The acceptance ceremony of the Kazan (K561), a 4th generation nuclear attack submarine of the Yasen-M project, to the Russian Navy was held today in Severodvinsk, at the SEVMASH initiative,… Continue reading "The Fourth Generation ‘Yasen-M’ Class Nuclear Submarine, Kazan, Joins The Russian Navy"
On the 27 April the flagship of the Russian Black sea fleet sailed to conduct combat training exercises. The missile cruiser Moskva of the Black Sea Fleet, left its main… Continue reading "Russian Navy’s First Supersonic Cruise Missile Test In The Black Sea"
The general director of a shipyard contracted to carry out repair and refit work on the Admiral Kuznetsov has been arrested by Russian law enforcement. He is alleged to have… Continue reading "General Director of Kuznetsov Refit Shipyard Arrested For Embezzlement"
At the beginning of December, Russian News Agency Tass reported on the possible return to service of the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier. The infamous flattop, commissioned in 1991, most recently undertook… Continue reading "Kuznetsov To Return To Service By 2022"
The world is facing a new geopolitical competition area, the Arctic region. The Arctic emerged as a new area of competition with the staggering effects of global warming, as the… Continue reading "Russian Steel in the Arctic Sea"
According to TASS, information obtained from an “unnamed military-industrial complex source” suggests that the two amphibious assault ships (LHDs) will be built in the Zaliv shipyard of Kerch city on… Continue reading "Russia to Build Two Helicopter Carriers for $1.3 Billion"
According Russian media reports the ‘Tsirkon’ hypersonic missile’s second shipboard test-firings will be held in April-May. A source from the Russian defense industry stated that “The Northern Fleet’s Project 22350… Continue reading "Russia Continues Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile Tests"
Social media posts out of Murmansk on 12 December revealed that the Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, had caught fire. This was later confirmed by official news coverage. The… Continue reading "Fire Aboard Admiral Kuznetsov"
In a new development in the race for the Arctic Ocean’s natural resources, the Russian Navy launched what it dubbed a “Combat Icebreaker” at the Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg,… Continue reading "Russian Navy Launches World’s First Missile-Armed Icebreaker"
Izvestia reports that the 11th Army Corps of the Russian Baltic Fleet Coastal Forces are to receive modernized 2S7M Malka self propelled howitzers, citing unnamed sources in Baltic Fleet headquarters.… Continue reading "Modernized Artillery for Russian Forces in Kaliningrad"