Fleet 2024, November

The project 20380 corvette seems to be the most massive ship in the Navy. But its shortcomings must be overcome. Photo: Vitaly Spirin, nordsy.spb.ru The good news about the restart of production of corvettes at the Amur Shipyard (ASZ) should not lead to the disadvantages inherent in these ships

Corvettes 20380 were conceived as the basis of the naval surface forces in the near sea zone on August 12, 2020, an event happened, which a huge number of naval sailors and simply caring people have been waiting for for many years. At first without any hope, then with hope, albeit timid … and so it happened

Combat module of the M-Tor complex on a frigate-class ship (version of the KZRK for the Russian Navy) We are all well aware of the long and very successful tradition of Soviet defense design bureaus, which consists in the development of ship modifications of anti-aircraft missile and

The state is going to allocate 86 billion rubles for the construction of two nuclear-powered icebreakers LK-60 for the Northern Sea Route (NSR). Two nuclear-powered icebreakers of this project will be built entirely at the expense of the state. In the spring of 2013, the Ministry of Finance opposed such a construction financing scheme

If we talk about the development of the transport system of Russia in the Arctic, first of all we are talking about the development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as a single national transport highway. Its development presupposes sustainable and safe work in the interests of the national and regional economy

Preparations for leaving the plant (in abbreviated form) In June 1968, during mooring tests with the actual commissioning of the main power plant of both sides, steam supply to the turbine and other auxiliary equipment of the electromechanical warhead, the chemical service of the submarine was

The goal of the American Littoral Combat Ship program was to build a large number of ships capable of solving a variety of missions at short distances from the coast. The serial construction of ships of two types was launched, with a standard set of equipment

In the spring of 1957, the USS Halibut (SSGN-587) submarine was laid down in the United States, which eventually became the only representative of its project. When creating this project, the latest ideas and solutions were used, as a result of which the submarine became the first American nuclear submarine with cruise missiles on

Part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), the Nevskoye Design Bureau is the oldest organization in Russia engaged in the design of large surface ships. It was here that a series of heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers of Project 1143, anti-submarine helicopter carriers

Currently, one of the German shipyards is assembling the hull of the head corvette of the Sa'ar 6 type, ordered by the Israeli naval forces. In the foreseeable future, the building with some systems will be handed over to the customer for completion. The contract currently in progress provides for

Foreign assessments of Russian weapons and military equipment are always of some interest. Often, publications on this topic are created taking into account current political trends, which leads to a bias towards the objects under consideration. However, other articles of foreign publications

Project 141 rescue vessel The modern search and rescue service of the Russian Navy, the Department of Search and Rescue Operations of the Russian Navy (UPASR), has existed since 1993. This is a special service of the Russian Navy, designed to perform

"The Russian Navy (Navy) plans to put on alert up to 32 Poseidon strategic unmanned underwater vehicles in the future," a source in the military-industrial complex said. January 12, TASS.TASS is a reputable news agency, and, of course, this

Submarines of different classes continue their development, and new projects regularly use certain promising ideas. Nevertheless, shipbuilders are in no hurry to create new equipment projects based only on bold and original solutions. Technical and technological risks

According to the press service of the shipbuilding enterprise JSC "Admiralteyskie Verfi" (St. Petersburg), one of the most complex and controversial projects in the modern history of the Russian Navy will soon get off the ground. July 9, the management of the shipyard and the Ministry of Defense

This article does not pretend to be a serious analytical study, the conclusions and reflections in it are likely to cause, if not Homeric laughter, then at least a smile from people "knowledgeable" in the area under consideration. Smile and laughter prolong life - at least this article is already good

For some reason, many military experts believe that the era of missile boats (rocket) has come to an end. The mass production of these ships fell on the 60-80s. They have reasons to think so - the boat is practically defenseless from air attacks, and until the use of missile weapons, the boat in modern

Mistral and Tonnerre BPC (bâtiment de projection et de commandment) are the new French 21,300-ton amphibious command and control and projection ships. The ships were built by DCN in partnership with Thales and Chantiers de l'Atlantique. Each ship has a carrying capacity and versatility

Russia, which occupies a vast territory in Eurasia, cannot but influence the politics and economy of the continent. And although the Russian borders are washed by the waters of three oceans, it cannot be called a maritime power. A naval power can be called a country that has strong military and merchant fleets and controls

Minelayer of project "632" In the middle of the last century, the military sailors of the Soviet Union ordered a special ship - an underwater minelayer for mine support. TsKB-18 was commissioned to work on the project, and in 1956 work began on the design of an underwater minelayer. In connection with

