May 21 - Pacific Fleet Day
21 May celebrates its holiday as a key component of Russia's defense in the Far East - the Red Banner Pacific Fleet ...
Iranian Navy and their ability to resist US AUG
Iranian naval forces: from submarine forces to coastal defense and naval aviation. The article also discusses the tasks that Iran sets for its Navy ...
Tsushima battle. What did Z.P. Rozhdestvensky, dividing the forces into two columns?
It's time to go to the analysis of the maneuvering of Russian ships until the beginning of the battle of the main forces ...
The birth of the cruiser "Medzhidiye"
The fate of the cruiser "Medzhidiye", which repeatedly changed names and even descended to the bottom of the Black Sea, gave him nearly half a century of service. During this time, the ship witnessed the collapse of several empires and ...
Day of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy
The history of the Baltic Fleet is inextricably linked with the history of our country. May 18 celebrates the Day of the Baltic Fleet, the oldest among all the existing fleets of Russia ...
Family amphibious machines FNSS ZAHA (Turkey)
At the recent IDEF-2019 exhibition, Turkish industry presented for the first time an amphibious transporter FNSS ZAHA. This machine is intended for operation on a promising universal landing ...
Import "stuffing" of the Russian ships: again on the same rake
The collapse of the USSR led to the loss of shipboard engineering in Russia. Today it is necessary to re-create this production. To speed up the equipment of ships under construction, you can first develop ...
The ideological impasse of the Russian fleet? No, the Russian society!
Our society must understand what it wants from the Navy. Not why the fleet is needed, but what should he give ...
Why ZP Rozhdestvensky not used cruisers "Pearl" and "Emerald" in Tsushima for other purposes?
The next morning the Russians discovered the old Japanese armored cruiser Izumi next to the squadron. The passive role of "Pearl" and "Emerald" can be explained if all intentions are clear ...
About the frigates of the 22350M project in the light of the latest news
Victory Day gave us a festive mood, as well as good news for everyone who is interested in the state of the fleet. The plans for the rearmament of the Navy involve the construction of twelve frigates of the project ...
Ramform. "Floating irons"
Seismographic vessels like Ramform Titan have a distinctive feature: the shape of their hull resembles an iron ...
Day of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia
Even a dozen years ago, only inveterate optimists could have imagined that after Ukrainian timelessness, Sevastopol would return to Russia again ....
Point of support. What is more useful for the fleet: one nuclear cruiser or three frigates?
The capabilities of TARKR are somehow losing, in some ways they are not inferior, and in some respects they are significantly superior to those of the three ships of the 22350 project ...
APKR "Severodvinsk" handed over to the Navy with critical for combat effectiveness
APKR "Severodvinsk" (project 885 "Ash") and its deficiencies. Anti-torpedo protection of submarines of the Russian Navy is not. Will we have an admiral who will solve the existing problems? ...
Is TARKR modernization "Admiral Nakhimov" worth the money?
In comparison with the three TARKR frigates, the Admiral Nakhimov is a real floating arsenal. The cruiser will have eighty UKK cells, ninety-two (probably) SAMS mines ...
Glorious brig "Mercury": a feat and memory
The small rocket ship of the 22800 "Karakurt" project will soon be part of the Russian Navy. The ship will receive the name "Mercury". This name is associated with the decree of Nicholas I. The brig "Mercury", which will be discussed, was laid ...
The “Grand Fleet” of the USSR: scope and price
The fourth shipbuilding program of the Soviet Union was distinguished by two features: it was the first Soviet construction program of the “Big Fleet” and the last one approved in the USSR before the war ...
New ships laid. Not without major surprises
Laid 23 on April 2019, the BDK is fundamentally different from what we know as the 11711 project. Frigates, apparently, will also be different ...
Nuclear reactor for NNSL. Will “Poseidon” lay Dollezhal's egg?
Submarine device "Poseidon". Weapons that caused a lot of controversy. Can it become a source of technology for the submarine fleet? Is there a potential for equipping non-nuclear submarines with small-sized ...
What is wrong with the “newest” PMK of the 12700 project?
In the existing form of the PMC of the 12700 project - a ship "before the first mine" with a modern non-contact fuse, on which either he or his only self-propelled underwater vehicle will explode ...
The night before Tsushima. Why did the hospital ships give out the location of the Russian squadron with lights?
In the course of working with materials about how the last days of the Russian squadrons passed before the Tsushima battle, the author first drew attention to some absurdities in our usual interpretation of detection ...
Frigates and BDK instead of aircraft carriers and atomic destroyers
Reflections on naval news ...
The battle in the northern waters. Time to sum up
The consequences of the "sea battle", in which the naval forces of NATO and the Russian Navy caused themselves serious losses ...
What is wrong with our minesweepers?
Questions of the critical state of the mine defense of the Navy have been raised many times, however, the current mine action forces are not capable against the modern mine threat and have a military-technical backlog ...