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Recently, quite controversial materials have appeared in many media about a whole class of ships. We are talking about small missile ships, or MRKs, armed with "Caliber". The appearance of these ships over the past decade is perhaps the only ray of light in our dark surface fleet
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You know, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, more than one novel was written about what the world war would be like. Yes, they were somewhat fantastic, but the authors tried to anticipate what would begin in them. More precisely, what began some 10 years later, I do not mean treatises on strategy and tactics, but
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Recently, some situations in the media have caused, if not laughter, then surprise. And the accompanying question: in the name of what is it all? This is the case with the theme of amphibious assault ships on an air cushion (hereinafter referred to as DKVP). It is easier to find a specialized media outlet that did NOT write that our DKVP will be "seriously modernized"
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It's nice to read intelligent people. And the smart ones are even nicer. In my opinion, Robert Farley is one of the latter. That is, smart. Having carefully studied his article on the problems of the Russian fleet Russia Is Not The Soviet Union (But It Has the Same Navy Nightmares), given that for us this is also a very topic
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It so happened that two articles, published with a fair amount of time, played in unison. And it turned out, as it were, about nuclear-powered ships, and about diesel-electric submarines. Thanks to everyone who agreed with the point of view expressed, thanks to those who argued reasonably. It was really interesting. When the second article in the comments
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On June 28 this year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia published a draft strategy for the development of the shipbuilding industry until 2035 (Order No. 2553-r dated October 28, 2019). This document is very difficult to read as it is replete with general phrases and an almost complete lack of specificity
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It probably looks a little strange, but I decided to start with the Japanese cruisers. Why? Well, first of all, these were interesting ships. Secondly, they, unlike many colleagues (Soviet, French, Italian, German), really plowed the whole war. Some even lived to see the inglorious
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The entire world interested in military affairs is watching with interest as Russia loses its last aircraft carrier. Well, maybe he doesn't, but somehow it turns out that soon everything will come to the cruiser. Meanwhile, many rightly note that the end of "Admiral Kuznetsov" is the end of the whole story
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Yes, in the new year with new combat (in the sense of literary) tasks. Let it be a month before it, but we, in accordance with the covenants, in advance. Today we can say that the cycle "Combat aircraft" has taken place quite well, and he can fly and fly. But there is one more topic that I like well, no less (or maybe
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Yes, perhaps, in terms of chronology, when talking about cruisers, I ran a little ahead, but all these armored deck and armored cruisers puffing on the angle will not go anywhere. Precisely because they are unhurried. And to start with the "Washington" cruisers, although a few readers quite rightly reprimanded me
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If now someone says: "Ah, pocket battleships …" I don’t know what is in them a pocket battleship, let alone a battleship. Regular heavy cruisers, except with the main caliber, it turned out to be serious. But even in this regard, it does not quite match. The Deutschlands had a main caliber of 283 mm, and all normal battleships of that
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Having talked in the previous article about the Deutschlands, including the Admiral Graf Spee, we now turn to his opponent in the battle at the mouth of La Plata. Our character today is a York-class heavy cruiser. Mainly about Exeter, as York played very quickly. York type well, very
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Yes, since January 1 of this year, such a country as Holland does not officially exist, so our story is about the light cruiser of the Netherlands Navy "De Ruyter." to the opposite side. Exeter
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The history of our heroes began almost immediately after the First World War, where Italy, frankly, did not win laurels. Italian battleships and battleships calmly defended themselves in the harbors, not trying to catch adventures aft, so there were no victories, but there were no defeats. The Italians even "won", here
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Continuing the theme of Italian heavy cruisers, we move from Trento to Zaram. Zara was a more thoughtful job. Italian shipbuilders very seriously approached the work on the last four of the cruisers allowed by the Washington Treaty, so seriously that … they decided to deceive everyone
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A strange feeling from this ship. It seems like working on mistakes, but there are even more mistakes than in work. They began to build the ship after the cruisers of the Zara project, but completely without taking into account the experience of building and operating ships. "Bolzano" rather turned out as a return to "Trento", and this is a logical
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Preface to the comments in the previous article Dear readers and understanding, I am really pleased that you read and understand. And you criticize, without it nowhere, I agree. In the last article, about "Duguet-Truin", I was pointed out that everything comes out a little chaotically. I disagree. All of you
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We are already used to the fact that thanks to tough guys like The National Interest, Purple & Heart and others, everything made and invented in the USA has two categories: good and very good. No, there are, of course, F-22s, but this is an evolutionary process, so anything can happen
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When the first torpedo struck the rear of the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, no one could even imagine that the poker royal flush and the insolent tactics of the game were to blame. But nevertheless, everything was exactly that. Let's go in order. So, the torpedo hit the stern of the aircraft carrier, and within 30 seconds there were
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In general, the story is tragic and strange at the same time. It happened in the Kara Sea and became the largest in terms of human losses during the Great Patriotic War in the Arctic. The tragedy occurred on August 12, 1944, in principle, when the war was already going on in the enemy's territory, which also probably played
