For sea trials, a rescue ship "Igor Belousov" of the 21300 project is being prepared. The main task of this vessel will be to participate in operations to rescue the crews of submarines, as well as ensuring the work ...

In October of this year, the Swedish Navy tried to find in the territorial waters of their country a kind of mysterious submarine, supposedly of the Russian Navy. Various assumptions have been made about ...

Recently, we have increasingly had to ask the question: will we be able to build a Mistral-class ship ourselves? The answer is, of course we can. Another question is where? Answer unequivocally on ...

During the late “cold war”, the General Staff of Japan considered two options for the development of events in the event of a global confrontation between the USA and the USSR. The first included a reflection of the Soviet landing on ...

Hello, caught up with us here melancholy the day before, showing how many warships were written off from the fleet, starting with the 2000 year. Let's look at the reverse trend. How many big warships ...

BDK project 1174 type "Ivan Rogov" had many flaws, therefore, at the direction of the Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Navy, Admiral S.G. Gorshkov Nevsky Design Bureau began the development of a full-fledged ...

The concept of a destroyer for operations in the World Ocean is being worked out. A prospective Russian Navy ship for operations in the far sea and ocean zones is supposed to be classified as a destroyer. Their...

The Caspian Sea will always remain a strategically important area for Russia - both from an economic and military point of view. Its natural resources and geographical location are in ...

The power of the navy is directly dependent on the ships carrying a variety of weapons. However, warships cannot work independently and need a wide range of different ...

The development of this class of ships clearly shows the progress of the Chinese military shipbuilding. Yes, Chinese shipbuilders borrow and buy samples of weapons, electronics; adopting technology ...

I continue to post a series of photo reviews of the ships of the Russian Navy. At this time, warships and boats, submarines and support vessels, which are in reserve or put into conservation, are presented, and ...

A sad sight will come to your attention: the ships are on their last legs, the ships that will never take to sea. Time has power over everything, and the lack of proper care and maintenance is only ...

12 November 1960 of the year, the first nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine on board the K-19, which was called "Hiroshima", was introduced into the USSR Navy. It took the Soviet military industrial complex one and a half ...

The US military is known for its love of reporting. So, about once a month, the naval forces release the NAVSEA Inactive Ship Inventory document, which lists ships and vessels of the Navy, ...

Multipurpose submarines are rightfully considered the main threat and the main striking force of modern fleets. They slide silently in the depths, ready at any moment to bite their teeth into the bottom of an enemy ship or ...

The idea of ​​creating surface ships with a nuclear power plant (AES) arose from the Soviet military-political leadership in the second half of the 1950-s. However, the first attempt has traditionally come out ...

On Friday, the 24 of October, the heavy nuclear missile cruiser (TARK) "Admiral Nakhimov" (formerly named "Kalinin") was transferred from the wall of Sevmash, where it was located from the 1999 of the year, to the bulk basin of ...

A huge diesel-electric submarine can replace other submarines due to its low visibility and high efficiency. The concept of a new submarine aims to replace nuclear submarines. AT...

In the past few weeks, on the background of events in the Baltic Sea, discussions of Soviet / Russian projects of small submarines began again. A similar technique designed to perform ...

The Bofors 57 Mk 3 ship cannon, currently in service with the US Navy and Coast Guard under the designation Mk 110, is the newest version of the family leaving ...

The Pacific is strategically important for several states. In the foreseeable future, it may become an arena for the confrontation between China and the United States, as well as their allies. In particular, the situation ...

This article is a tribute to disputes about the need to book the ends of cruisers and battle ships of the first half of the twentieth century. How dangerous was the damage to the nasal tip of the ships? To what ...

An exhibition of naval armaments and Euronaval-2014 equipment opened in France on Monday. The pavilions of the exhibition demonstrate the latest developments in the field of naval forces, as well as being announced ...

Despite the budgetary constraints, France is committed to the superiority of its ocean fleet, capable of projecting naval power on the waves, unnoticed under water and air strikes. Budget ...