrainian servicemen to the peninsula with a cargo of explosives did not work.
The Farthest West in the Farthest South
The armies of Australia and New Zealand are intended for external use
Geographically remote from all the major centers of civilization, Australia and New Zealand are full-fledged constituent parts of the Anglo-Saxon world.
The British company Deep has presented a project to create an underwater analogue of the ISS
Known for its research and development in the field of deep—sea technologies, the British company Deep presented the project of the Sentinel research base - an underwater analogue of the ISS. It will be built at a depth of about 200 meters in the so-called epipelagic zone, which is characterized by the highest concentration — up to 90% — of all living organisms in the ocean.
The corvette "Sharp" was put into operation
On September 14, 2023, a solemn ceremony of raising the flag of the Russian Navy took place in Vladivostok on the corvette "Sharp" of the modified project 20380 (factory number 2104), built by PJSC Amur Shipbuilding Plant (ASZ, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation) in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. This is the fourth corvette of Project 20380, built at ASZ for the Pacific Fleet.
Footage has emerged of the DPRK leader visiting military facilities in the Far East during a visit to Russia
The leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-un, is on an official visit to the Russian Federation. During the visit, he visited a number of important military facilities in the Far East.
Construction of the lead submarine of the 212CD project has begun
On September 12, 2023, the Kieler Werft shipbuilding enterprise (formerly the Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH / HDW shipyard) located in Kiel, part of the German thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), hosted an official ceremony to begin construction of the lead large non-nuclear submarine of the new 212CD project as part of a joint program between Germany and Norway.
Sea Patrol: what the patrol ships of project 22160 are capable of
And why they turned out to be the most effective in a special military operation
The patrol vessels of the project 22160 of the Black Sea Fleet played a leading role in repelling the attacks of unmanned boats on the ships of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea, which Ukraine tried to conduct on September 13 and 14.
Kim Jong-un was shown a spaceport and a military factory. How can Russia and North Korea help each other
Colonel Khodarenok considers the transfer of Russian submarines to the DPRK unlikely
Putin called military-technical cooperation between Russia and the DPRK promising, and rumors about sending North Korean volunteers to a special operation are nonsense. How Moscow and Pyongyang can help each other, why Kim Jong-un was shown the production of military and civil aviation, and what cooperation between the countries in the space sphere might look like - the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
