Twenty-six nations, 38 surface ships, four submarines, nine national land forces, more than 170 aircraft and approximately 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 29 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. As the…
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Project 636.3 Mozhaisk and Yakutsk to be Delivered by 2024
April 4, 2022 (TASS) – The launch of the Project 636.3 diesel-electric submarines Mozhaisk and Yakutsk for the Russian Pacific Fleet is scheduled for 2023 and 2024, the Defense Ministry’s Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper reported on Monday. “The Admiralty shipbuilders continue the construction of submarines for the Pacific Fleet and are currently preparing for joining block-modules on the fifth submarine Mozhaisk.…
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Primorsky Flotilla Trains in Avacha Bay
A detachment of ships of the Troops and Forces in the North-East of Russia went on an exercise in the waters of the Avacha Bay off the coast of Kamchatka to perform training and combat exercises in marine combat training grounds. More than 10 ships and support vessels of the Pacific Fleet, as part of two ship tactical groups, will…
Read MorePacific Fleet Trains in the Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk
About 20 warships and support vessels of the Pacific Fleet (PACIFIC Fleet) went to sea to work out tasks as part of a planned naval exercise in the combat training grounds of the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk. The exercise will be attended by the corvettes “Gremyashchiy”, “Perfect”, “Loud” and “Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov”,…
Read MorePacific Fleet Il-38s Perform Ice Reconnaissance Duties
The crews of two Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft of the naval aviation of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) performed scheduled flights in order to obtain information about the ice situation in the Sea of Okhotsk and the strait zone of Sakhalin Island and the Kuril ridge. The data obtained will greatly facilitate the laying of routes and navigation of the ships…
Read MoreAdmiral Panteleyev Makes Port Call in Manila
The large anti-submarine ship “Admiral Panteleyev” of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) made a scheduled call at the port of Manila (Republic of the Philippines) to replenish material supplies and food. The ship returns to its base in Vladivostok after taking part in the first ever joint naval exercise between Russia and the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian…
Read MoreCrew Embarks Boards Project 20380 Razkiy
On December 3, a fully formed and trained military crew moved into the Project 20380 multipurpose patrol ship of the near sea zone of the project 20380 (corvette) “Razkiy”. Currently, the ship being built by order of the Ministry of Defense is being tested at the acceptance base of the Amur Shipyard (part of the USC) in Vladivostok. “This is…
Read MoreMarshal Shaposhnikov Leads Ships for Training
The frigate “Marshal Shaposhnikov” and the corvette “Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov” of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) entered the Sea of Japan to conduct the first combat training events in the new training period with practical exercises. In one of the naval training grounds, the crew of the frigate “Marshal Shaposhnikov” will take part in an exercise…
Read MorePacific Fleet Hydrographic Service Celebrates 165 Years
The Pacific Fleet celebrated the 165th anniversary of the formation of the Pacific Fleet’s hydrographic service. At present, the hydrographic service of the Pacific Fleet includes more than 40 ships and boats of various classes and continues to be replenished with ships of new projects, while simultaneously performing a huge amount of work in the World Ocean. Hydrographic vessels of…
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