The lead patrol ship of the new Project 23550 is preparing for testing and will be able to enter service with the Navy by the end of the year. It will be followed by several similar pennants designed to improve...

US Navy strategy and maintaining global leadership. Directions for the construction and improvement of the US submarine fleet in the near future...

The US Navy is mastering the latest shipborne radar system AN/SPY-6. For now it is installed on only one destroyer, but in the future all new and modernized ones will receive such equipment...

Tubes arr. 1883 War Department and mod. 1894 of the Navy Department were intended for high-explosive shells filled with gunpowder. The 11DM fuse can be considered as an analogue of the above...

The US Navy plans to replace 20mm automatic cannons on ships with missiles...

Consider the tests of Krupp armor in 1896–1899...

The story about Russian shells of the early 20th century will be incomplete without a description of the fuses used during the Russo-Japanese War...

We continue to study the durability of Garvey armor...

The construction of patrol ships, Project 22160, continues. In the near future, another hull of this type will be launched and, after carrying out the remaining activities, will be included in the combat strength of the Navy....

From the first to the last day of World War II, the newest minesweepers of the 1935 type were an important element of the German fleet. They were used not only for the detection and destruction of mines, their installation and...

Two Algol-class transport vessels, which are also among the world's fastest cargo ships of their size, and two other Reserve Fleet vessels were in the Port of Baltimore when...

Why did domestic experts rate the quality of Harvey armor so low...

Does the US Navy have enough aircraft carriers to deter adversaries and prevail in a potential conflict with Russia or China?...

The Fritz pierced the seven decks like sheets of foil. A moment later, the bottom was knocked out - and the bomb buried itself in the water column. There its fuse woke up - 320 kilograms of ammotol shook the cruiser and went out...

Let's begin to consider the comparative durability of Harvey's and Krupp's armor...

It became known that the heavy SSBN “Dmitry Donskoy” was withdrawn from the Navy’s combat service and will be disposed of. Such plans have predictably been criticized, and it is proposed to find another ship for the deserved ship...

Active-passive system for protecting surface ships from BEC kamikazes...

The US Navy is again faced with kamikaze boats threatening surface ships and ships. A naval artillery system is being considered as a simple and effective means of combating them...

Following in the footsteps of the 2021 article in 2024 in light of recent events...

Many researchers trace the origins of chemical weapons to antiquity, usually citing the siege of Plataea in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. We will talk to you about the Crimean War, and about...

In 1987, while in the Persian Gulf, the frigate USS Stark received two missiles on board....

Sweden has announced a new package of military aid for Ukraine. The central place in it is occupied by two types of high-speed boats designed for transporting manpower....

12-inch high-explosive projectile of the Russian Navy, model 1894: creation, combat use and evaluation...

The United States seriously believes that in addition to the main combat fleet, another one is needed: a combat fleet of unmanned ships...

300 years ago the first domestic submarine was built and tested. “Hidden vessel” designed by E.P. Nikonov was not perfect, but showed the fundamental possibility of a solution...

In the article by Richard Thomas, in addition to the well-known facts about the Royal Navy, new seditious thoughts were voiced...

An attempt to comprehend American aircraft carriers mathematically...

How did the forerunners of real frigates appear? If the history of the English frigate is known and told many times, then the appearance of the first frigates among the Dunkirk corsairs is simply white for our reader...

When designing land and naval artillery, our engineers took, perhaps, the best path possible...

Modernization of destroyers of the Arli Bjork type, block II A...

The US Navy is planning to build three new EMS-class hospital ships. They will be carried out according to a new project based on the existing EPF high-speed catamaran transport from Austal USA....

On the Internet I came across a photo of the British destroyer Bristol. To be honest, I thought that he had been put on pins and needles for a long time, but it turned out that even before the end of the 10s he was performing a function...