By the time the magnificent four Iowas were decommissioned (1990-92), the era of capital ships had long been gathering dust on the shelves of archives and the stands of naval museums. The last artillery battle ...

Launch of the Izumo helicopter carrier destroyer on the 68 anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing (6 August 2013). With a length of 248 meters and a total displacement of 27 thousand tons, Izumo became the most ...

The ability to penetrate into the depths of the sea and quietly wedge into the enemy defenses. Choose the best place and time to attack. Survive without significant defense costs, using ...

In addition to the Spanish fleet, the Navantia shipbuilding group sold its LCM-1E fast landing craft under the designation LCM to the Australian (12 units) and Turkish fleets (4 units). In both fleets ...

The Argentine aircraft carrier "Veintisinko de Mayo" ("25 of May", Veinticinco de Mayo) - a ship with a very ironic fate. Built in Britain, he fought against his former homeland, after which ...

December 24 The combat strength of the naval forces of the Republic of China has replenished with the first ship of the new project. The solemn ceremony was held at the base of the Navy Suao. It is alleged that the new ship ...

... The Americans nevertheless managed to put into operation their last remaining AUG in the North Atlantic, which threatened considerable losses to our merchant fleet with its outdated weapons. At that time...

As it became known after the war, the army ciphers of the Wehrmacht, simpler than the sea, before all split Polish cryptanalysts, headed by M. Rejewski. By 1939, they even created ...

Corvette is a class of warships intended for guard and patrol service in the coastal zone. The main objectives of the corvettes is patrolling and anti-submarine defense of the coast. It,...

December 20 on "IN" was published an article by Dmitry Yurov "The bitter truth about the" instant hit "US aircraft carriers." In the publication, the author in his usual manner of neglect of ...

India intends to develop its submarine fleet, including through cooperation with Russia. Recently it became known that the Indian Navy is considering the lease of a second nuclear submarine ...

Martin Mariner, or Martin PBM "Mariner" (mk 162), is an American twin-engine flying boat of the Second World War, which was designed by order of the US Navy. The boat could be used in ...

In March of next year in St. Petersburg it is planned to lay the lead icebreaker of the 21180 project for the Navy. As an informed source in the military-industrial complex told TASS, ...

New partnership depths may open up before Moscow and New Delhi. The program for India’s acquisition of six non-nuclear submarines on the 75I project represents a landmark event for the development ...

In December, the Border Guard Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia must receive several new ships and boats for the coast guard at once. And some of them - two new ships and six speedboats in ...

The rapid development of anti-ship weapons leads to the need to create appropriate means of protection. The main similar tool is anti-aircraft missile and artillery systems, ...

On April 7, 1970, completing military service in the Mediterranean and entering the Atlantic, the Soviet submarine K-8 of the project 627A headed for its northern base. Suddenly in her third compartment happened ...

The defining characteristic of the aircraft carrier’s combat power is not so much the total number of the wing as the speed with which this wing can be lifted into the air and proceed to execution ...

If you need a lot of attack missiles, and nowhere to place them, you need a new class of ships. The contradiction between the need for massive missile strikes and limited ammunition can be ...

Despite all the difficulties of the development of the 22350 project, associated with delays in funding, unification of the airborne test systems of firing systems into a common combat information and control system, as well as transmission and ...

27 November 2014 of the year at the shipyard owned by the shipbuilding company DSME, was the cutting ceremony of the first steel for the head of the new submarine of the South Korean Navy. It's about a big diesel electric ...

A modern large warship must have a layered air defense system that allows it to intercept targets in a large range of ranges and heights. Interception of objects on large and ...

All arguments about the future of the Navy are at the level of hypotheses and assumptions. There is a lack of objective information: one thing is said in official press releases, something else is being made, but what about ...

Everyone knows the aircraft designer A. N. Tupolev. Everyone knows his planes. Some people know that Tupolev was engaged in torpedo boats, but very few people know how this happened. Want...