Fleet 2024, November

"Admiral Kuznetsov", "Liaoning", "Nimitz": who is worth what According to the degree of compliance of the ship's combat effectiveness with its purpose, our aircraft carrier is inferior to the "American" in local conflicts by about 14 percent, in a large-scale war - about 10 percent. At the same time, "Kuznetsov" is superior in the same

The recently appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Korolev, said that the combat strength of the Russian Navy by 2018 will be replenished with more than 50 ships. "I would like to emphasize that over the three years - from 2013 to 2016 - we introduced 42 combat

The declassified performance characteristics of the new Russian missiles shocked the West And we have such ships, thanks to the Soviet military-industrial complex. Cruisers of projects 1144 and 1164 require only

In the turmoil of events in the Greater Middle East, shaken by bloody military conflicts, and volatility on global economic platforms, which has a strong negative impact on the developed and developing countries of the world, an event that is capable of

They appeared in one of the most difficult periods of the Great Patriotic War - April 3, 1942 The Russian Naval Guard traces its history back to the first quarter of the 19th century. The first naval unit of the Russian Imperial Guard - the Guards Crew - was formed only in 1810, for 110 years

The auxiliary fleet of the Russian Navy needs urgent replenishment

On March 29, 1823, the first combat steamer of the Russian Navy "Meteor" was laid down. The first steamer in Russia was built back in 1815. Three years later, the Baltic Fleet received its first steam ship, and two years later the first steamer appeared in the Black Sea Fleet. However, these were

The end of 2015 - the beginning of 2016 were marked by an unprecedented number of announcements of promising naval weapons from representatives of the military-industrial complex and naval commanders of the Russian Federation. FlotProm has collected in one material everything that is known about the planned appearance of the Russian Navy of the XXI model

The unique deep-sea search and rescue vehicle AS-40 Bester-1, built at the Admiralty shipyards, which are part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, before the arrival of the new vessel Igor Belousov in the Pacific Fleet, performs tasks while on board the Alagez

The aircraft carriers Queen Elizabeth (background) and Prince of Wales (foreground) under construction for the British Navy in Rosyte, January 2016. Queen Elizabeth is scheduled to be delivered to the British Navy in 2017, and Prince of Wales - ahead of schedule in 2019 (c) Aircraft Carrier Alliance (via

Who will prevail in a real battleFor a comparative assessment of the missile cruiser "Moskva" one could take the destroyer URO of the "Orly Burke" type, but this is still a ship of a different class, albeit close in terms of armament and displacement

The US Navy will soon receive the first destroyer of a new type with missile armament on board, which gave the name to the entire class of ships - "Zamvolt". This week began his trials at sea. The destroyer belongs to a fundamentally new generation of weapons created by

An ice squad is conducting a transit battle. At the end of January, the results of the competition "Technical and economic model of the Northern Sea Route" were summed up. The revival of the Arctic is one of the strategic directions of Russian policy. But in order to ensure our constant presence in high latitudes, it is necessary to lead to

The "VPK" correspondent followed in the footsteps of the Caspian monster Veterans of our fleet and shipbuilding proudly recall what a stir in NATO caused Soviet ekranoplanes - uncontrolled air defense systems, low-flying, all-weather multi-purpose vehicles: missile attack carriers, landing

On March 12, 1974, the D-9 sea-based missile system with the R-29 missile was adopted. The sixties of the last century marked the beginning of active work on equipping submarines with ballistic missiles (SLBMs). He was the first to launch such a rocket (R11-FM) in September 1955 from an underwater

"Killer aircraft carriers" cost ten times cheaper than the aircraft carriers themselves If diesel-electric submarines were colloquially called "diving" because of the need for frequent surfacing to recharge batteries, then with the advent of nuclear power, the question arose about a purely submarine ship with a large

On March 5, 1927, the first Soviet submarines were laid down in Leningrad, which became the first-born of the USSR's submarine construction. At the end of the 1920s, the question of modernizing the fleet was raised in the Soviet Union. The construction of new large ships was impossible without the creation of a powerful industrial and

The Soviet Union was actively exploring the Arctic, building airfields and military camps in the northern possessions, but that era is long gone. Due to the end of the Cold War, most of the infrastructure was abandoned, leaving only environmental pollution in the form, for example, of the notorious diesel barrels. V

The Russo-Japanese War was the first military conflict in world history, in which submarines, a new type of warships, took part. Individual cases and attempts to use submarines for military purposes were recorded earlier, but only by the end of the 19th century, the development of science and technology allowed

In early 2012, the Cape Verdean Coast Guard commissioned the small patrol ship Guardião, which was built according to the Stanaxe 5009 project by a shipbuilding company in Holland. Its distinctive feature is the use of the contours of the bow of the hull, which are referred to as

