Project 21630 "Buyan" - a small artillery ship
The project of the river ship of the new generation, which received the number 21630 and the cipher "Buyan", was developed by the Zelenodolsk PKB enterprise (FSUE) under the leadership of the chief designer Ya. E. Kushnir, ...
The commander of the Baltic fleet is optimistic about the future
At the last meeting of the officers of the naval formations and units of the marine fleet, the commander of the Baltic Fleet, Vice Admiral Viktor Chirkov made a rather optimistic statement. "AT...
Project 21631 "Buyan-M" - a small rocket ship
The 21631 project was designed by Zelenodolsk PKB enterprise under the leadership of the chief designer Ya.E. Kushnir on the basis of the project Buyn 21630, scientific and technical support ...
The weapon of the century. Top ships
The most powerful non-launching ship today is the Russian nuclear cruiser Peter the Great, which belongs to the 1114 Orlan cruiser series. The first ship of this project, a heavy nuclear missile ...
Russian frigates: project 22350
According to the armament program for 2011 – 2020 years, the Russian Navy will receive frigates of the 22350 project. Total for this period plan to build 10 frigates of this project. These are the first domestic ...
Will Kiev still launch the construction program for the 58250 corvettes?
The Ukrainian Navy before 2021 will receive four new ships of the Corvette class. This, according to ITAR-TASS, said the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Mikhail Yezhel. According to the Minister of Defense, the total volume ...
Fleet is preparing a new Tsushima
Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov makes a third attempt to survive from Moscow Navy Headquarters. The entire staff of the headquarters was ordered to pack their bags, by decision of Anatoly Serdyukov in the summer ...
What will be the new fleet of Russia
Deputy Minister of Defense Vladimir Popovkin, voicing the details of the formation of the State Armaments Program for 2011 – 2020, outlined the prospects for re-equipping the Russian Navy. According to him...
Russian frigates: project 11356
According to the plan of the State Armament Program for 2011-2020, the Russian Navy should include five or six ships of Project 11356. From 1999 to 2004, it was built and commissioned in ...
The weapon of the century. Top Submarines
This story is like a legend. But the fact that the Alpha, practically invulnerable to the weapons of that time, literally turned all the ideas of the Americans about the submarine fleet and anti-submarine ...
What does the fleet of the future look like?
On March 4, the Izvestia Media Center will sum up the results of the first All-Russian industrial design competition in shipbuilding "Building the Fleet of a Strong Country", organized by ...
Russia may be left without the Mistral
Negotiations between Russia and France on the purchase of Mistral helicopter carriers have stalled. The parties can not agree on the cost of the ships - from the initial? 980 million, it can grow to? 1,24 billion. Now ...
Submarine aircraft carriers of the Japanese Empire
During the Second World War, special large-sized submarines were built in the Japanese Imperial Navy for the transportation of seaplanes. Seaplanes were stored in folded form in a special ...
The Russian fleet is promised 100 new warships up to 2020 year
According to RIA Novosti, First Deputy Minister of Defense for Armaments, Vladimir Popovkin, said that the purchase of ships will be carried out within the framework of the state armaments program for 2011-2020 years and ...
Strategic shortcomings of the Russian fleet (World Politics Review, USA)
Naval power is characterized by interchangeability and efficiency. Due to the relative openness of the sea spaces, ships and fleets can move between ports and crisis zones, leading ...
The current state and development prospects of the modern Turkish surface naval forces
The Turkish Navy currently has complete superiority over any state in the Black Sea basin. This is especially noticeable in the field of underwater Navy of Turkey in ...
European artillery installations will be installed on Russian ships
In the past few years, purchases of the Russian Federation abroad of armaments and technologies of military significance have become more active. A batch of unmanned vehicles was purchased in Israel, a contract was signed for the construction ...
Turkish submarine fleet - the undivided lord of the depths of the Black Sea
10 January 2011 Turkey signed a loan agreement in the amount of 2,19 billion euros (2,9 billion dollars) to finance the construction of six submarines. Back in 2009, Istanbul signed with ...
"Submarine killer" enters the service of the Northern Fleet
In the near future, the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation will receive a long-awaited completion in their submarine ranks. The newest Russian multi-purpose nuclear submarine of the fourth will appear on the fleet's submarines list ...
New American submarines arm Trident missiles
The US Navy, in whose interests a new strategic nuclear submarine SSBN (X) is being created, intends to arm it with Trident II D5 ballistic missiles, according to Defense Aerospace. SSBN (X), ...
Lady of the depths
Nuclear-powered submarines remain in the arsenals of only the most militarily powerful states born as a class of warships in the 19th century, recognized in ...
China completes restoration of Varyag aircraft carrying cruiser
China has almost completed the restoration of the ex-Soviet Varyag heavy aircraft carrier acquired in 1998 year. The cruiser will be used for training personnel and as a ...
Submarines will become invisible
According to scientists from the University of Illinois, they managed to create a special coating that in the future could make submarines completely invisible to sonars and other sonar ...
Frigates project 22350
The Russian Navy will receive the first 22350 frigate in the 2011 year. The lead ship of the series “Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov” has already been launched and this year, after passing a series of tests, will ...