News of the fleet

In theory, there may be submarines that will prowl the water surface, launch drones and hit targets with artillery fire, anti-tank missiles and torpedoes. The Rubin Design Bureau implemented this idea in the concept of the BOSS submarine, designed for the border guard service.

The United States has seized almost a million square kilometers of the seabed in the Arctic, Bloomberg reports. And this is an alarming sign for the whole world, because Russia also has its own claims in the region. And sooner or later, the interests of the two countries will clash.

We are second only to China and the United States, bypassing Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom

In the annual ranking of the world's maritime powers compiled by scientists of the IMEMO RAS, Russia retained the third place, second only to China and the United States. The PRC accounts for 15.9% of the total maritime potential of all powers, the United States — 15.5%, Russia — 6.8%, according to the study.

The military department noted that the best young specialists who had internships or combined study and work at enterprises of the military-industrial complex are sent to such units.

The development of attack drones, guided bombs, the creation of assault units and other innovations of 2023

Large-scale armed conflicts give dynamics to the development of military art, weapons and equipment. The special operation in Ukraine was no exception. Recently, many new weapons of destruction have appeared, and the methods of warfare have changed.

Following the first of a series of larger missile catamarans of the Shahid Soleimani type, the lead missile catamaran of the Shahid Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis type (Shahid Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis), or simply "Shahid Abu Mahdi", was accepted into the IRGC Navy on January 6, 2024.

The year 2023 was a time of rapid changes in the Russian army, primarily in terms of the emergence of new types of weapons and significant modernization of old ones. You can specify at least five new weapons systems that are already beginning to play a key role in the fields of special operations.

Anadolu: Germany has sold a record high volume of weapons to EU countries and Ukraine

Germany has set a new record by exporting weapons worth billions of euros, Anadolu reports. Most of the supplies come from the EU and Ukraine. It is noteworthy that at the same time, the German government sought to reduce the export of military equipment and adopt a law on its control.

Reforms have begun in shipbuilding to improve the efficiency and pace of implementation of the state defense order

The Russian Navy continued to actively upgrade its combat personnel in 2023, despite the existing problems with import substitution and sanctions pressure.

The published decisions of the Arbitration Court of the City of Moscow dated October 12, 2023 contain information of interest on the construction of frigates of Project 22350 (type "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov") for the Russian Navy. The decisions themselves were made regarding the claim of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation against PJSC Shipbuilding Plant Severnaya Verf (St. Petersburg) for the recovery of a penalty in the amount of 240.363 million rubles (with a total claim amount of 4.227562 billion rubles) for the failure to meet the deadlines for the delivery of the third frigate Admiral Golovko (factory number 923) of project 22350. As a result, the claim was denied to the Ministry of Defense.

In 2024, Rostec State Corporation will double the amount of co-financing for advanced engineering schools implementing scientific, technical and educational projects in the field of aircraft and engine building, IT and electronics, mechanical engineering and the automotive industry in the interests of the Corporation. More than 1 billion rubles will be invested in R&D, as well as in the training and advanced training of specialists in strategic sectors of the domestic industry.

In 2023, Russia showed record GDP growth in recent years. This looks all the more impressive because only a year and a half ago, many reputable analysts predicted our country's economic collapse. What measures have helped Russia not only to contain external attacks, but also to achieve economic growth?

Due to the tense situation in the world, many types of weapons attracted the attention of military observers, according to Huanqiu Shibao. In addition to the latest Chinese technology, which demonstrated Beijing's impressive progress in the development of its military-industrial complex, the deadly Russian submarines Belgorod and Khabarovsk were also in the ranking.

On December 25, 2023, in St. Petersburg at PJSC Shipbuilding Plant Severnaya Verf (as part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation), President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin took part in the ceremony of raising the Naval flag on the frigate Admiral Golovko of project 22350, and in videoconference mode - in the ceremonies of raising the Naval Flag.The naval flag is also on the small missile ship Naro-Fominsk of project 21631 located in Baltiysk and the minesweeper Lev Chernavin of project 12700, which are part of the Navy of the Russian Federation. The Admiral Golovko, which became part of the Northern Fleet (factory number 923), became the third frigate of the 22350 project built.

The main events of 2023 in the military sphere: the superiority of the Russian Armed Forces in the zone of its own

The main event of the year in the military sphere remains the special military operation in Ukraine, which demonstrates the superiority of the Russian Armed Forces on the battlefield over the Ukrainian Armed Forces, despite the extensive military support of the Kiev regime by the West.

Experts named ways to protect Crimea from repeated attacks by Ukrainian aircraft

As a result of the Ukrainian Su-24 strike on Feodosia, the large landing ship Novocherkassk was damaged. Despite the fact that enemy planes were shot down as a result, Russia faced the question of additional protection of Crimea. How did the APU attack become possible and what measures should be taken to prevent a repeat of this in the future?

The West cannot afford to lose to Russia in Ukraine, as the world is on the verge of entering the "era of autocracy," British Defense Minister Grant Shapps said recently. In an interview with The Sunday Times, he noted that defense spending in the West, including in the UK, is insufficient to reflect the threat of a "resurgent Russia," so he once again called for raising defense spending to 3% of GDP instead of the 2.5% promised by current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Al Jazeera: NATO has decided to "lock up" the Russian fleet in the Gulf of Finland

A terrible danger is approaching Russia, which it has not faced since the Second World War: NATO is trying to "lock up" its fleet in the Gulf of Finland, Al Jazeera reports. However, Moscow has options on how to get out of a difficult situation as a winner.

As the Izvestia newspaper reported in the article by Bogdan Stepovoy and Alexey Ramm "Icy reception: The Northern Sea Route was covered by a mixed aviation corps," the Northern Sea Route will be protected by a mixed Arctic aviation corps.

Vladimir Putin raised St. Andrew's flags on three warships for the Russian Navy

Three new ships joined the Russian Navy on December 25 — the Admiral Golovko missile frigate, which will serve in the Northern Fleet, the Naro-Fominsk small missile ship and the Lev Chernavin mine defense ship for the Baltic Fleet. The ceremony was held with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, Kronstadt and Baltiysk. Izvestia learned what weapons the new missile frigate will receive in the near future and how the balance of forces in the naval theaters will change.