News of the fleet

On November 25, the launch ceremony of the corvette (282) "Khaibar" (Khaibar) of the MILGEM project, intended for the Pakistani navy, took place at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard in Istanbul.

DE: The US Navy is tracking Russian submarines and surface ships off the coast of Britain

Over the past few years, NATO's "deadly hunt" for Russian submarines has resumed again, writes DailyExpress. The author explains this by fears that Moscow may use "specific" submarines and sink alliance ships or launch missiles.

The Royal Canadian Navy will soon acquire the fourth patrol ship of the Arctic zone, at the Irving Shipbuilding shipyard in Halifax, a solemn ceremony was held for the launching of the Harry DeWolf-class icebreaker HMCS William Hall (433), built in the interests of the country's Navy.

According to the information distributed by the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLA), the first two ships of the project "075", named Hainan ("Hainan") and Guangxi ("Guangxi"), have passed a full course of tests close to combat.

According to exclusive information received by Navy Recognition, Belgium will send to Ukraine remotely Operated underwater Vehicles (ROV) R7 manufactured by ECA Robotics Belgium.

The US Navy Command is closely monitoring the expansion of a key contract for the study and development of new equipment and technologies for its future fleet of unmanned surface vehicles. They have been trying to implement this task for more than a year. This project is useful not only for the US Navy, but also gives the industry the opportunity to get direct access to research and development work done, let's say, in the bowels of the department itself.

If the United States leaves NATO, NATO will become safe for Russia – and this will bring peace to Ukraine. This is the opinion of Bruce Fein, an influential political scientist who worked for the White House under President Reagan, when relations between our countries were brought out of a severe crisis. Now it won't succeed. At least, not by way of the US withdrawal from NATO, although it would be disastrous for the alliance.

Missile troops represent the most classified type of PLA

The type of PLA, formerly known as the "Second Artillery" or "Second Artillery Corps", is the Chinese equivalent of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN). It includes ground-based nuclear deterrence forces (SNF). At the beginning of 2016, this type of troops was officially renamed the PLA Missile Forces.

It is reported that on November 26, 2022, the Admiral Golovko frigate (factory number 923) of project 22350, built for the Russian Navy by PJSC Shipbuilding Plant Severnaya Verf (as part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation), first left St. Petersburg for factory sea trials in the Baltic Sea. This is the third ship of Project 22350.

On November 25, 2022, the Swedish Saab AB Group announced that it had signed a contract with the Armaments Agency of the Ministry of National Defense of Poland for the design, construction and operation support of two new reconnaissance ships for the Polish Navy. The total value of the contract is about 620 million euros (2.91 billion zlotys), its final finalisation should be made before the end of this year.

On November 24, the Ministry of Defense of India announced the handover ceremony of the second URO destroyer "Project 15B" held at the Mazagon Docks Limited (MDL) company in Mumbai.

The French defense industry, within the framework of the PANG project, is working on the creation of a promising aircraft carrier and at the same time a new flagship of the country's Navy, the construction of which is expected to begin in 2025.

Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder said that her country also intends to organize 18 types of courses for training Ukrainian military

Belgium will supply Ukraine with 10 underwater drones, two mobile laboratories for monitoring radiation levels, as well as the use of chemical or bacteriological weapons and will provide military training for the Ukrainian army. This was announced on Saturday by Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder in an interview with Le Soir newspaper .

The Reuters news agency, in the material "Weapons industry booms as Eastern Europe arms Ukraine" ("The arms industry is booming as Eastern Europe is arming Ukraine"), reports that the military industry of Eastern Europe is producing artillery weapons and ammunition, as well as other military equipment at a pace unprecedented since the Cold War, since the governments of the countries of the region have led a campaign to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia.

The head of the Russian Navy congratulated the Marines on their professional holiday

The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolay Evmenov, congratulated the servicemen and veterans of the Marine Corps on their professional holiday, which is celebrated on November 27, thanking them for their military work and dedication shown during the special military operation to protect the population of Donbass. The words of congratulations are conveyed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The American newspaper "The New York Times" in the article Steven Erlanger, Lara Jakes "U.S. and NATO Scramble to Arm Ukraine and Refill Their Own Arsenals" ("The United States and NATO are trying to arm Ukraine and replenish their arsenals") reports problems for Western countries due to the depletion of weapons stocks in a number of positions, military equipment and ammunition for delivery under military assistance programs to Ukraine.

They will be used to attack land targets behind enemy lines

The reform of the coastal rocket and artillery troops (BRAV) of the Navy has begun in Russia. Their parts receive new names and a range of tasks. Among them is the defeat of ground targets. Such changes will make it possible to destroy critical enemy facilities in the interests of not only the fleet, but also the troops as a whole, experts say. And the new generation of coastal missile systems (DBK) can work not only on ships, but also on land targets behind enemy lines.

On November 23, 2022, the Ministries of Defense of Great Britain and Norway announced the achievement of an intergovernmental agreement on the adoption of the NSM (Naval Strike Missile) anti-ship missile manufactured by the Norwegian Kongsberg group and on the supply of these missiles to the UK.

The visit of the flagship of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth ("Queen Elizabeth") in Oslo was a "message" for Russian President Vladimir Putin. 19FortyFive writes about this.

The Directorate General of Armaments of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces (DGA) announced the acceptance of the eighth FREMM frigate, Loraine, which is also the second ship of the series, made in the air defense version.