Fleet 2024, November

Fans of military history will remember that Nazi Germany at some point became obsessed with the idea of creating superweapons. "Superweapon" and "Weapon of retaliation" became the pivotal concepts of German military propaganda. I must say that the Germans did a lot. They en masse used winged

Despite the fact that surface ships with guided missile weapons possess powerful air defense systems, aviation in naval warfare continues and will continue to retain its importance as a reconnaissance and strike weapon. The presence of deck (naval) aviation significantly increases the detection range

By the beginning of June 1904, all the battleships of Port Arthur had acquired technical readiness to go to sea. On May 15, "Sevastopol" was repaired, on May 23 - "Retvizan", two days later - "Tsarevich", and, finally, on May 27, "Pobeda" returned to service. Reasons to continue to defend in Arthur's inner roadstead

We can talk for a long time about what the fleet should do, but another question is no less important - where the fleet will do it. If you look at the fleet as an instrument of foreign policy, then it should do what is ordered, wherever. We need to provide convoys from the Baltic to Venezuela

When we say that the main way in which a fleet accomplishes its mission is to establish dominance at sea in designated areas, we must always keep in mind a few exceptions, a task that must be prepared for in order to never be fulfilled. At first glance, obvious

Natural emeralds are rarely flawless … Increased fragility is a characteristic feature of the stone … (http://mineralpro.ru) “There were twenty-seven strong, high-speed ships with the latest artillery: they surrounded us with a tight, iron ring, proud, intoxicated by yesterday's victory and all the successes

Having agreed in the last part that we need an adequate domestic theory of naval power, we need to adapt it to geography, because Russia's position on the seas is unique. The Soviet Navy has partially solved the "geographical problem." And the Russian Navy will have to solve it too

The name "Dmitry Donskoy" is significant for the history of the Russian fleet. In different eras, it was worn by sailing battleships, a propeller-driven steam frigate and an unfinished cruiser of Project 68-bis. Today in the lists of the Navy there is also a ship carrying the name of the Grand Duke on board - a heavy nuclear

It is regrettable that the national defense consciousness is still tragically poorly aligned with the variety of factors of sufficiency in defense construction. Such a feeling also remains from the statements of our leadership on the topics of defense construction, apparently believing that

There is one, one might say, fatal flaw in the minds of the naval commanders who have left the ship: a lack of understanding of the role of naval aviation. This problem cannot be considered purely Russian, in many fleets of the world there has been and there is a mutual dislike between aviators and sailors. But only in Russia

Yamato on test On the morning of April 7, 1945, at about 10 o'clock, the pilots of two PBM Mariner patrol flying boats noticed a Japanese squadron heading towards the island of Okinawa. In the center of it was a huge battleship, similar to the two that the Americans had already met during

As reported on February 26, 2018, a large international shipbuilding group of companies Damen Shipyards Group, it received a contract from the South African procurement agency Armscor, directly subordinate to the South African Ministry of Defense, for the construction of three ships for the South African Navy. It's about building three

As part of the OASuW (Offensive Anti-Surface Weapon) program, Lockheed Martin will develop an AGM-158C LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile) anti-ship missile. LRASM, which is a modification of the AGM-158B JASSM-ER (Joint

The leader of the destroyers "Kharkov" November 6 marks 77 years since the fatal for the Black Sea Fleet operation "Verp" - the raid of the leader "Kharkov" and two destroyers, "Merciless" and "Capable", on the communications of the German-Romanian troops in the sea south of the Kerch Peninsula. The result of the operation was

USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in the Atlantic, 2004 The aircraft carrier Enterprise, launched on September 24, 1960, became not only the first aircraft carrier with a nuclear power plant, but also the first and only ship built according to this project. The aircraft carrier owns several

LCM-3 ferries light tanks M24 Chaffee across the Rhine, March 1945 For the United States, the Navy has always been of great importance, as the country successfully fenced off from the rest of the world by two oceans. During World War II, the United States created a whole series of good landing craft, which were widely used in various

The LCVP landing craft is approaching the Omaha landing zone, photo: waralbum.ru In the United States, they are seriously thinking about creating a new landing vehicle. The new development in the American press is already called the Higgins boat of the XXI century. The famous landing craft LCVP and its closest relatives, created after

Attack helicopter Ka-52K On May 22, TASS announced the conclusion of a contract between the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Zaliv shipyard (Kerch) for the construction of two UDCs for the Russian Navy worth about 100 billion rubles. For the Russian fleet, universal landing ships are a new project. In the USSR, and

Huska 10, render In Rybinsk, at the local enterprise Rybinskaya Verf, which has been part of the Kalashnikov group of companies since 2015, work is underway on a project for a new hovercraft called Huska 10. New multifunctional vessel designed for civil and military

Commissioning of the SS 511 Oryu submarine On March 5, 2020, the 11th submarine of the Soryu series was launched in the Japanese city of Kobe. The boat will become part of the Japanese naval forces under the designation SS 511 Oryu. New Japanese diesel-electric submarine became the first combat

