Fleet 2024, November

As part of the Laivue 2020 program ("Flotilla 2020"), Finland is going to receive four modern corvettes. The cost of the program is estimated at approximately 1.2 billion euros. It is worth noting that if the program is actually implemented, the Finnish fleet for the first time in a long time

At the end of January 2018, the Chinese military tested the upgraded DF-21D missile. According to representatives of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA), the effectiveness of the weapon has been improved, according to the Chinese television channel CCTV. The channel's plot said that the rocket was

The large landing ship "Ivan Gren" of project 11711 (according to NATO codification Ivan Gren) will soon become the most modern large landing ship in the Russian fleet. The large landing craft "Ivan Gren" is designed for the landing of troops, transportation of military equipment, as well as various equipment and cargo. Total for the Russian Navy

With its long coastline (more than 110 thousand kilometers), Russia cannot exist without a large fleet. The Russian Navy is traditionally considered one of the most powerful in the world, second only to the American fleet and the increasingly powerful Chinese fleet in terms of combat capabilities. Any big

The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) is the lead in a series of two Queen Elizabeth-class ships being built for the British Navy. On December 7, 2017, the launch ceremony of the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen

On May 18, Russia celebrates the Day of the Baltic Fleet, one of the four fleets in the Russian Navy and the oldest among all existing ones. The history of the Baltic Fleet is inextricably linked with the history of our country, the foundation of St. Petersburg, the development of lands around the Gulf of Finland and at the mouth of the Neva, with

If there was a competition for the most unusual ships in the world, then seismographic vessels of the Ramform Titan type (after the name of the first ship in the series) could take part in it, and, possibly, compete for prizes. A distinctive feature of the four built Ramform Titan ships is

Today, unmanned aerial vehicles are quite widely represented on the battlefields, but their first full-fledged debut was the Second World War. Even before the war in the USSR, remotely controlled tanks and tankettes of various types were actively tested and then produced. The teletank could be controlled by radio communication

In recent years, unmanned technologies are no longer surprising. The first unmanned vehicles, for example, the models of the American company Tesla, entered the roads. In many countries, unmanned models of public transport are being prepared. In 2019, Russian Railways is going to test an unmanned

The Russian government will build a new fleet, whose tasks will be to protect energy flows and fend off threats from China and Japan. According to rough estimates, it will take up to 5 trillion. rub. more than any other branch of the armed forces. According to plans by 2020, the fleet will replenish 36

Many are familiar with the biblical story about David and Goliath, in which the winner is not the giant warrior Goliath, but a very young and inexperienced in military affairs David. This plot has been embodied many times in real life, history knows many examples when size and strength in a duel between two opponents

On May 21, Russia celebrates the Day of the Pacific Fleet - an annual holiday in honor of its formation. This day was established by the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy dated July 15, 1996 "On the introduction of annual holidays and professional days in the specialty." The fleet leads its history from the Okhotsk

On April 25, 2018, the launching ceremony of the next base minesweeper of Project 12700, cipher Alexandrite, took place. The minesweeper was designed by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau for the Russian Navy and belongs to a new generation of mine defense ships (MMP). Ship

An important advantage of the promising Russian fifth-generation multipurpose nuclear submarines "Husky" may be a relatively low cost, experts say. At the same time, the price of boats can compete with the technical characteristics of submarines for the title of the main advantage. Already nominated

On April 12, 2018, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman al Saud, during his official visit to Spain, signed a whole package of agreements that finalized a long-term contract for the construction of five corvettes of the Avante project for the Saudi Arabian Navy

In the 1980s, the Americans, quite unexpectedly for the rest of the world, awakened four sea giants of a bygone era from hibernation. These are Iowa-class battleships. These warships from the Second World War were modernized and put back into service. What prompted the American

Every year in March, Russia celebrates the Day of the Submariner. Usually, by this date, it is customary to remember the achievements of our fleet, its exploits, history, and the replenishment of new ships. However, a rather important question remains in the shadows about how ready the modern Russian fleet is for emergency

Submarine BK-10 with crew and landing force Russian shipbuilding offers the navy a number of small and light boats and boats capable of providing transportation of personnel, landing of troops ashore and fire support. One of the most interesting examples of this kind is the high-speed assault

What's better? A photo for memory … … or a real combat ship in service? The fate of the Project 956 destroyers in our Navy today is not a secret for anyone who is even slightly interested in naval issues. But even in the chaos of the post-Soviet years, everything could have gone differently. Positive examples of how these ships

Appearance in the late 80s - early 90s. small-sized cost-effective digital signal analyzers made it possible to introduce into the non-contact equipment of modern mines (first of all, bottom) channels of "fine analysis" of physical fields of targets, ensuring their classification and destruction of precisely designated

