Chinese state-owned media reported that the Chinese Navy has commissioned a new strategic nuclear-powered submarine as part of the Chinese Navy’s 71st anniversary. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is conducting intensive exercises to celebrate the 71st anniversary of its founding on Thursday. The celebration will also include new weapons like the Type 055,…
Rusatom is Part of the Fight Against Covid-19 in Russia
Press Service of JSC Rusatom Healthcare gave updates on Rosatom's involvement in the efforts made to stop the spread of the novel cornoavirus. Sterion JSC, a JSC Rusatom Healthcare subsidiary created by ROSATOM alongside a private investor, is working in sterilising transport swabs for COVID-19 diagnostics as part of a contract with Hem Ltd. Sterilisation…
Russia’s Growing Shipbuilding Industry
In an interview that was recently published, Alexey Rakhmanov, president of United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), offered an overview of the state of Russia's shipbuilding industry and the current projects carried on by USC, and opportunities arising from the development of the Northern Sea Route. United Shipbuilding Corporation is a shipbuilding, repair and maintenance company in Russia.…
Rosenergoatom Isolates Key NPP Personnel
On March 28, 2020, spouse of one of the Beloyarsk NPP employees was hospitalized with symptoms of coronavirus infection, reported the NPP's press service. Currently, personnel who contacted this employee are isolated and tested for COVID-19. Results are expected in the nearest future. Beloyarsk NPP is operating in the normal mode. To reduce the risk…
Baltic Shipyard has Successfully Completed Construction of the world’s First Floating Nuclear Power Unit
The engineers of JSC “Baltic Shipyard” (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) have successfully completed the construction of the world’s first floating nuclear power unit “Akademik Lomonosov” and delivered it to the customer. According to the project manager, these technologies have an immense potential for development. First, besides floating nuclear power unit use for…
Andrey TSYGANOV: “Attracting foreign investments is not an extraordinary event, but it’s routine and regular work”
In the exclusive interview to the ‘New Defence Order. Strategy’ magazine, Andrey TSYGANOV, Deputy Head of Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) speaks on the business environment in Russia, laws and marketing tasks to be accomplished today in order to attract foreign investments. – What do you think of Russia as a country…
United States national missile defense and limited use of nuclear weapons: overstatements and genuine threats
At XIV session of the Valdai Discussion Club, a reporter of the New Defense Order Strategy magazine talked to Michael Kofman, a Fellow at the Kennan Institute of the Wilson Center and an analyst at CNA’s Center for Naval Analyses. – The Russian Ministry of Defense authorities have recently been making frequent statements that the…
IEMP Kupol is Ready for the Challenge to Make Land and Sea AD Systems Unified
Military authorities of Russia had always realized that making land-based and sea-based weapons unified is one of the most important tasks of effective armed forces arrangement.Back in the end of 19th century, there was a pretty successful attempt made to create a 10-inch longrange gun unified for ships and land fortresses. In the second half…
Russia & USA: Strategic Nuclear Forces. Naval Component
By Alexander Ermakov, independent military expert. Naval Component The naval component of a modern nuclear triad is represented with nuclear submarines, which are one of the most impressive engineering developments and, at the same time, the most invisible national defence components operating in the silence of the deep sea. Today In the USA, with…
Strategic Nuclear Forces of Russia and the USA Today and Tomorrow
By Alexander Ermakov, independent military expert Part II. Naval Component The naval component of a modern nuclear triad is represented with nuclear submarines, which are one of the most impressive engineering developments and, at the same time, the most invisible national defence components operating in the silence of the deep sea. First Experiments The…












