Fleet 2024, November

LJ user drugoi writes: The 44th Red Banner Brigade of Anti-Submarine Ships of the Russian Pacific Fleet is located in the very center of Vladivostok, next to the seaport, opposite the building of the fleet headquarters. There are four large Project 1155 anti-submarine ships in a row at the wall

Just a few days ago - September 13 - many military technicians around the world were literally shocked. In Russia, the construction of the first submarine cruiser K-329 "Severodvinsk" was completed. This nuclear submarine was built according to the Ash project. Now "Ash" will

The Zubr-class ship, or Project 12322, is a small amphibious assault ship equipped with an air cushion and developed back in Soviet times. After the project was declassified, the Zubr was recognized as the world's most powerful hovercraft. Vessels of this class have in their arsenal such

The Ukrainian Black Sea Navy is one of the most important branches of the armed forces in Ukraine. How has its fate been developing since the collapse of the Soviet Union? Recently, the Ukrainian naval forces, which are remnants of the USSR Black Sea Fleet, celebrated another anniversary. How did it go

In the global competition between the two superpowers, the United States in the mid-70s put forward the geopolitical formula "Who owns the World Ocean, he owns the world." Geopolitical goal - the final undermining of the economic power of the Soviet Union as a result of overstrain

Simultaneously with the USA, the USSR began to create a new look of the 4th generation nuclear submarines in 1977. It was supposed to create several types: anti-submarine, multipurpose, anti-aircraft. Later, they limited themselves to work on a project of a single multipurpose submarine, but capable of solving the widest range

The strongest and most powerful in the Black Sea is the Turkish fleet, both in terms of the number of ships and in terms of total combat power. The basis of the battle line of the Turkish fleet is 8 MEKO 200 frigates belonging to 2 different generations. The most modern of them are 2 class frigates. MEKO 200 TN-IIB

On March 31, 2010, in St. Petersburg, another combat ship intended for the Russian Navy, the Soobrazitelny corvette, was launched. The new corvette is the second separate combat unit under the project 20380. The new warship was named after the old Russian, and later Soviet

At the end of July, the Ministry of National Defense of the PRC officially announced that it would begin testing its first own aircraft carrier in the near future. This 300-meter ship, now in the port of Dalian, was created on the basis of the empty hull of the aircraft carrier Varyag of project 1143.6, purchased from

While Russian Defense Minister A. Serdyukov says that we have no plans to build aircraft carriers even in the long term, Beijing, Delhi and Tokyo think differently. The Celestial Empire is completing its first "training" aircraft carrier from the former Soviet "Varyag", with plans to build two more completely

The Project 12061E (Murena-E) air cushion landing craft (DKVP), created by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau, is practically the only Russian DKVP of small displacement currently available for construction and delivery abroad

In recent years, the intensity of exercises in the Northern Fleet has increased by almost a quarter. The ships that are part of the fleet regularly take part in long-distance cruises to the Indian and Atlantic oceans, the international exercises "Northern Eagle", "Dervish", "Pomor" and FRUKUS, perform combat missions in

Last week was marked by a number of statements by the leaders of the Russian Defense Ministry and the Defense Industry Complex. President of the United Shipbuilding Company (USC) R. Trotsenko during the International Maritime Defense Show in St. Petersburg said: "The Russian fleet needs aircraft carriers." In 2016 USC

For more than half a century, the best design minds of all maritime powers have been solving a puzzling problem: how to find an engine for submarines that would work both above water and under water, and besides, it did not require air, like a diesel or a steam engine. And such an engine, the same for the underwater surface element

Contemporary politicum offers two geopolitical views of the future. In reality, there is a unipolar world with a sole leader - the United States. The second view involves the movement of the world community towards a bipolar (the second pole, led by China, is rapidly developing) or multipolar system

There are many officer groups on the Odnoklassniki website, in which there is a constant discussion of all sore issues. Here is a message that leads to very sad thoughts: “In the crew of the VPK“Vice-Admiral Kulakov”, not a single officer has yet received a service apartment in Severomorsk. They are told: "Wait." What?

