Multi-purpose speedboat BL-680Р
Multipurpose speedboats onboard BL-680R rigid inflatable structures are actively used in Russia since 2005. Convenient layout allows you to safely place on the boat to 8 people or ...
Ultra Small Type A Submarines (Japan)
During World War II, Japan had one of the most powerful fleets in the world. As part of the Imperial fleet there was a well-developed submarine group, equipped with various techniques ...
Ultra Small XE Submarines (UK)
23 September 1943 of the year, the British submariners-saboteurs who operated the ultra-small “X” submarines, during Operation Source, seriously damaged the German battleship Tirpitz. Four mines totaling eight ...
The return of armadillos
The modern fleet is in demand for all the achievements of materials science and the experience of tank building One of the distinguishing features of modern military shipbuilding is the almost complete rejection of booking ...
Spanish "Varangians"
3 July 1898, near the Santiago Bay in Cuba, something like what happened after more than five years on the opposite side of the globe - at Chemulpo Bay. Spanish squadron Admiral ...
Ultra-Small X Submarines (UK)
In 1940 and 1941, the Nazi German naval forces received two battleships of the Bismarck type. The ships "Bismarck" and "Tirpitz", acting together with other fleet forces, seriously impeded ...
Rapid patrol boat project 03160 "Raptor"
15 August 2013, the first high-speed patrol boat built according to the 03160 Raptor project was launched. This boat was designed by the specialists of Leningrad Shipbuilding ...
Soviet naval radar in World War II
Radar as a new scientific and technical direction emerged in the Soviet Union in the early thirties. Its appearance is due to the need to improve the reliability of the country's air defense, as ...
Ultra Biber Submarines (Germany)
At the final stage of the Second World War, Nazi German naval commanders tried to change the course of the fighting at sea with the help of human-controlled torpedoes and ultra-small submarines of several types ....
Singapore Boat "Specialized Marine Craft" (SMC)
According to Jane's Defense Weekly magazine, the Singapore Navy has declassified information about its new high-speed stealth special mission boat SMC, which is designed to...
Ultra small Seehund type submarines (Germany)
In 1943, Nazi Germany acquired two British ultra-small submarines of type X. These trophies interested the command of the naval forces, resulting in the appearance of several ...
Ultra small submarines project Molch (Germany)
At the end of 1943, Nazi Germany became interested in the subject of ultra-small submarines. Such a technique, as expected, could help preserve an acceptable Kriegsmarine potential without the need ...
"Young was not young." What is the point in modernizing the nuclear Orlans?
Energy saving light bulbs and “retrofits” are slowly becoming a thing of the past. And now we will talk about the ship. About the world's largest non-aircraft-carrying combat ship, which has to go through an intense ...
Ultra small submarines like Hecht (Germany)
20-22 September 1943, the Royal Navy of Great Britain attempted to destroy several German ships that were in one of the Norwegian fjords. In operation Source ...
New search and rescue vessels in the service of the Russian Navy
According to official information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in 2015, the Russian Navy will receive more than 10 rescue vessels of various types, the construction of which is envisaged ...
Corvettes: today and tomorrow
At the end of the last century and since the beginning of the new millennium, there has been a tendency to reduce the world ship composition of military fleets. This is due to two main factors: rapid growth ...
The time of the "sacred cows" leaves
Jerry Hendrix and Dave Majumdar were not the first to raise the topic of the expediency of further building aircraft carriers for the US Navy. Discussions on this topic are conducted by naval specialists for several ...
Do it yourself
The aircraft carrier project "Storm" is able to provide basing to 90 aircraft. For their take-off there are just two springboards and two electromagnetic catapults, and for landing - an aerofinisher. This...
Ultra Small Submarines Project CB (Italy)
In the late thirties, the Italian shipbuilding industry took up the creation of ultra-small submarines. The first project appeared CA, not satisfied with the military. Submarines of this type were ...
Ultra Small Submarines CA Type (Italy)
From the mid-thirties, the Italian navy was engaged in the development of special means for divers-saboteurs. Under the new program, so-called. human-guided torpedoes, ...
Man-controlled torpedoes of the Chariot family (UK)
Since August 1940, the Italian Navy has attempted to attack British ships with the help of the so-called. human-controlled torpedoes SLC Maiale. The ratio of forces in the Mediterranean ...
Oceanographic ship project 22010 "Cruises"
Oceanographic research vessel project 22010 code of work "Cruys" was created by the Central Maritime Design Bureau (TSMKB) "Almaz" in St. Petersburg. Chief Designer - Alexander ...
Man-controlled torpedo Hase (Germany)
Until the very end of the war, German industry did not abandon attempts to make a “vundervaffe” capable of changing the situation on the fronts. For example, the testing of two prototypes of human-controlled torpedo Hai ...
How is the "underwater Baikonur"
While the military world is digesting the appearance of revolutionary Armata tanks and other ground equipment in Russia, the domestic defense-construction complex continues to build nuclear ...