Optical-electronic systems for the French fleet
For a long time, the French fleet has been recognized as a technological pioneer and leader in the operation of so-called "optronic" (optical-electronic) sensor systems on surface ships. This...
Construction of seaports of Russia
I offer you a photo review of new seaports built in Russia after 1992, as well as those currently under construction ...
Aircraft-carrying submarines of the "Sentoku" type (Japan)
Last December, scientists at the University of Hawaii (USA) reported an interesting find. At the end of the summer, conducting studies of the seabed, Hawaiian scientists discovered flooded in 1945 ...
Started repairing the missile cruiser "Admiral Nakhimov"
A few days ago, work under the project for the repair and modernization of the heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov (the 1144 Orlan project) went into the active phase. For several ...
Head minesweeper of the project "Alexandrite" will begin service in 2015 year
In mid-January, it became known about the change of plans for shipbuilding and the Ministry of Defense regarding the new minesweeper of the 12700 Alexandrite project. According to recent reports, the head ...
Anti-aircraft missile - on ships!
10 August 2008 was a group of Black Sea Fleet ships consisting of two BDKs (the flagship "Caesar Kunikov" and "Saratov") and two escort ships (MRC "Mirage" and MPK "Suzdalets") ...
Nautilus, conquering the ocean
Among the many hundreds, and perhaps thousands of different names that people throughout the history of navigation have given to their ships and vessels, there are those few that have become a legend forever. Ink,...
Fleet impact force
Battleship - abbreviated name of the battleship. The battleship is the largest, most powerful and balanced in all respects warship among modern ships of other classes. Battleship...
By submarine every year? Construction of diesel-electric submarines "Varshavyanka" for the Black Sea Fleet
In September, 2011, the Ministry of Russia and the United Shipbuilding Corporation signed a contract for the supply of six diesel-electric submarines (diesel-electric submarines) of the 636.3 Varshavyanka project. How...
Building ships for the Navy: plans and reality
The constant increase in funding for the armed forces, carried out under the current State Armaments Program, allows us to increase the pace of construction of new military equipment for various branches of the military ....
How many submarines did the yank have?
America ahead of the USSR for three years. In July, the 1958 of the year, when the first Russian atarin K-3 made the first movement towards the sea, the American "Nautilus" was already racing at full speed to ...
60 years ago the first nuclear submarine was launched
21 January 1954, exactly 60 years ago, the submarine fleet took a big step forward. On this day, the world's first nuclear submarine descended from the shipyard Groton in Connecticut. On the descent of the boat on the water ...
In Russia, for the first time disposed of ships atomic technology services
The State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM decided to dispose of four nuclear maintenance ships that had previously been withdrawn from the Northern Fleet ....
Are there any armor from the blows of fate?
Discussions on the subject of “projectile against armor” often bypass a number of important points, and as a result, the conclusions of the participants have an erroneous interpretation. A new round of discussion is intended to dispel some ...
"The Beast from the depths": foreign press about the submarine "Severodvinsk"
30 December last year, representatives of the Ministry of Defense signed the acceptance certificate for the multipurpose nuclear submarine K-560 "Severodvinsk". The nuclear submarine of the 885 "Ash" project over the next few ...
Do we need a second fleet of the world?
In a note to the Day of the Navy, I wrote that the Russian fleet twice became the second most powerful fleet in the world. Let's not argue now whether he was like that before Port Arthur or not; it somehow later. A...
The first problems of the aircraft carrier "Gerald R. Ford"
The newest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-9) was launched in a solemn ceremony on November 10, at the American shipyard Newport News Shipbuilding. Currently ongoing ...
Why aren't cruisers built?
The discussion of the future Russian fleet takes place according to the same scenario: the lack of shipyards seems to be the key problem. This is followed by the wailing that all the shipyards, primarily for ...
Internal organization of the American UDC
I was asked here to describe how the American UDC is organized. For this I pulled out my Cruise Book (something like a demobilized album, but officially printed after every long trip) with ...
American projects of support systems for amphibious landings
The specifics of the Pacific theater of war of World War II led to the wide distribution of various amphibious assault vehicles. During the war years, the American defense industry created ...
Armor blast
Why on modern ships do not install armor? No, I know, of course, that in some places something is protected by something — such as Kevlar defense of vertical launchers. But I mean ...
The last anti-mine ships of the Soviet Union
The appearance of seemingly at first universal means of fighting mines ahead of the ship’s course required the creation of very expensive anti-mine ships of the new class - minesweepers-seekers of mines ...
Underwater aircraft carriers: weekdays, romance, feats
Admiral Yoroku Yamamoto bent over the map, and an ominous silence reigned in the Nagato saloon. At this moment, the three submarines of the “Sentoku” type I-400, I-401 and I-402 were already approaching the US coast ....
Shipbuilding. Plans for 2014 year
The outgoing year - for nothing that 2013-th - turned out to be extremely successful in terms of the implementation of shipbuilding programs of the Russian Navy. The total displacement of all combat ships transferred to the fleet is almost two ...