On the territory of the Admiralty Shipyards enterprise in St. Petersburg, a solemn ceremony of launching the new diesel-electric submarine “Velikiye Luki” of Project 677 “Lada” was held. Also, the “Tambov” nuclear submarine of the project 671RTMK “Pike” of the Northern Fleet went to sea for testing after being repaired and modernized. “Today, on December
The US Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine has been detected in Russian territorial waters off the Kuril Islands, as reported by the Russian Defence Ministry on Saturday, February 12. As stated, the vessel was found submerged off the small uninhabited island of Urup while Russia’s Pacific Fleet was holding exercises in the area. Russian vessels contacted
The Central Design Bureau of Marine Technology “Rubin” has developed a new modification of the submerged patrol ship “Strazh” (“Guardian”), combining the advantages of a submarine and a surface patrol ship. The ship is meant to be sent for export. The official name of the ship for foreign customers is BOSS, which stands for “Border
The Admiralty Shipyard has wrapped up the first stage of shipbuilders’ sea trials of the improved Project 677 Lada-class diesel-electric submarine Kronstadt. During the first stage of the trials, the submarine’s speed and manoeuvring tests were carried out. The Shipyard’s specialists and the sub’s crew also performed the vessel’s re-ballasting and heeling tests, checked its
The Pacific Fleet’s diesel-electric submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky struck a coastal target at a range of 1,000 km with a Kalibr cruise missile from the Sea of Japan, according to the Fleet’s press office on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. “The latest diesel-electric submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky launched a cruise missile of the Kalibr system from the submerged position in
Russia expects that at the end of 18 months of additional study, the participants of the AUKUS security partnership (Australia, the UK, and the US) will come to the conclusion that it is necessary to curtail the implementation of the nuclear submarines project, as stated by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to international
New submarines will be delivered to the Pacific Fleet in the coming years, according to the statement of the Chief of Staff of the Command of the Submarine Forces of the Pacific Fleet, Rear Admiral Arkady Navarsky. “We are expecting the arrival of four submarines: two Borey and two Yasen. Their construction is almost complete.
During the Russian exercises “Zapad-2021” (“West-2021”), the Swedish military simulated a war situation: one of the Swedish submarines received an unexpected order to meet at sea with a support ship and take on board combat torpedoes. In such a way Swedes rehearsed actions in case the enemy defeated all the coastal bases of the fleet.
Underwater drones for searching and escorting enemy submarines out of Russian waters have already been designed and manufactured, and are currently undergoing tests, RT reports with reference to the ‘Rubin’ St. Petersburg Design Bureau. It is reminded that the Vityaz-D was the first autonomous vehicle to dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench,
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has revealed that the country’s shipyards have begun work on half a dozen new vessels for its growing navy. He also stated that Moscow is now planning to renew its armed forces with innovative hardware, RT reports. Speaking as part of the Army 2021 International Forum on Monday, August 23, Vladimir
Since March 20, 2021, in the area of the Franz Josef Land archipelago, Alexandra Land Island, and the adjacent water area covered with continuous ice, under the leadership of the Main Command of the Navy, an integrated Arctic expedition “Umka-2021” is being conducted with the participation of the Russian Geographical Society, the press service of
A solemn ceremony of launching a large diesel-electric submarine “Magadan” of the ‘636.3’ project for the Russian Navy was held at JSC Admiralty Shipyards. It is noted that “Magadan”, the third submarine of the series being built at JSC Admiralty Shipyards for the Pacific Fleet, was registered on November 1, 2019. The first ship, “Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky”,
The ‘Cheboksary Production Association named after V. I. Chapaev’ (ChPO), which is a member of the Rostec state corporation, will begin production of a modernized hydroacoustic coating for the Borey-A strategic nuclear submarines in May 2021, TASS reported with reference to the deputy general director of the enterprise for rubber production Sergey Sandalov. It is