The Russian defense industry continues to implement new projects in the field of mine and torpedo weapons. Not so long ago it became known about the receipt of new results in this area: based on the results of all the necessary tests, a promising torpedo, known under the code

The aircraft carriers of Great Britain, Italy and Japan (“Who versus the Queen”) were considered in comparison with each other, as they are equipped (or will be equipped) with vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Earlier, the American "Nimitz", the Chinese "Liaoning" and "Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet" were compared

As soon as Ukraine, in the process of the collapse of the Soviet Union, declared its independence, the question immediately arose about the further ownership of the Black Sea Fleet of the USSR Navy - one of the most strategically important fleets, which covered the southern borders of the USSR from the sea and was capable of

Submarines for the transport of naval special forces are launched from dry dock cameras installed on submarines of the US Navy On such a torpedo they were mounted

Do Russia need aircraft carriers? The history of the creation and construction of aircraft carriers of the USSR and Russia is deeply dramatic and in many respects tragic. Despite the fact that the leadership of the Soviet fleet in the distant 1920s realized the enormous potential of this new type of ships in the war at sea

“I want to wish the crew of this boat that they always defeat the enemy in the same way that our army, our great people will always defeat him,” Turchinov emphasized. The launching ceremony took place at the Leninskaya Kuznya plant, where the boat was built. The plant, by the way, belongs to the President of Ukraine Peter

The Chinese aircraft carrier program is gradually gaining momentum. Although it is still a long way from the commissioning of a new Chinese aircraft carrier, more and more new messages concerning relevant projects are already being received. Not so long ago, Chinese shipbuilders announced the beginning of research and development

Modern submarines were, are and will be formidable carriers of various weapons. They perform assigned tasks in 2/3 of the world. The boundaries for the movement of submarines have not yet been invented. And although we are proud of large nuclear submarine missile carriers, the basis of submarine warfare is carried out by

The Russian fleet is being revived. Sailors, creators of maritime technology of all generations and ordinary citizens of Russia greet the Day of the Navy, which the country will celebrate next Sunday, with optimism

The end of the 20th century marked the end of an entire era, the collapse of the country laid a heavy burden on the shoulders of the people, affected all spheres of society, from agriculture and housing and communal services, to mechanical engineering and science. As for the armed forces, the collapse of the system and the subsequent collapse of industry led the army to

The emblem of the project W76-2 In accordance with earlier decisions, the Pentagon began to deploy the latest thermonuclear warheads of reduced power W76 Mod. 2 (W76-2). Trident II missiles with such combat equipment were recently loaded onto one of the US Navy submarines. She is now on

The USNS Hershel "Woody" Williams ESB4 was inaugurated at the Port of San Diego, California on February 23rd. Nearly all the resources reporting on this event focus on the ship's size, which is truly impressive. Hershel "Woody"

Not so long ago, the site raised the question of what can be installed on French Mistral-type UDCs. Without dividing the "dead cat" between themselves, the two sides did the following: Russia decided to build large ships not on the territory of Ukraine, and Ukraine refused to buy Russian weapons for

Several "Centaurs" At the end of May this year, representatives of the Ukrainian shipbuilding enterprise "Kuznya na Rybalskoy", as part of the next stage of factory tests, checked the technical and seaworthy characteristics of the assault assault boat "Centaur" in the Black Sea. Thus, the ship's

Yes, all of this can be counted in the category of peremogi. A number of media outlets, referring to sources from the Ministry of Defense, happily reported that “domestic industrialists, suppliers and the fleet continue to work in the sanctions regime, diversifying the supply of engines.” It is very difficult to say what industrialists are doing there

Continuing to talk about the future of our fleet, from the very beginning it is worth noting the main point that surfaced: none of the high-ranking officials can say, even approximately today, what naval construction will look like at all, and whether it will be at all

Model of the corvette pr. 11664. Photo Bmpd.livejournal.comIn the interests of the Russian navy, new warships of all main classes are being developed, and several similar projects were recently presented to the country's leadership. On January 9, an exhibition dedicated to the development prospects was held in Sevastopol

The United States is actively engaged in the direction of unmanned surface ships for various purposes. One of the most interesting projects of this kind is the construction of an autonomous anti-submarine defense boat known as the ACTUV / MDUSV / Sea Hunter. While this BEC is under testing, but in

The Soviet nuclear submarine of Project 705 "Lira" has become the pinnacle of the food chain in the underwater world. Like a shark. Thanks to revolutionary technical solutions, the submarine could catch up and hit any target, but no one could hit it. The creation of Alfa (the name of the nuclear submarine according to NATO classification) changed the world

Recently, new plans were announced to upgrade the submarine forces of the Navy. According to the latest data, after the completion of the current construction of new submarines for the Black Sea Fleet, a similar project will start, as a result of which the Pacific Fleet will receive new submarines. Besides