Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) began producing hull elements of unmanned surface vessels. They are produced on orders of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, the USC said.
Borei-A-class SSBN of project 955A will operate in the Far East. Five out of eight submarines will serve in the Pacific fleet. The Russian Navy is restoring the Far Eastern nuclear arsenal which was nearly lost thirty years ago.
Russia is currently building fourth-generation submarines and designing fifth-generation U-boats. Little is known about the new submarines, but it is clear they will eliminate problems encountered by modern nuclear submarines, online Gazeta.ru publication writes.
The main missions of big-displacement warships armed with a major number of missiles is to provide air defense to warship formations and deliver missile strikes at sea and coastal targets.
Open sources reported in July 2018 that it had been decided to take a break in the creation of a prospective destroyer (heavy nuclear missile cruiser) of project 23560. A publication in February 2020 in FlotProm online media outlet did not add anything new. However the headline Leader Destroyer Listed as Outsider and some statements (project stopped because of lack of funds, prospective nuclear cruiser is not even discussed, it is a distant future) caused concern of specialists. Expert Alexander Shishkin writes about project 23560 prospects in his blog.
Buyan-M-class corvettes of project 21631 received new capabilities. Naval robotic mines joined their stock of arms. The smart munitions independently identify the type of sea craft and destroy it only after identification.
The Russian Navy will be protected against adversary antisubmarine aircraft and drones. Burak-M buoys will make a sea area impenetrable. Communications by all channels will be jammed or complicated to the maximum by the new system. It is intended for Borey-class SSBN of project 955 and Dolphin-class of project 667BDRM, as well as diesel-electric submarines, the Izvestia writes.
The Project 20385 lead corvette Gremyashchy that underwent state trials with the Northern Fleet has started an inter-fleet passage, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
Russia is holding top secret trials of Tsirkon hypersonic missile. Media leaks have intentional omissions. However, it is possible to suggest when the important weapon may be accepted into service, the Vzglyad business daily writes.
The Novorossiisk naval base of the Black Sea fleet held a joint exercise involving a S-400 Triumf air defense system of the Southern Military District and a Project 22160 patrol vessel under the supervision of formation Commander Rear Admiral Viktor Kochemazov, the Defense Ministry said.
