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In the fall of 1931, the Rybinsk Cutter Plant (now the Vympel Shipyard) produced its first boat. With a length of 11.5 meters, designed for only 20 passengers, it developed a speed of no more than 14-15 kilometers per hour. To date, the boat was unsightly, and its contours are far from perfect. But to the first shipbuilders who were…
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The U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) flagship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), and embarked SIXTHFLT and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) staffs, returned to Gaeta, Italy, November 18. The ship departed Gaeta, Oct. 29, to operate alongside NATO allies and partners in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. These routine operations and exercises conducted in international waters highlight NATO’s commitment…
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The crew of the Northern Fleet frigate “Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet Gorshkov”, within the framework of the final cycle of tests of hypersonic missile weapons, fired another Zircon rocket. Shooting was made at a naval target position located in the waters of the White Sea. According to objective control data, the flight of the hypersonic missile corresponded to…
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