News of the fleet

Photos of unmanned boats (BEC) carried out on the coast of Crimea, used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack ships of the Black Sea Fleet, have been published online. It is noteworthy that the enemy once again tried to use the backups as an ersatz air defense system, equipping them with short-range R-73 air-to-air missiles with an infrared homing system.

Photos and videos of the Voyevoda project 23700 (factory number C-370), built at the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar JSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC) in Kaliningrad, which is under factory sea trials, have been published. The first launch of the Voyevoda vessel for testing took place on December 13, 2023.

Malaysia and Turkey are holding final negotiations before signing a contract for the purchase of additional coastal patrol ships LMS (Littoral Mission Ships) of the second batch (Batch II) for the Malaysian Navy.

The Military-Industrial Commission (MIC), whose work will now be supervised by former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, ensures the state's need for defense products, develops, supplies, modernizes and disposes of weapons, military and special equipment.

Colonel Khodarenok: NATO will not be able to shoot down Russian missiles from Poland and Romania

In the West, they proposed shooting down Russian missiles over Ukraine from Poland and Romania. Several German parliamentarians supported this idea, believing that it would take the burden off the Ukrainian air defense. Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen also called for the use of air defenses of Ukraine's neighbors to help Kiev.

A number of countries are developing ultra-large marine drones

Recently, reports of ultra-large (weighing more than 10 tons) marine drones, the so-called autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicles (ANPA), have often appeared in the media space.

The investigation demanded the arrest of the namesake of the head of the personnel headquarters of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Yuri Kuznetsov was detained on suspicion of a criminal offense, TASS reports. It is not yet known what the chief personnel officer in the Ministry of Defense is suspected of, but his home and work were searched.

Naval Vessels Lurssen (NVL) announced the christening ceremony of the seventh K130 class corvette on May 7 at Blohm+Voss in Hamburg ("Braunschweig"), which received the name (F-267) Karlsruhe.

On May 7, 2024 at JSC Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M. Gorky (as part of JSC Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation of the Ak Bars Holding Company Group of companies) A solemn ceremony of simultaneous launching of the patrol ship Viktor Veliky (factory number 165) of project 22160 and the small missile ship Typhoon (factory number 805) of project 22800 (code "Karakurt") under construction for the Navy of the Russian Federation took place in Zelenodolsk. Both ships are intended for the Black Sea Fleet.

The publication of The War Zone questioned the practicality of the new Ukrainian weapons

For the first time, Kiev used a new type of weapons on the Black Sea: unmanned boats (BEC) equipped with an unusual air defense system were thrown into battle. How the Russian military responded — in the RIA Novosti article.

Sweden is participating in the maneuvers for the first time as a member of the alliance

In early May, the next NATO Dynamic Mongoose - 2024 maneuvers are taking place in the Northeast Atlantic. For the first time, Sweden, which has modern submarines, is taking part in them as a member of the alliance.

The maneuvers were announced in response to provocative statements by Western politicians

The exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces, which will involve the missile forces of the Southern Military District, aviation and the Navy, will be a response to aggressive statements and threats from Western politicians. The purpose of the maneuvers announced on behalf of the president is to maintain the readiness of personnel and equipment and unconditionally ensure the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Russian state. Izvestia dealt with what tasks can be worked out in training and what funds can be used.

The drone consists of three sections: the head section, on which the control system is installed; the power section, equipped with a power source; the tail section, equipped with a propulsion system. Modules with different payloads can be installed on this basic platform, depending on the assigned combat mission.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are forming the Dnieper River flotilla and a brigade of river boats in its composition. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense in March. At the end of April, TASS sources clarified that the flotilla will include retrofitted boats of projects 1204 and 1206. On the eve of Victory Day, TASS talks about the participation of "river tanks" in the Great Patriotic War, as well as about projects in service today.

Russian exercises with non-strategic nuclear weapons. Expert opinions

The General Staff is preparing to conduct exercises in the south of Russia to practice the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons. The events will be a response to provocative statements and threats by certain Western officials against Russia, the ministry explained. Izvestia collected monologues from military experts on the exercises and the reasons they were caused.

Russia has overcome its critical dependence on Western gas turbines

Russia has overcome its dependence on high-power gas turbines from Siemens and General Electric, Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov said. And Russia, unlike Iran, did it thanks to its own brains and technology. The first production turbine will be installed at a power plant on the Taman Peninsula. How did Russia end up in such a critical dependence on Western turbines?

On May 3, a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

As reported by the Xinhua News Agency, on May 1, 2024, the third Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian (Fujian, tail number "18") first went to sea from Shanghai for factory sea trials. The aircraft carrier Fujian, designated as Project 003, was built at the shipbuilding enterprise of Jiangnan Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. (as part of the Chinese State Shipbuilding Corporation China State Shipbuilding Corporation - CSSC) on Changxing Island in Shanghai and will become the largest warship of the PLA Navy.

The Fujian ship, tail number "18", is China's third aircraft carrier. Fujian is the first ejection-type aircraft carrier designed and built entirely independently by China, without, allegedly, the use of foreign components and engineering support. It has a straight flight deck, is equipped with electromagnetic ejection and locking devices and has a total displacement of more than 80,000 tons.

Sweden is considering the possibility of increasing the number of surface warships and submarines in the country's Naval Forces.