By TASS Russian news agency “We have calculated the cost of repairs. The total budget is in the limits of 300-350 million rubles. We are lucky that the fire had not
Story by TASS Russian news agency “It was towed from the pool. The difficult operation is unprecedented in shipbuilding,” Sevmash Shipyard Sevmash CEO Mikhail Budnichenko, acting Arkhangelsk regional
The UK will lead a multinational Maritime Training Initiative for the Ukrainian Navy, boosting their ability to combat threats in the Black Sea, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has confirmed.
Forpost drones can not only detect the adversary at sea, but also transmit coordinates to combat aviation in real time. The new system has been recently tested during Black Sea fleet maneuvers.
The armed forces will receive Be-200 amphibious aircraft, as the Defense Ministry plans to create several air units. The first amphibian is operating in the 859th naval training center in Yeisk. Experts believe Be-200 can be engaged by the Navy in rescue operations and anti-submarine warfare in future, the Izvestia daily writes.
The Udaloy-class ASW destroyer “Vice Admiral Kulakov” of the Russian Navy’s Northern fleet is currently sailing in the Bay of Biscay to “ensure Russian naval presence in the region”. It will eventually join the Mediterranean sea.
The Ocean Shield 2020 exercise has kicked off in the Baltic Sea on 3 August, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office said. The exercise is being directed by Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, the press office added.
The “Ivan Rogov” and the “Mitrofan Moskalenko”, the first Russian LHD / amphibious assault ships of project 23900 will be able to operate as floating headquarters or command ships.
The Russian Navy will begin trials of new modular systems by the end of the summer. They include weapons and equipment carried in ordinary sea containers which can be loaded on various warships and plugged into onboard power supplies and controls.
Russia’s Vyborg Shipyard held a keel laying ceremony on 25 July for the “Purga” ice-class coast guard ship of project 23550, the enterprise said. The vessel is intended for the border guard service of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation.
