Sourced : The Drive By Tyler Rogoway Videos began emerging overnight of what appeared to be a sizable fire on the frigid water at Russia’s submarine base in Vladivostok. Three separate angles show thick black smoke rising from a blaze burning among docked Kilo class diesel-electric attack submarines. Shortly after the videos appeared, Russian media… Continue reading FIRE AT RUSSIA’S VLADIVOSTOK SUBMARINE BASE (Video)
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RUSSIA HAS SPY SHIP THAT TAPS UNDERSEA INTERNET CABLES
Sourced : Asia Times By Asia Unhedged The Russian Navy has been operating an advanced spy ship that’s suspected of tapping into undersea internet cables and carrying out other intelligence missions on the ocean floor, according to an updated story by Covert Shores, a specialist website dedicated to analysis of maritime special forces and submarines.… Continue reading RUSSIA HAS SPY SHIP THAT TAPS UNDERSEA INTERNET CABLES
RUSSIA SENDS TWO MORE FRIGATES TO SYRIA FOLLOWING USN MISSILE ATTACK
Sourced : USNI News By: Sam LaGrone A Russian Navy surface action group (SAG) is headed to the Eastern Mediterranean departing shortly after a U.S. Tomahawk missile strike on a Syrian airfield, a U.S. defense official told USNI News on Monday. Two Steregushchiy-class frigates, an ocean tug and a fleet oiler departed from the naval… Continue reading RUSSIA SENDS TWO MORE FRIGATES TO SYRIA FOLLOWING USN MISSILE ATTACK
RUSSIA MAKES PROGRESS ON FIELDING NEW FLEET OF NUCLEAR-POWERED ATTACK SUBMARINES
Sourced : The Diplomat By Franz-Stefan Gady The Russian Navy’s fleet of Project 885-M Yasen M-class nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarines is slowly but steadily starting to take shape with the fourth boat of the class, the Krasnoyarsk, recently completing crucial hydraulic tests of its pressure hull, according to local media reports. “A major construction stage… Continue reading RUSSIA MAKES PROGRESS ON FIELDING NEW FLEET OF NUCLEAR-POWERED ATTACK SUBMARINES
RUSSIA AND SYRIA AGREE TO EXPAND RUSSIAN NAVAL PRESENCE IN TARTUS FOR 49 MORE YEARS
Sourced : Al Masdar News Russia and Syria have signed an agreement to expand the territory around the Russian Navy’s logistics facility in Tartus for 49 years. The document was published on the official legal information portal. “The current agreement will stay effective for 49 years and be automatically prolonged for 25-year periods, if… Continue reading RUSSIA AND SYRIA AGREE TO EXPAND RUSSIAN NAVAL PRESENCE IN TARTUS FOR 49 MORE YEARS
RUSSIA TO KEEP AIRCRAFT CARRIER, BATTLECRUISER, ASW DESTROYER IN MEDITERRANEAN & ARCTIC
Sourced : International Business Times By Clark Mindock Russia plans on keeping its naval fleet in operation throughout 2017 to ensure that the country’s interests in places like the Arctic and Mediterranean are supported by their forces on the water, an official with the Russian Navy said Monday. “In 2017, the Northern Fleet will continue… Continue reading RUSSIA TO KEEP AIRCRAFT CARRIER, BATTLECRUISER, ASW DESTROYER IN MEDITERRANEAN & ARCTIC
ARRESTING CABLE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSE OF RUSSIAN MiG-29K CRASH
Sourced : Naval Today The recent crash of one of the four new Russian MiG-29K operating from the deck of the Russian Navy’s only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is being blamed on multiple events that combined to force a Russian pilot to eject from the fighter jet that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. According to… Continue reading ARRESTING CABLE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSE OF RUSSIAN MiG-29K CRASH
ADMIRAL KUZNETSOV TO GO TO MEDITERRANEAN SEA CARRYING NEW FIGHTERS
Sourced: TASS The Admiral Kuznetsov heavy aircraft carrier of the Russian Navy in autumn will arrive in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, its aviation grouping will include fighters Sukhoi Su-33 (Flanker-D) and Mikoyan MiG-29K (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-D), a source told TASS on Saturday. MiG-29K/KUB fighters were tested at the Admiral Kuznetsov back… Continue reading ADMIRAL KUZNETSOV TO GO TO MEDITERRANEAN SEA CARRYING NEW FIGHTERS
RUSSIAN NAVY TO BUILD A MODERNIZED VERSION OF THE ALFA-CLASS FAST ATTACK SUBMARINE
Russian Navy is planning to build a modernized version of the Alfa-class (Project 705 Lyra Class) fast attack submarine, one of the most sophisticated and capable submarines the Soviet Union managed to build. Soviet Union built between 1969-1981 seven Alfa-class nuclear powered attack submarines. All of them were withdrawn from service between 1990-1996 due to… Continue reading RUSSIAN NAVY TO BUILD A MODERNIZED VERSION OF THE ALFA-CLASS FAST ATTACK SUBMARINE
RUSSIA LAUNCHES 3M-14T “Kalibr” CRUISE MISSILES FROM CASPIAN SEA AGAINST TARGETS IN SYRIA (Video)
According to Radio Free Europe, there has been a surprise attack by Russia against targets in Syria, using sea-launched cruise missiles. The Russian Minister of Defence, Sergei Shoigu, described the incident while speaking in Moscow on October the 7th during a televised meeting with President Vladimir Putin. He said that four boats of the Caspian… Continue reading RUSSIA LAUNCHES 3M-14T “Kalibr” CRUISE MISSILES FROM CASPIAN SEA AGAINST TARGETS IN SYRIA (Video)