Arctic rush

PapaDragon wrote:
Construction of platform "North Pole" started

https://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/115409/

Scientific platform, moves into position and stays there while water freezes around it. Operates independently for 2 years.

Isos wrote:
Add luxury stuff and that could a nice hotel.

Tsavo Lion wrote:China’s advances in Arctic may pose security threat to Canada

Icebreakers are supposed to break ice, if they need something to fight war then they should build a warship

GarryB wrote:

Icebreakers are supposed to break ice, if they need something to fight war then they should build a warship

Amusing you take this stand with icebreakers but not aircraft carriers...

They need aircraft carriers for precisely nothing.

PapaDragon wrote:
They need aircraft carriers for precisely nothing.

Tsavo Lion wrote:
Right, not US/French style CVNs, but they do need ships that act as LHD/UDK + carry aircraft. So, they would continue to be called "aircaft carrying ships" like in the Soviet times, when they had Moskva & Kiev TAKRs. Each country has its specifics & thus different requirements for its large capital ships. .

GarryB wrote:In fact icebreakers are the best example of why ships need aircraft... they can scout ahead and look for easier passages in the iceflow...

GB wrote: Actually I would say an ideal weapon for an icebreaker would be a 240mm mortar for cracking thick ice...

Actually I would say an ideal weapon for an icebreaker would be a 240mm mortar for cracking thick ice..

Tsavo Lion wrote:American and British submarines inhabit the Arctic
The fact that the Russian Arctic is reliably protected is too early to say

For the Arctic there will be build ultra-long range unmanned submarine

In the central design office "Lazurit" in Nizhny Novgorod, construction began on a long-range UAV for the Northern Sea Route. As expected, the device will be able to overcome in the autonomous mode about 10 thousand kilometers under a layer of ice.
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By 2020, it is planned to create three demonstrators, after which they will pass sea trials on the Black Sea along the route Sevastopol - Sochi and back. The passage of the Northern Sea Route is planned for 2022-2023, Denisov specified.

Note that in Russia, underwater drones have already been created that can cover similar and even long distances. In particular, this is the Poseidon apparatus , which is a robotic nuclear submarine. The difference of the new complex, called "Sarma", is that it will be equipped not with a nuclear engine, but with an anaerobic power plant. The advantages of this approach are more economical and environmentally friendly.

For the time being , the main task of Sarma is declared seismic exploration and ensuring the safety of navigation along the Northern Sea Route. When sailing, the device will rely on its own navigation without communication with space satellites.

МОСКВА, 22 января. /ТАСС/. Российские военные развернули в Арктике мобильный радиолокационный комплекс (РЛК) "Резонанс-Н" с элементами искусственного интеллекта. Современный радар способен обнаруживать крылатые ракеты и беспилотники на расстоянии в тысячу километров. Такие технологии особенно важны для арктического региона, откуда вероятный противник может наносить удары по районам Урала, Сибири и Центральной России. Об этом пишет газета "Известия".

Как рассказали изданию в Минобороны, "Резонанс-Н" поступил на вооружение Северного флота в конце 2018 года - он вошел в состав подразделений радиотехнических войск 45-й армии ВВС и ПВО.

Комплекс предназначен для эффективного дальнего обнаружения широкого класса современных воздушных объектов. Ему по силам заметить и классифицировать летательные объекты с малой отражающей поверхностью. "Резонанс-Н" легко находит малозаметные крылатые и баллистические ракеты, гиперзвуковые летательные аппараты, мини-БЛА, вертолеты и самолеты, изготовленные с применением технологии снижения радиолокационной заметности. При разработке "Резонанс-Н" были реализованы новейшие когнитивные технологии математической обработки больших массивов данных, которые способны к самообучению.

Фазированная антенная решетка значительно расширяет возможности комплекса, а локатор может в автоматическом режиме обмениваться данными с другими РЛС. Такое оборудование позволяет обнаруживать воздушные цели в радиусе 1100 км и давать целеуказания огневым средствам системы ПВО, находящимся на расстоянии до 600 км.

MOSCOW, January 22. / TASS /. The Russian military deployed in the Arctic mobile radar complex (RLC) "Resonance-N" with elements of artificial intelligence. A modern radar is capable of detecting cruise missiles and drones a thousand kilometers away. Such technologies are especially important for the Arctic region, from where a potential enemy can strike at areas of the Urals, Siberia and Central Russia. About this newspaper "Izvestia".

As told to the publication in the Ministry of Defense, "Resonance-N" entered service with the Northern Fleet at the end of 2018 - he joined the divisions of radio engineering troops of the 45th Army Air Force and Air Defense.

The complex is designed for effective early detection of a wide class of modern air objects. He is able to notice and classify flying objects with a small reflective surface. Resonance-N easily finds inconspicuous cruise and ballistic missiles, hypersonic aircraft, mini-UAVs, helicopters and airplanes made using the technology of reducing radar visibility. When developing "Resonance-N", the latest cognitive technologies of mathematical processing of large data arrays, which are capable of self-learning, were implemented.

Phased antenna array greatly expands the capabilities of the complex, and the locator can automatically exchange data with other radars. Such equipment makes it possible to detect air targets within a radius of 1,100 km and to give target indications to fire weapons of an air defense system located at a distance of up to 600 km.