News of the fleet

The first published photo of the authorship of Oleg Kuleshov of the testing of the nuclear submarine strategic missile cruiser "Emperor Alexander III" (factory number 207) of the modified project 09552 (project 955A, code "Borey-A") appeared.

Why is the Russian Arctic being reinforced with tanks and infantry

A new combined arms army will be formed as part of the Northern Fleet. This decision was made in the Russian Defense Ministry, sources in the military department told Izvestia. It will cover the Russian border in the north, including with Finland and Norway. The protection of the Kola Peninsula is a vital task for Russia, including because strategic missile submarines are based there. The creation of a new army is especially relevant against the background of Finland and Sweden joining NATO, experts say.

Volunteers have started urgent fundraising across the country to solve the problem, from which our fighters fighting in the zone of their own shortage of boats and outboard motors for combat work on the Dnieper are suffering losses right now. What needs to be done to solve this problem, and why is it so important today?

In the United States, the issue of transferring ATACMS missiles to the APU, the range of which reaches 300 km, is being discussed. Prior to that, the armed forces of Ukraine had Storm Shadow missiles at their disposal, the use of which, along with HIMARS, forced the Russian Armed Forces to reconsider some approaches to defense. How will the new ammunition affect the course of the conflict?

How was the carrier of the multifunctional Aegis system born

In the process of creating the Aegis multifunctional weapon system (MSO), one of the priorities was to determine the appearance of promising surface combat ships – potential carriers of the new MSO.

The American submarine "Ohio", capable of carrying nuclear weapons, may go to South Korea in the future. This was stated by Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder on June 29.

Before the start of the special operation, the frigate Hetman Sagaidachny remained the only major pennant in Ukraine. Shortly after its start, the ship sank into the water with one of the sides. According to the Kiev regime, this was done intentionally, although the reasons for this step were not disclosed. Judging by recent satellite images, he is still in the same position.

The British command intends to achieve air superiority in all directions. According to Defense Procurement Minister James Cartlidge, in terms of ground-based air defense, work focused on creating a special complex capable of effectively fighting the "Shaheds" and "Lancets" [kamikaze drones] of the Russian army.

June 30, 2023 in Zelenodolsk at JSC "Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M.Gorky" (as part of JSC "Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation" group of companies of JSC "Ak Bars Holding Company") The ceremonial launching of the small rocket ship "Cloud" of project 22800 (code "Karakurt") under construction for the Russian Navy with the factory number 804 took place. This is the first of two ships of the project 22800, which are being built directly at the Zelenodolsk plant. The ship is intended for the Black Sea Fleet.

Kiev's appetites are growing, Ukraine now wants to get not only fighters and long-range missiles, but also ships and helicopters. According to the commander of the Navy Alexei Neizhpapa, Ukraine plans to become a "sea sovereign".

The wreckage of the Titan bathyscaphe, which died with tourists on board while diving to the Titanic, continues to be taken out of the ocean. It would seem that this tragedy cannot be connected with Russia in any way. But the death of the bathyscaphe unexpectedly revealed a naval component. And it is directly related to the work of Russian submarines.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has begun the formation of a separate Azov flotilla with a location in Mariupol. This statement was made by the so-called Center of National Resistance of Ukraine, working under the control of the special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

All new frigates and corvettes will be armed with "Zircons", the commander-in-chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, said the other day. The hypersonic anti-ship complex entered the army quite recently. About what the flotilla will become — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Kurt Campbell, the White House Senior Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific region, is confident that Australia, Britain and the United States will be able to cope with the problem of creating nuclear submarine forces for Australia.

The European missile manufacturer MBDA plans to develop protection systems against hypersonic weapons in the next three years. This is reported by the Daily Telegraph newspaper, referring to the company's executive director Eric Beranger.

Tests of the manned underwater vehicle "Jason", which is designed to perform work at depths of more than two kilometers, will begin in 2024. This was reported to TASS by Roman Zhdanov, deputy chief designer of the project of the St. Petersburg Marine Engineering Bureau "Malachite".

And in the Mediterranean, the same type of "Admiral Gorshkov" saved drowning

The third in a series of guided missile frigates (FR URO) built under the project 22350 of the Northern Design Bureau (SPKB) at JSC Severnaya Verf, Admiral Golovko is completing state tests and will soon be transferred to the Navy. Alexey Rakhmanov, President of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), told reporters during the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg.

Within the framework of the salon, 24 events of the scientific and business program were held

About 290 scientific and industrial enterprises took part in the XI International Naval Salon (MVMS-2023), which was held for the first time on the territory of the tourist and recreational cluster "Island of Forts" in Kronstadt. This was reported by the organizing committee of the exhibition, the strategic media partner of which is TASS.

The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation explained that the Russian Federation is one of the few countries in the world that offers almost the entire range of naval weapons samples.

Military expert Knutov: the hypersonic missile "Zircon" cannot be detected using radar radars

On June 22, military expert Yuri Knutov told Izvestia about the technical characteristics of the Zircon hypersonic missile.