2021 is the first year for the Russian Northern Fleet to be adjusted to military region level units. Recently, yevmenov, commander in chief of the Russian navy, went to the fleet to listen to the combat readiness, training and construction of the troops in the past year, and expressed satisfaction with the work of the upgraded fleet. Russian media said that in 2021, the Northern Fleet successfully completed the task of defending the safety of the Arctic channel. At the same time, it also checked and balanced the Western provocation and alleviated the strategic pressure in the western direction through advanced weapon platform test and campaign level training. Russian Northern Fleet conducts missile launch drill Excellent completion of various tasks On January 1, 2021, the Russian Northern Fleet was officially upgraded to a military region level unit, which has the authority to command and mobilize troops across services and governs all military institutions of four federal entities, including Murmansk Prefecture. During the year, the Northern Fleet organized 26 batches of surface ship formations and submarines to carry out offshore deployment tasks; It has successively dispatched missile cruiser formation and destroyer formation to cruise the Arctic 10 times; A total of more than 700 tactical level training sessions were held, of which two naval land brigades were organized to carry out confrontational exercises against the background of "beach landing and anti landing" for the first time; The training of airborne troops tends to be normalized under extremely cold weather conditions; The 45th air defense group army organized MiG-31 fighters and tu-142 antisubmarine aircraft to conduct normal combat cruises over the Arctic. The Northern Fleet Kola District fleet, material and technical support center and other units were rated as excellent groups because of their outstanding achievements in combat readiness training. It is worth mentioning that during the year, several support ships of the Northern Fleet were deployed to Syrian and Belarusian naval bases in rotation, which verified the concept of "expeditionary mobile support base". The modernization of conventional weapons and equipment of the Northern Fleet accounts for nearly 72%, and is equipped with a variety of customized air defense and ground armored weapons. Check and balance western strategic provocation Foreign media said that Russia's Northern Fleet was upgraded to a military region level unit to balance western strategic provocations from the Arctic and the Atlantic. Judging from the armament construction of the Northern Fleet during the year, the above objectives have been basically achieved. On the one hand, the Northern Fleet and the Pacific Fleet ensure the safety of the Arctic channel from the two strategic directions of East and West. In addition to conventional measures such as fighter patrol, maritime formation cruise, airborne cable landing and rush training, the Northern Fleet is also "showing" strategic nuclear forces in the Arctic. For example, three strategic nuclear submarines were organized to break the ice and float up at the same time in the same area, strategic bombers were sent to the airstrip, and submarine launched missile launch tests were carried out 45 meters under the ice. On the other hand, the Northern Fleet also held at least three cross service and arms campaign level exercises. Among them, the fleet organized the largest Russian exercise in the Arctic and Atlantic waters in recent 10 years in the form of combat readiness assault. More than 40 ships were grouped into three large-scale maritime clusters to drill the subjects of "key sea area control" in the Arctic, Atlantic and North morsk offshore respectively. The 45th air defense group army conducted air defense and counterattack exercises within the framework of the "west-2021" strategic campaign exercise. In the second half of 2021, the Russian army organized several rounds of new weapon tests in the Northern Fleet area as planned, and successfully completed the launch and support tasks. Among them, four "zircon" missile launches have established the leading position of Russian sea based hypersonic weapons in this technical field. The launch test of "Haiyan" nuclear powered cruise missile and the test of new anti missile and anti satellite technology have promoted the steady improvement of the Russian army's "asymmetric" combat capability. Accelerate modernization The Russian Defense Ministry said that in the next two to three years, the Northern Fleet will still have great potential in defending polar security. Among them, strategic forces will become the focus of construction. Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said that large ships with aircraft carriers, nuclear powered missile cruisers and nuclear powered ice breakers as the main force will become the standard configuration of the future Northern Fleet. At present, the Russian navy is speeding up the overhaul of the aircraft carrier "Kuznetsov". Two of the three missile cruisers have basically completed modernization. The construction project of gagievo nuclear submarine base was completed in September, and 52 projects have been put into use. According to the plan, in 2022, the Northern Fleet will receive one strategic nuclear submarine and modernize and upgrade one to two as appropriate. The modernization of weapons and equipment of the Northern Fleet and the construction of battlefield supporting facilities will also drive into the "fast lane". The air and space forces and airborne troops will receive and install the "Arctic" version of missile air defense system and new airborne combat vehicles in batches. The Arctic floating airport construction plan will be implemented as scheduled. In addition, in the next two to three years, the Northern Fleet will build at least three "resonance-n" phased array radar stations to effectively monitor ballistic missiles and aerodynamic targets in the Arctic airspace. (outlook new era)