Fleet 2024, November

Part 1 THE FIRST COMMISSION OF THE "CRAB" UNDERWATER MINING PROTECTOR When the First World War began, the Russian Black Sea Fleet was clearly superior in power to the Turkish Navy. However, 12 days after the start of the war (Turkey still remained neutral), they came to Constantinople (Istanbul)

Britain has announced a landmark achievement in the creation of a "fleet of the future" - the world's most modern destroyer is ready to be launched at the main naval base of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth. According to officials of the UK Department of Defense, the destroyer Daring will be able to play

Part 2 On the eve of the October Revolution, in addition to surface ships, the Russian navy included, in addition to surface ships, 52 submarines, of which 41 were in service, 7 were under construction and assembly, 4 were stored in the port. powers. but

Part 3PL "PANTHER" OPENS A BATTLE ACCOUNT After the surrender of Germany, a British combat squadron appeared in the Gulf of Finland. It was clear that with the beginning of navigation in 1919, the interventionists would undertake military provocations in the Baltic. 15 November 1918, a bunker (active detachment of the Baltic Fleet) was created

The new shipbuilding program is very optimistic, but subject to state support. The overwhelming majority of experts describe the current state of the Russian Navy as a crisis, and this primarily concerns its ship composition. As you know, he practically does not

France will build two helicopter carriers for Russia Two Mistral helicopter carriers for Russia will be built at the STX shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said

In just a few months, the Ministry of Defense and the military-industrial complex will begin implementing a new state armaments program for 2018-2025. By now, official and unofficial sources have managed to reveal some of the details of this program and announce part

For well-known reasons, for many years the Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Navy remained in the shadow of other operational-strategic formations, distinguished by their large size and combat power. Nevertheless, not so long ago the flotilla declared itself in the loudest way, in one

On May 21, the management of Kamov OJSC announced the completion of construction and transfer of four Ka-52K Katran helicopters for testing. A new modification of the "land" attack helicopter was developed for operation on ships of the Navy. Currently, Ka-52K helicopters are used in

In the past few years, the US Armed Forces have very often relied on future technologies that are very close to science fiction. So, representatives of the US Navy announced that they are going to acquire the most promising types of weapons in the very near future. First of all, speech

Special-purpose nuclear submarine BS-64 "Podmoskovye" This article will discuss one of the most secret divisions of the Russian Ministry of Defense - the Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI). GUGI is directly subordinate to the Ministry of Defense and deals with deep-sea and oceanographic

Project 852 expeditionary oceanographic vessel In order for warships to successfully carry out combat duty, there are many auxiliary ships and boats: hydrographic, oceanographic, rescue

At present, the forces of the domestic shipbuilding industry are carrying out overhaul and modernization of the heavy nuclear missile cruiser "Admiral Nakhimov" of project 1144 "Orlan". At the moment, of the four built ships of this type, only one remains in the combat composition of the fleet

A year ago, in April 2013, the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Sevmash plant (Severodvinsk) signed a contract, according to which, over the next few years, the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov of project 11442 will be repaired and upgraded. Eagle ". This

The creation of new weapons and equipment is associated not only with the regular achievement of various successes, but also with difficulties of varying degrees of complexity. One of the direct consequences of this is the shift in the timing of the implementation of individual projects and larger programs in general. One example of such

On March 13, 1950, the lead submarine of Project 613 was laid down: the most massive submarine of the Russian fleet. The experience of the Great Patriotic War clearly showed what a colossal role submarines play in military operations on the seas and in the oceans. The Soviet Union entered the war with

On the mistakes of others One era replaces another, along with it technologies change, and along with technologies - methods of warfare. In 1906, Britain built the world's first dreadnought - HMS Dreadnought, which was destined to change the course of world history once and for all. The secret to success was simple:

Celebration with tears in the eyes On July 12, 2019, the French shipbuilding association Naval Group in Cherbourg held the official launching ceremony of the head nuclear multipurpose submarine of the Barracuda class, named Suffren. The boat was named after the French admiral XVIII

Revival of the former greatness The Japanese fleet does not have nuclear submarines, but it has at its disposal twenty multipurpose submarines (non-nuclear submarine), which are fully consistent with the requirements of their time. These are Oyashio and Soryu submarines. The oldest of them all, the lead ship

What was shown to us? On July 10 this year, TASS reported that the Nevsky Design Bureau, which is part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), showed a model of the promising aircraft carrier of Project 11430E "Manatee". The presentation took place within the framework of the St. Petersburg

Operation "successor" Russia almost completely inherited the nuclear submarine fleet from the USSR. And with nuclear submarines in the Soviet Union, everything was, to put it mildly, ambiguous. The country of the Soviets still occupies the "honorable" first place in terms of the number of sunken nuclear submarines. Four deaths in total