The main naval parade has already become a tradition Russia has a long history of naval parades. They have been around for as long as the navy. But at different times there were different phenomena behind the parades. Sometimes they marked the won wars or the high level of combat readiness achieved. Sometimes

During World War II, the fleets of the warring parties set up extensive minefields in the waters of the seas and oceans. This made it possible for the fleets to solve a wide range of combat missions by inflicting both direct and indirect losses on the enemy. The war is over, but the sea minefields

If the history of the design of cruisers such as the cruiser of the Sverdlov class can surprise amateurs of naval history with something, it is its unusual brevity and lack of any intrigue. While the projects of other domestic ships constantly underwent the most bizarre metamorphoses, in

Among the many hundreds, and maybe thousands of different names that people throughout the history of navigation have given their ships and vessels, there are those few that have become a legend forever. The ink with which these names are inscribed on the tablets of world history has already become beyond the control of the harshest judge

When discussing the combat readiness of the Navy, the ability of the state to provide the fleet with everything it needs, and the correctness of the chosen strategy for the development of the fleet, we usually mean the need to be ready for hostilities. If the exit from the base, then through mines and with the preliminary elimination of enemy submarines in

There are two lines of defense in the sea, one passes through enemy bases, the other through your own bases. Winston Churchill. The naval superiority of a superpower requires offensive operations conducted in the most harmful way to the enemy. John Lehman Project 949 nuclear submarine and BOD

The Northern Ocean is a vast field where … Russian glory may worsen Russian power will grow in Siberia and the Northern Ocean. It is obvious today that the Arctic will play an increasing role for the economy and military security of Russia every year. And in this regard

According to information published in 2009 in the journal Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists, approximately 66.5 thousand atomic and thermonuclear charges have been collected in the United States since 1945. State laboratories have constructed about 100 different types of nuclear

In the first half of the 80s, the command of the US Navy came to the conclusion that it was necessary to reduce the types of submarine strategic missile carriers and unify their weapons. So, in 1985, the fleet included: SSBNs of the first generation of the type "George Washington" and "Etienne Allen" with SLBMs "Polaris A-3", type

By the mid-1960s, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines had become an important part of the US nuclear strategic forces. Due to the high stealth and the ability to operate under the protection of ships of the surface fleet and aviation, SSBNs are on combat patrol, in contrast to

In the second half of the 70s, it became quite obvious that neither side was capable of winning the global nuclear conflict. In this regard, the United States began to actively promote the concept of "limited nuclear war". American strategists considered possible the scenario of local use of nuclear weapons

After nuclear weapons were created in the United States, American experts predicted that the USSR would be able to create an atomic bomb no earlier than in 8-10 years. However, the Americans were very much mistaken in their forecasts. The first test of a Soviet nuclear explosive device took place on August 29, 1949

Deck bombers were not the only carriers of nuclear weapons in the American navy. In the early post-war years, based on the experience of the combat use of German aircraft-projectiles (cruise missiles) Fi-103 (V-1), American military theorists considered that unmanned "flying bombs" could

After the appearance of nuclear weapons in the United States, American admirals reacted very jealously to the fact that at the first stage they were carried by long-range bombers. Soon after the first combat use of atomic bombs, the command of the naval forces began to actively lobby for the development of weapons with

Before the normalization of relations between the USSR and the PRC at the very end of the 80s, military-technical cooperation between our countries was practically absent, and in China they were forced to modernize old Soviet missiles and copy Western models. This was facilitated by the convergence of positions

In recent years, against the backdrop of a shock economic growth rate, the PRC has been modernizing its armed forces. Over the past ten years, the military budget of the PRC in dollar terms has doubled and amounted to $ 216 billion according to the Stockholm Peace Research Institute in 2014. For comparison:

After the Tigerkat short-range air defense system entered service with the air force and ground forces, the British military were disappointed with the capabilities of this complex. Repeated shooting at the range at radio-controlled targets has demonstrated very limited capabilities

Work on the first British anti-aircraft missiles began during World War II. As the British economists calculated, the cost of the used anti-aircraft artillery shells was almost equal to the cost of the downed bomber. At the same time, it was very tempting to create a one-time

FRANCE The limited and densely populated territory of France practically ruled out the possibility of covert construction and placement of protected silos for ground-based ballistic missiles. Therefore, the French government decided to develop the naval component of the Strategic Forces of the nuclear

Nuclear submarine with ballistic missiles (SSBN) - designed to deliver nuclear missile strikes against strategically important military-industrial facilities and administrative and political centers of the enemy. The advantage of a SSBN on patrol over other nuclear weapons