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An article by the well-known to us Alexander Timokhin attracted my attention, but on a different resource. And the topic that Timokhin touched upon, on the one hand, is very interesting, on the other, it is just as controversial. Was the Soviet fleet useless in the Great Patriotic War
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The history of this ship is very interesting, full of contradictions. "Emile Bertin" was planned as a cruiser-scout, leading destroyers, but in the course of development it was redesigned and built as a minelayer cruiser. The French command initially prepared for a series of ships of 3-4 units, but then decided
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The question that I will try to consider here is inspired by the previous article (“On the role of the Soviet Navy in the Great Patriotic War.”) Yes, the answer to the question “And if” lies in the realm of fantasy, and often not even scientific. Nevertheless, it makes sense to consider the Red Army Navy and the Kriegsmarine in a hypothetical
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The first half of the 20th century between the two wars is a truly interesting time in terms of maritime engineering history. When there was a turning point in the minds of the designers, and then it was reinforced with a Washington kick, then very interesting ships began to appear. Although I still believe that
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In the previous article on La Galissonniere, I promised that I would be distracted by the Italians. Yes, it will have to, because such a show, which unfolded in the confrontation between two Mediterranean countries, France and Italy, can only be viewed this way and nothing else. So to make comparisons and comparisons easier
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Yes, perhaps the material will seem funny and frivolous, but believe me, the direct participants were absolutely not laughing. They, the participants, were engaged in a very serious matter of creation. Today the aircraft carrier is a very serious weapon. And the countries that have aircraft carriers in service are
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Continuing the theme of the Italian-French confrontation in the Mediterranean Sea, we will analyze the next series of Italian light cruisers. "Condottieri B". It is clear that, having burned themselves on the "A" series, the Italians realized that the first pizza came out not only lumpy, but something terrible. And you have to do something. AND
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Continuing the topic started in two articles earlier. That is, on the agenda we have to go through the agony of Italian shipbuilders in an attempt to create a normal light cruiser. Some researchers generally consider "Condottieri" of the first two episodes to be almost overgrown leaders, but here I am not with them
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On June 18, 2020, at the PLA naval base in Xiamen, an ordinary event took place: the ceremony of entering into the PLA Navy a new corvette of Project 056A "Jingdezhen" (tail number 617). Information about this really passed in passing. Well, what's wrong, one more corvette got into operation. Is it not so?
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In one of the first articles on cruisers, we explored in detail what the Washington Agreement is and how well it fought the evolution of warships in general and cruisers in particular, but it was this agreement that drew the line between light and heavy cruisers. Yes, exactly to the British, stubbornly not
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In fact, we are continuing the conversation that was raised in the topic of Furutaki, because our two today's heroes, Aoba and Kinugasa, are nothing more than the Furutaka project, but with some alterations. Here you need to know the Asian trick. The history of these cruisers was born under the cover of cunning
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I will start from afar and with absolutely known facts. Since we are talking about the fact that in America everyone can sleep peacefully (let's not talk about Poseidons and other fantastic cartoons now), then this peace of mind of citizens must be based on some kind of foundation. Otherwise, it is not calm, but so … Such a foundation
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The next stage in the development of the Japanese shipbuilding program, and specifically of heavy cruisers. From "Myoko" to "Mogami" and "Tone" the path of Japanese shipbuilders lay through the project of heavy cruisers of the Takao class. Cruisers of the Takao class became a further stage in the development of the Myoko project. When designing ships, so
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Photo: IA "Arms of Russia" Lately, we have only talked about whether we need to build another whopper, a nuclear destroyer the size of a cruiser, a nuclear aircraft carrier with a displacement of 100 thousand tons, and so on. Meanwhile, we cannot give crazy available big ships (yes, I am all
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Today's story is about such wonderful ships that it is simply difficult, perhaps, to find the cruisers that made the most noise. Even the Deutschlands cannot be compared to the effect that the appearance of these ships produced. The story began on April 22, 1930, when, in the process of signing the London
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Yes, our readers, who are like cognac, seasoned and experienced, are something! They are able to start a discussion, let's say, out of the blue, splashing gasoline on seemingly extinct coals. However, sometimes it brings quite amazing results. This is how one of our readers (Valery) suddenly threw in
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Comparisons, of course, will be. They are in the front as they go through materials on British and American (especially) ships. But this point cannot be dispensed with, it is needed like a cup of sake before a battle. More than once I expressed my opinion that Japanese heavy cruisers were … controversial. But not deprived
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WIGs. Very original and peculiar machines with great potential, as they say now. The brainchild of the Minister of Defense Marshal Dmitry Ustinov, who greatly helped the appearance of these machines in general and the "Caspian Monster" in particular. In the history (unfortunately) of the USSR, the first serial
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Imperceptibly, without fanfare and generally almost without unnecessary memories on February 26, the 110th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Georgievich Gorshkov passed. Admiral Sergei Gorshkov, a man who left behind not some kind of virtual legacy in the form of memoirs, memories, reflections, but quite real
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I must say right away that we will be talking about the times, not so far away, but about those when the radar was a miracle of the sea and, rather, an additional gadget for bangers from large and not very large calibers. That is, about the times of World War II. The fact that during that war the plane showed itself in all its glory and completely