Evolution without revolutions The development of the naval forces of the leading world powers now, in general, is not difficult to predict. The revolution is not planned yet. But this impression can be misleading. It is enough to look deep into history and see how often the idea of an "ideal" fleet is cardinally

The novelties described in the first part of the article, such as an electromagnetic catapult or a railgun, in one form or another, can be used on any large ship from among those in service. But what about fundamentally new developments? They are also available. Most unusual of all is that the most

SMX 31 Many media outlets recently drew attention to the amazing project of a French submarine. As experts correctly point out, submarines are not the direction where many technological revolutions can now be found. However, engineers from the Naval Group did their best to keep the competition

Better than yesterday The project 955 Borey submarine is iconic in every sense: it was this ship that became the first strategic missile submarine of the fourth (last) generation in history. The advantages of such nuclear submarines are well known. The main one can

Not so long ago, the Naval Analyzes resource, widely known in narrow circles, dealing with issues of the naval forces, presented its vision of the future of the Royal Navy. It must be said that the experts did not discover America. Nevertheless, the presented graph may be of interest to people who

Low start Recently, special attention has been focused on the F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing fighter. Let us remind you that he delivered the first airstrikes in its history in a real combat situation. The plane attacked the targets of the Taliban in Afghanistan. This landmark debut was overshadowed by

Priorities for the development of the fleet If you do not take into account the fifth generation nuclear submarine "Husky" and the aircraft carrier of the future, the most ambitious project for the Russian Navy is the mysterious nuclear destroyer. The people of the project 23560 ship have long been known under the designation "Leader". A little about the future of the fleet as a whole. To

The Battle of the Ocean The world's oceans cover more than 70 percent of the earth's surface: controlling it is sometimes just as important as controlling the land. It should be added here that strong economic growth in Asia has made the South China Sea one of the most important (in terms of trade) area of the Earth

Not "Zircon" alone Hypersonic weapons are preparing to say their weighty word and even, possibly, change the world. Russia, the United States, China, Europe and Japan intend to put such samples into service in the foreseeable future, and there, perhaps, others will catch up, although this path is long and

Parade of the Titans Recently, the whole world discussed the launch of the lead Chinese universal amphibious assault ship of type 075, which, we recall, was carried out on September 25, 2019. And at the end of the year, they talked about the adoption of a new Chinese aircraft carrier of the 001A project, or "Shandong". And now

Not "Granite" alone In the first part of the article, we touched on the topic of rearmament of a number of surface ships of the Russian Navy from old Soviet missiles to a new hypersonic missile "Zircon". Which, according to the journalists, the military and the head of state, is now being tested and may soon be accepted for

Not in service? .. If we discard some conventions, the Zircon can be called the most enigmatic and mysterious example of Russian weapons. Judge for yourself: we have long been shown the "Armata" and have already presented the first serial Su-57. Saw "mere mortals" and other new items of the Russian military-industrial complex: X-47M2

Naval stagnation What the naval forces now represent, perhaps no one will undertake to say. Especially after the annexation of Crimea by Russia. According to data from open sources, after the action in Crimea, nine of the 18 main warships of the Ukrainian Navy and nine

Take and combine Everyone probably knows the story of the French "Mistrals" - large universal amphibious assault ships (UDC), which Russia never received. It may be recalled: back in 2010, Russia and France announced the conclusion of a deal for the construction of two Mistrals for the Russian Navy at

"Burning" Tensions in East Asia are growing every year. Here are the relations of South Korea with the DPRK, and the claims of the Koreans to the Japanese, connected with the Second World War. And vice versa. And, of course, the geopolitical struggle between the PRC and the United States. Earlier, by the way, experts calculated that now through

Cold Sea War It is difficult to say where regional interests end and geopolitical ones begin. Partly because the economic and political situation in the world is constantly changing. In our time, the South China Sea has become the busiest sea crossroads on the planet and the new "Great

From the author. Since the time of the described events, a lot has changed in our life. Naturally, the Pacific Fleet could not stay away from what was happening. The squadron is long gone. Almost all the ships mentioned in the article are either scrapped, or stand in a sludge, from which they have never

There are many stories and assessments about the tsarist shipbuilding of the late 19th - early 20th centuries, both enthusiastic and very hard-hitting. The main complaints about domestic shipbuilding are the slow speed of ship construction, low quality of construction and, most importantly, significant

As it became known after the war, the army ciphers of the Wehrmacht, simpler than the sea ones, were the first to be split by the Polish cryptanalysts headed by M. Rejewski. By 1939, they had even created Antienigma, a machine that could partially automate the decryption of intercepted German radio messages. V