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Russia continues to build warships for the Arctic naval force. The Ivan Papanin lead patrol ice-class ship of project 23550 was floated on October 25. The gala ceremony took place at the Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg, the Military-Industrial Courier writes.
The Russian armed forces are rearmed faster than planned, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said. The increase of the defence budget from 1.44 to 1.50 trillion rubles helped increase the share of new and upgraded arms to 68 per cent. It means hundreds of additional weapons and hardware in the whole army. The Defense Ministry is sure to report 70 per cent in 2020. The figure was set yet in 2013.
Presented Friday, September 27, in the Council of Ministers by Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, the 2020 budget for the Armies foresees an increase of the resources of € 1.7 billion, to reach € 37.5 billion. Modernization of major equipment, creation of posts, innovation: an overview of the main lines of the Army budget for next year.
Sweden’s navy HQ is returning to a vast underground cold war fortress designed to withstand a nuclear attack, in what has been seen as a defensive move against a resurgent Russia. Cavernous docks can shelter warships, with miles of tunnels, offices, and a hospital.
A variety of shore-to-ship missiles, ship-to-ship missiles, "YJ-12" and "YJ-18/18A" as well as the latest ship-borne air defence weapons "HHQ-9A" were shown as part of the naval battle group formations that marched through Beijing's in a military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.
The Russian Navy has long been trying to get new-generation landing ships. TASS reported in early September quoting industry sources that two universal landing ships with a displacement of 15000 tons are to be built in Kerch in Crimea.
The modern Japan Maritime Self Defense Force traces its roots to the Imperial Japanese Navy. Established in July 1869, the Imperial Navy was one of the first formal institutions—military or otherwise—of a new, modern Japan.
Coastal artillery brigades will be armed with self-propelled Pion 2S7 guns. They can hit targets in a radius of 50 km and were upgraded to destroy small objects. The brigades will also receive Zoopark radars for counterbattery fire and target search. Experts believe the combination of the hardware can disrupt any seaborne assault, the Izvestia daily writes.
The Russian Navy has long been trying to get new-generation landing ships. TASS reported in early September quoting industry sources that two universal landing ships with a displacement of 15000 tons are to be built in Kerch in Crimea.
Photographs have circulated over the past week showing what appears to be a new Chinese ocean surveillance vessel being completed in southern China, possibly giving China a new long-range capability to detect submarines.
Refueling – aka a Replenishment At Sea or RAS – is among the most challenging maneuvers ships perform due to the dynamics of two vessels ploughing along at 12 knots (15mph) just 25 meters apart. This is the work of the new tanker RFA Tidesurge A138 Tide-class replenishment tanker of the British Royal Navy.
In the Peter the Great Gulf, the crew of the modernized small missile ship "Smerch" (project 1234.1) tested the reliability of the new anti-aircraft missile system of self-defense "Osa-MA" during the exercise in the Sea of Japan.
The Type 26 or City Class frigate will be the next generation of multirole combat ship of the Royal British Navy, able to perform a full range of missions including maritime security, counter-piracy, counter-terrorism and humanitarian and disaster relief operations.
The Russian Navy will receive for service an essentially new anti-submarine guided missile (ASGM). It enables killing submarines at a distance of up to tens of kilometres from warships. The ASGM operating pattern is fairly simple. A patrol aircraft or helicopter detects a submarine in a real time mode and provides a target designation. Further on, a missile is launched from the ship to the designated area where the target is destroyed, the Izvestia newspaper reports.
“Suffren” Barracuda Class is the brand new submarine-launched ballistic missile asset of the French navy. On 10 July, Navy Recognition announced its inauguration. Now, a few features given by the French Company Naval Group deserve to be mentioned.
The Russian Navy has tested a new control system with artificial intellect elements. Air, ground and sea forces were for the first time united into a single information contour at an exercise in the Caspian Sea, the Izvestia daily writes.
The Russian Navy follows the trend to operate robotic systems and increases the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the naval aviation. Naval aviation Commander Major-General Igor Kozhin said drone development for the Navy is a priority guideline for leading design bureaus. The naval aviation has to upgrade the fleet and gradually replace it with new aircraft in the near future. It has to receive a hundred new aircraft, including drones by 2020, expert Denis Fedutinov writes in the Independent Military Review.
The Russian Navy follows the trend to operate robotic systems and increases the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the naval aviation. Naval aviation Commander Major-General Igor Kozhin said drone development for the Navy is a priority guideline for leading design bureaus. The naval aviation has to upgrade the fleet and gradually replace it with new aircraft in the near future. It has to receive a hundred new aircraft, including drones by 2020, expert Denis Fedutinov writes in the Independent Military Review.
The Vasily Bykov corvette (patrol ship) of project 22160 left Sevastopol for combat duty in the Mediterranean Sea. It will then sail to St. Petersburg to participate in the main naval parade. The Dmitry Rogachev second Corvette of the project joined the Black Sea fleet. They are new combat units which expand the capabilities of the Russian Navy, the Izvestia daily writes.
Mil.Press Flotprom online publication published a regular annual rating of Russian and US Navy capabilities. Although 2018 was generally productive for the Russian Navy which received seven warships, its position against the US Navy deteriorated. The publication said Russian Navy capabilities comprised 45 percent of the US Navy in 2018. A year before they comprised 47% and in 2016 - 45, in 2015 - 44, in 2014 -52, in 2013 - 45, and in 2012 - 42.
Russian warships will be able to down cruise and ballistic missiles at hundreds of kilometers. Poliment-Redut shipborne antiaircraft weapon will soon get a guided long-range missile. Experts believe it will strengthen naval air defense and increase combat capabilities to defend strategic facilities, the Izvestia daily writes.
While traditional ammunition is either stopped or deflected when it hits water, Nammo’s 30 mm Swimmer (APFSDS-T MK 258 Mod 1) swims straight through water, thanks to a groundbreaking design on the supercavitating projectile developed in cooperation with the US Navy. In this article, first published in the 2018 Nammo BulletIN, design engineer Jan Hasslid discusses the implications of this new technology.
The Russian Navy began tests of underwater robotic craft (UUV) to simplify the use of towed hydro-acoustic antennas which are over one kilometer long and increase the chance of detecting hostile submarines and torpedoes but decrease the speed and maneuverability of the carrier warship, the Izvestia daily writes.
On July 31, the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Agency (ATLA) of the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) released a video, a promotional film for research activities for the Ground Self Defense Force, detailing steps taken to create a Japanese rail gun system.
Denis Manturov, the head of the Russian Ministry for Trade and Industry, and the vice-premier Yuri Borisov have revealed the prospects for the Russian aircraft carriers. Two statements, made almost simultaneously, throw light on the future of aircraft carriers for the Russian Navy, the Izvestia newspaper reports.
What is likely the fiftieth Type 056 Corvette (Jiangdao class) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) was launched in early August. The vessel to be named Wuzhou (梧州) with hull number 626 was built and launched by the Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard of the Chinese naval group CSSC.