The history of the use of submarines in the Black Sea begins in 1907, with order No. 273 of the Marine Department on the formation of a submarine unit. The detachment consisted of the floating base "Penderaklia" and the submarines "Sudak" and "Losos". In the spring of 1908, the detachment was replenished with German-built submarines

The end of naval cooperation between Russia and India may come as a result of the current situation with the Russian nuclear submarine. The contract of the Russian military with the Indian on the leasing of the last nuclear submarine "Nerpa" can finally "hack to death" the prospects for further cooperation in this

The recent visit of the head of the military department of the Russian Federation A. Serdyukov ended with an open question about the modernization of the Black Sea Fleet. The main obstacle in resolving this issue is the demand of Ukraine to provide a complete list of weapons, which will replace the old fund of the Black Sea

In the Navy, replenishment: at 13.00 on 14.10.2011, the Russian naval flag was raised for the first time on the Soobrazitelny multipurpose corvette. Severnaya Verf SC handed over the ship, laid down in May 2003, to the Baltic Fleet. The ship was taken over by the commander of the Baltic Fleet. When signing

History knows many cases when ideas and projects that were not implemented could significantly change the history and development of mankind as a whole. One of these ideas was developed on paper, but it never came to construction and production - this is the idea of creating transport and landing

The plans to create a destroyer project were first announced on June 19, 2009, from sources in the military department it then became known that the tender for the new project would take place before the end of 2009 and most likely, research and development work would begin immediately

Next year, the construction of the large landing ship of the Ivan Gren project, laid down at the Yantar shipyard in 2004, will be completed. This ship is the first of the 11711 series, which will undergo sea trials at the end of the summer of 2012 and will become part of the Russian fleet in 2013. How much

The leadership of the Russian Federation has decided to modernize the Navy as the main priority of the armament program for the period up to 2020. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin recently confirmed the information on the allocation of about 5 trillion rubles to the fleet in the coming

This article concludes a series of four articles on anti-ship cruise missiles. In it we will talk about the anti-ship missiles and complexes that were and are currently in service with the Russian surface military fleet

The feasibility of building supercarriers is questionable, because the cost of the Gerald R. Ford-class supercarrier, which is still under construction, has already exceeded $ 13 billion, even if the remaining aircraft carriers of this series are cheaper, aircraft carriers will still be super expensive

Former master of the seas. Laid down on March 27, 1974 at the Baltic Shipyard in Leningrad. Launched on December 27, 1977, commissioned on December 30, 1980. After the accident, the power plant in 1990 was in reserve in Severomorsk. Since 1999, the ship has been in Severodvinsk at the pier of the defense shipyard

Currently, the cruiser "Peter the Great" is the most powerful non-aircraft-carrying strike ship in service with the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation. The United States of America, after the campaign and exercises of the flagship of the Northern Fleet TARKR "Peter the Great", began hastily to prepare a project for a heavy

Interesting news comes from Turkey. It seems that this country has slowly begun to revive its former fleet. The Ottoman Empire at one time had a powerful sea fleet and was famous for it throughout the world, but by the end of the 19th century, the country's shipbuilding began to go through hard times. It even got to the point that more or less

Previous articles in a series of materials about domestic anti-ship cruise missiles were devoted to coastal complexes and aircraft-based complexes. Read below about the missile systems with which submarines are armed. Project 651 In 1955, work began on the creation of a new

Major General Timur Apakidze, Hero of Russia, once said that “the country took an agonizingly long time to create aircraft carriers, without which the Navy simply loses its meaning in our time.”

On September 29, it became known that the world's largest nuclear submarines, project 941 "Akula", which are in service with the Russian Navy, have become a victim of underfunding, the Russian-American START-3 treaty and new Russian developments. The Russian Defense Ministry made a decision to write off and dispose of

Not so long ago, military experts from many countries were literally dumbfounded - India will become the owner of its own nuclear submarine. Currently, the Indian Navy has only diesel submarines produced in Russia, Germany and France. In addition, negotiations are underway on

Information about the Chinese defense industry is traditionally scarce, and it almost always appears only from official sources. What is the recent story with the Chinese fifth-generation fighter J-20, when the aviation community around the world tried to "take out" more information from a pair of fuzzy photographs

While the near-naval community argues about the expediency and usefulness of the Mistral-class amphibious assault ships, while their production is being prepared, at the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg, ships of a different class are quietly, peacefully and calmly. Not everything, however, was in the fate of this technology smooth. Research on

Project 1144 "Orlan" According to the newspaper "Izvestia", the Defense Ministry has matured a plan to reanimate nuclear-powered cruisers of the 1144 "Orlan" type. In the course of modernization, heavy nuclear cruisers should receive modern electronic equipment and weapons that allow them to perform a wide range of tasks