Contents tagged with warships
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Russia sends warships armed with Kalibr missiles to the Black Sea
Russia is sending small missile ships of the Caspian flotilla into the Black Sea, reported bmpd.livejournal.com.
The ships Grad Sviyazhsk and Veliky Ustyug, project 21631 (class Buyan-M), accompanied by an RB-10 raid tugboat, made the trip along inland waterways from the Caspian to the Black Sea.
The Grad Sviyazhsk (plant no. 631, entered into service in the Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Navy on July 27, 2014) and Veliky Ustyug (plant no. 633, entered into service in the Caspian Flotilla on …
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Ukrainian Navy Vice Admiral: Kyiv could not find funds for the planned construction of warships
Vice Admiral of the Ukrainian Navy, Ihor Voronchenko, stated that the construction of corvette-type warships, part of the “Vladimir the Great” series claimed by Ukrainian authorities in 2017, has been postponed due to a lack of funds, Strana.ua reports. According to Voronchenko, the country’s budget lacks the 1.361 billion hryvnia ($51 million) needed to carry out construction.
Voronchenko made this statement during a general meeting of the UkrSudProm (the Association of Shipbuilders of …
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Russia increased number of warships in Mediterranean Sea
The permanent fleet of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean has been increased to 15 ships. The group consists of the frigates Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Essen, landing ships Nikolay Filchenkov, Caesar Kunikov, and Azov, patrol ship Smetlivy, submarine Krasnodar, a tanker, anti-sabotage ships and support vessels. Before these additions, the group included ten ships, according to Interfax, citing the press service of the Black Sea Fleet.
The addition of the ship Smetlivy was reported on …
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Russia is building a large number of warships
Military shipbuilding enterprises in Russia are busy with orders that will run through to 2023. During a press briefing, the President of the United Shipbuilding Corporation said, "With regard to military shipbuilding, it's true that presently we are busy until 2021-2023. Most of our enterprises have never experienced such a load, not even during the Soviet era.”
"Presently, the number of years and projects that will comprise the load on each of the shipyards in the future varies greatly. Now …