Sea trials of the frigate Reformador On February 6, 2020, a new warship entered the Mexican Navy. The ceremony of commissioning the frigate "Reformador" took place in the city of Salina Cruz. The frigate was built at the local naval shipyard according to the Damen SIGMA 10514 project. Frigates and corvettes of this series

Photo: forums.airbase.ru Project 23130 medium tanker "Akademik Pashin" On January 21, 2020, the procedure for raising the flag of the auxiliary fleet of the Russian Navy on a new support ship - the medium sea tanker "Akademik Pashin" was held in a solemn ceremony. From this day on, the tanker of project 23130

The incident involving two warships of the US Navy and the Russian Navy, which took place in the northern Arabian Sea on January 9, 2020, was interpreted differently by each of the parties and ultimately boiled down to mutual accusations. At the same time, this news attracted increased attention to the participants

Damen LST 100, all renders: products.damen.com On December 9, 2019 in the UAE in the emirate of Sharjah at the shipyard of Damen Shipyard Sharjah, which is part of the large international shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards Group (headquarters in the Netherlands), a new combat

Aircraft carrier "Shandong" On December 17, 2019, the second aircraft carrier, named "Shandong", was included in the PRC fleet. The new ship became the second for China. According to this indicator, the naval forces of the PRC have already bypassed the Russian fleet. At the same time, both the first and second Chinese aircraft carriers are still

To date, the largest ships of the Russian maritime border service are the ships of Project 22100 "Ocean". These ice-class vessels are classified as 1st rank border patrol ships (PSKR). In Russia, Project 22100 patrol boats are the first ships of this type that were developed

130-mm artillery mount AK-130 Once battles at sea were won by ships armed with more powerful artillery. The peak of the development of artillery ships was the battleships of the Second World War. At the same time, the naval battles of the 1940s showed that the time of artillery monsters is running out

During the First World War in Great Britain, submarines were called submarines, which were armed with powerful artillery weapons. The idea of creating such a ship, the main weapon of which would not be torpedoes, but artillery, was in the air from the very beginning of active use

In the realities of today, combat swimmers and naval special forces are the real elite of the armed forces. Large sums of money and technical resources are spent on equipping and equipping such units. Especially for them, unusual weapons are being developed, such as the Russian two-medium

As part of the Arms and Security 2019 exhibition in Kiev, the Ukrainian defense industry presented its new product - the Neptune missile system based on the KrAZ off-road truck chassis. The exhibition will run in the capital of Ukraine from 8 to 11 October. First winged

The history of military shipbuilding has given us many unusual projects that never cease to amaze us decades later. Interesting bold ideas visited the minds of many designers around the world. In this regard, the Soviet shipbuilding school was no exception. To the unusual unfulfilled

The Russian fleet is modernizing the remaining Be-12 Chaika flying boats. This aircraft is considered the oldest among all aircraft in service with the Russian Navy. The amphibious aircraft, created in Taganrog at the famous Beriev Design Bureau, first took to the skies back in 1960, and

The US Navy has ordered from the American corporation Boeing four large unmanned submarines, dubbed "Orca" (Killer Whale), according to The Popular Mechanics. Information about this appeared in mid-February 2019. It is known that the contract with the company

During wars, all glory usually goes to those who fight on the front lines and take part in hostilities. At the same time, rear services and units often remain in the shadows. Today, many have heard the names of armored vehicles from the Second World War, used small arms and artillery weapons, but

The Pike III series submarines were the first type of medium-sized submarine to be built in the Soviet Union. The construction of submarines of six different series was carried out from 1930 to 1945, a total of 86 submarines of the "Sh" type were built, which made them the most numerous type of Soviet

On September 20, 2018, a new diesel-electric submarine of Project 677 Kronshtadt was solemnly launched in St. Petersburg. A hundred years earlier, on October 11, 1908, the first diesel-electric submarine, not only in Russia, but also in the world, was launched in St. Petersburg

It so happened that the most numerous type of submarines of the Soviet fleet during the Second World War were boats with a peaceful and very childish name "Baby". It is not by chance that these boats received their designation. At that time, these were the smallest Soviet submarines. Underwater

The Hurricane-class patrol ships are unique in that they became the first warships that were designed and built in the USSR after the October Revolution by Soviet shipbuilders. A series of 18 ships was built in full from 1927 to 1935. Guard ships of the type

The official version of the death of the Russian nuclear submarine "Kursk" was the explosion of the torpedo 65-76 "Kit", which the submariners were supposed to use in the exercises. The official report on the tragedy, which was ready in 2002, said that an explosion occurred at 11 hours 28 minutes 26 seconds

On Monday, April 2, it became known that the Caspian flotilla will be completely transferred from Astrakhan, where it is currently based, to Dagestan, to the city of Kaspiysk. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke about this during the meeting. Experts note that this decision is directly related to