The first torpedoes differed from modern ones no less than a paddle-wheel steam frigate from a nuclear aircraft carrier. In 1866, the "skat" carried 18 kg of explosives at a distance of 200 m at a speed of about 6 knots. Shooting accuracy was below any criticism. By 1868, the use of coaxial screws rotating in different

This state-of-the-art submarine, regardless of its combat mission, uses the most advanced green technology. The submarine, type U212A, tail number U-35 (S185), in fact, is the very first submarine that uses only hydrogen fuel as propulsion power

The other day the serial corvette "Boyky" was launched - the second ship of project 20380, which was built for the Russian Navy in St. Petersburg at the shipyard "Severnaya Verf". The lead ship of this project "Guarding" was introduced into the Baltic Fleet

An agreement with the French on the supply of components for the Mistral helicopter carriers to Russia has been reached. According to the requirements of the Russians, the Mistral will be supplied with the latest electronics and other modern equipment. On Wednesday, the press secretary of the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the signing of a joint

Against the background of blogging messages - Chinese Internet authors are especially zealous - there is a curious message from the Chinese official news agency Xin-Hua, which posted photographs of an aircraft carrier purchased from Ukraine (built at a shipyard in Nikolaev for the USSR Navy)

Since the beginning of the seventies of the last century, the military leadership of the USSR has shown great interest in developments related to laser weapons. Laser installations were planned to be placed on space platforms, stations and aircraft. All built installations were tied to

Experience in the construction of extra-large vessels and deep-sea drilling platforms has convinced the designers of offshore facilities that it is possible to build a floating offshore base by connecting individual self-propelled modules. The combined mobile offshore base is larger than a city. For the liberating soldiers, she

Several loud statements were made by representatives of the General Staff of the Russian Navy. One of the statements concerns the creation of multipurpose nuclear submarines of the fourth generation, namely Project 885, which is part of the Ash class. The lead submarine of this project is the boat "Severodvinsk"

Three different body designs compete with each other. All ships are fast and unobtrusive, everything happened in a matter of moments. A second ago, a normal refueling operation was in full swing. And the very next moment, the team of the landing ship USS Cole struggled to keep afloat

At present, the construction of the Gerald Ford CVN-78 nuclear aircraft carrier is in full swing in the United States. The ship is being built according to the CVNX-1 project, which provides for the creation of a qualitatively new ship in a slightly modified AB Chester Nimitz hull. I must say that the information on the network

The generally accepted opinion that Russia is a purely continental country, a land power, but this is not true. Especially in the 20-21 centuries - when the means appeared to overcome the difficulties of the Russian North. Naval aviation, icebreaker fleet, nuclear submarines, make the Northern

According to Interfax, the naval command has decided to reinforce the Pacific Fleet with the Project 1164 Atlant missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov from the Northern Fleet. Apparently, this decision is associated with a set of measures aimed at strengthening our Armed Forces in the Far East

According to Interfax, citing a source in the General Staff of the Russian Navy, a Far Zone Command will be created in the Russian Navy. It will be created for operations in the southern seas, including the Red Sea, to protect shipping from sea pirates

The patrol ship of project 22120 code "Purga" is a high-speed multipurpose ice-class coast guard ship, capable of keeping watch in the ice. The ship's hull is equipped with ice reinforcement, allowing to overcome ice more than half a meter thick

Features and purpose Coast guard, search and rescue operations, protection of fish resources, patrolling and customs operations. To improve driving performance and increase speed, the boat has bow and stern automatically controlled spoilers

In 2001, in Rybinsk, on the stocks of the open joint-stock shipbuilding company Vympel, the ceremony of laying down the new generation missile and artillery boat "Scorpion" took place. Purpose and features This ship is of the fourth generation (according to the western classification

Strategic aviation must be returned to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Major General A. Otroshchenko, chief of the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, said about this in an interview with the naval newspaper Flag of the Motherland. Answering the journalist's question, the officer noted that the

In order to disable a modern warship, it takes only 1 successful missile hit. With all this, it is difficult to shoot down even one launched anti-ship missile. And if the enemy fires a salvo from several rocket launchers? There is no salvation and everyone understands it

Past, Present and Future of Chinese Nuclear Submarines Unfortunately, these

The construction of Project 941 "Akula" submarine cruisers (according to the international classification "Typhoon") was a kind of response to the construction in the United States of nuclear missile carriers of the "Ohio" type, armed with 24 intercontinental ballistic missiles. IN USSR

The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev, Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Khristenko, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Vladimir Vysotsky and Governor of St

On Wednesday, June 29, the 5th International Maritime Defense Show began its work in St. Petersburg. The organizer of the grand event is the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Russian Federation with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Rosoboronexport", the Federal Service for

Russian and Ukrainian shipyards have many years of experience in design, construction and modernization of river warships of various classes and sizes. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, several hundred of these ships have been built on them - including gunboats, artillery armored boats, minesweepers and

For seventy years, they have represented the power of the United States. When conflict broke out in the world, it was the American aircraft carriers - fast, mobile and with the kind of firepower that some countries lack - were the first to arrive in the crisis area. When the word is spoken in Washington