Japan plans to build giant missile defense ships
Japan's Ministry of Defense has provided more details on plans to build two capital ships as part of a broader missile defense program. Ships should replace installation plans...
Auxiliary propulsion of frigates of the type "Oliver Perry"
The Oliver Perry-class URO frigates were hardly ever in the news, always somewhere in the bottom half of the core US Navy. However, one of their features, although it was at one time ...
American analysts: by 2030, the Chinese Navy can catch up and overtake the American fleet
By the end of the decade, China could have five aircraft carriers and 60 cruisers and destroyers, which would dramatically change the picture in the Pacific...
IRGC Navy Receives Shahid Soleimani Catamaran Rocket Ship
The IRGC Navy received the lead ship of the Shahid Soleimani type, armed with missiles and artillery of various types. In the foreseeable future, the construction of several more such ships is expected to be completed ....
Mysterious navigation screen on a Sturgeon-class submarine that shouldn't be there
When it comes to military equipment, especially from such a sensitive area as underwater, from time to time pictures of something pop up literally out of nowhere that you didn’t even suspect that ...
The Ghost Fleet Overlord Experimental Squad has been replenished with a new unmanned vessel USV Mariner
An experimental unmanned vessel USV Mariner has been launched in the United States. It was built as part of the Ghost Fleet Overlord program and is intended to test advanced technologies....
USS Preble is the first US Navy destroyer equipped with a HELIOS laser
The USS Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Preble received a High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance System (HELIOS) in service. This is the first of...
The concept of the strategic submarine missile cruiser "Arktur"
At the Army-2022 forum, the concept of a promising SSBN called Arctur was first presented. It is designed for the distant future and therefore is based on the most daring and interesting ideas....
On the protection of Russian dreadnoughts from the detonation of ammunition
Did the fate of the British battlecruisers that exploded in the battle of Jutland threaten the Russian dreadnoughts ...
New trendsetter: either a cruiser or a destroyer of project 055
Chinese warship project 055 as a role model...
Naval Doctrine of Russia: Translation in Meaning and Money
The New Naval Doctrine of Russia: new provisions, new thoughts, new money and old ships...
US in pursuit of a new fleet that will make the country great again
The decline of the US Navy forces desperate decisions...
Current checks and future development: SSBN "Generalissimo Suvorov" on factory tests
Strategic missile submarine "Generalissimo Suvorov" began factory sea trials. These activities are planned to be completed in the coming months, and at the end of the year the submarine will...
New weapons and new features. Modernization of the nuclear submarine "Tigr" and the entire "animal division"
Next year, the nuclear submarine K-154 "Tiger" will return to service. Currently, it is undergoing repairs and modernization, as a result of which it will receive new opportunities....
Drone carrier: aircraft carrier laughter and tears in Turkish
The latest Turkish UDC "Anadolu": more questions than answers...
Nuclear submarine "Krasnoyarsk" goes to the test
Another nuclear submarine of project 885M "Ash-M" goes to the test. Over the next few months, the submarine cruiser "Krasnoyarsk" will confirm the design characteristics and this year may become part of ...
The failure of the old concept of the Russian fleet
The fleet must be combat-ready, and in order to ensure this very combat readiness, it is paramount that in peacetime the command regularly assesses changes in the geopolitical situation, technical ...
Own experience and borrowings. Aircraft carrier Fujian
China has launched its third aircraft carrier. After completion of construction afloat and passing the tests of the ship, "Fujian" will replenish the combat strength of the PLA Navy and significantly increase their overall ...
Mobilization ship for the Navy under sanctions
Sanctions will soon stop the production of Project 22350 frigates, Project 20380 and 20385 corvettes, BDK, Project 22160 patrol ships and much more. What to do? There is only one option...
Do we need helicopter carriers?
The need to create a helicopter carrier is determined by the tasks facing the armed forces of the country in general and its navy in particular. Of course, the task of fighting submarines ...
Samurai revive carrier-based aviation
The conversion of the second destroyer, the Kaga helicopter carrier, into an aircraft carrier has begun...
SSBN "Prince Oleg": from acceptance into the Navy to the start of duty
At the very end of last year, the new strategic missile submarine Knyaz Oleg entered the Russian Navy. Now its crew holds various events and...
The doctor said - to the morgue, then to the morgue!
When it is wrongly tailored, and even loosely sewn, it is an American littoral ship ...
U.S. Navy auxiliary ship MV Carolyn Chouest. Long service and close retirement
The U.S. Navy plans to retire the support vessel MV Carolyn Chouest. Since the mid-nineties, it has been actively used to solve special problems, but now it ...