– Barents Observer – A series of unmanned underwater vehicles (UAV) for both research and military purposes are under development.
Category Archives: RussianNavy
NATO Not Ready As Russian Sub Threat Rises
– Breaking Defense – The balance of power underwater is shifting against the West, warns a new report from the Center for Strategic & International Studies. Both Russian and NATO capabilities cratered after the Cold War, but the Russian submarine fleet is clawing its way back — and we’re not ready to face it, CSIS says. The US, its allies, and the Nordics need to invest in new technology, intense training, and, above all, closer cooperation to counter the resurgent threat.
Russian Sub Activity on the Rise in North Atlantic
– USNI News – While Russian submarine activity in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas and the North Atlantic are at their highest levels since the end of the Cold War, its navy has only started to be resourced and its undersea fleet, while “a pocket of competence,” remains small.
Russian Spy Ship Now Off Hawaii, U.S. Navy Protecting ‘Critical Information’
– USNI News – Moscow has dispatched a specialized spy ship off the coast of Hawaii with the likely mission to monitor the U.S. Navy led Rim of the Pacific 2016 exercise.
Russian Frigate Again Harasses U.S. Carrier Strike Group During Flight Operations
– USNI News – A Russian frigate again came dangerously close to U.S. ships tasked with striking ISIS targets in Syria from the Eastern Mediterranean – coming within 150 yards of the Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group while the carrier was conducting flight operations on Thursday.
Latest Warship Encounter Brings Russian Protest
– Defense News – The latest Russian-US kerfuffle at sea appears to feature a US warship making a close-in, high-speed pass on a Russian ship — but there may be more to the story than what a one-minute and two-second video shows.
Russia To Modernize Its Lone Aircraft Carrier Next Year, New Carrier Program Could Start in 2025
– USNI News – Starting next year, Russia’s only aircraft carrier will start a modernization maintenance period to upgrade its arresting gear and launching systems.
Russian Subs Waging Cold War-Style ‘Battle of the Atlantic’
– USNI News – Russia has stepped up its submarine operations and is regularly probing U.S. anti-submarine networks in a new “Battle of the Atlantic,” the commander of U.S. 6th Fleet said.
Russian Flyby of USS Donald Cook Highlights International Tension in the Baltics
– USNI News – The fly-by of the USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) in the Baltic Sea by Russian Sukhoi Su-24 Fencers on two separate occasions earlier this week serves as a dramatic reminder of the Baltic Sea region as a friction zone between Russia and the U.S. and its NATO allies.
Russian warplanes ‘aggressively’ pass US missile destroyer
– BBC – Two Russian planes flew close to a US guided missile destroyer almost a dozen times.
Day of Submariner: An Inside Look At Russia’s Naval Fleet
– Sputnik – Russia marks the Day of the Submariner on March 19. The date was not chosen by chance – it was on this day in 1906 that the submarines in the Russian Navy were ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to be allocated as a separate class of warships.
Russian Subs Are Reheating a Cold War Chokepoint
– DefenseOne – As the GIUK gap returns to importance, NATO must look to regenerate its anti-submarine forces.
Russia’s Kirov-Class Battlecruiser Fleet Is Expanding And Becoming Far More Capable
– Foxtrot Alpha – There is no doubt that Russia’s Kirov class super-sized nuclear cruisers are charismatic fighting machines. Bristling with sensors and weaponry, and seemingly alien in design when compared to anything in the west, they are intimidating. But the truth is that they are also very dated and only one has remained in service for decades. That’s all about to change.
Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier to head for Mediterranean in summer
– TASS – Right now, the aircraft carrier is at Murmansk’s 35th Shipyard, where specialists prepare it for the long-distance campaign.
Russia’s Monster Battlecruisers Are Getting Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missiles
– National Interest – The Russian Navy is set to upgrade its nuclear-powered Project 11442 Kirov-class battlecruiser Pyotr Veliky with a new hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile. The new Mach 5.0-capable 3M22 Zircon missiles would replace the ship’s existing 390-mile range P-700 Granit supersonic anti-ship missiles.
Russia sends brand new cruise missile ship to Syria
– AFP – Russia has dispatched a new ship armed with cruise missiles to the Mediterranean, the navy announced Saturday, as reports said it is bound for Syria. The Zelyony Dol, a patrol ship armed with Kalibr cruise missiles that only joined the Black Sea fleet in December, departed for the Mediterranean.
Russian submarine activity topping Cold War levels
– Jane’s – Russian submarine activity in the North Atlantic is currently equalling or even surpassing Cold War levels, according to NATO’s top naval officer.
‘Mini Red Octobers:’Russia to Push on With Stealth Submarine Program
– The Diplomat – Despite some media reports to the contrary, the Russian Navy will continue building Lada-class subs.
Russian A2/AD in the Eastern Mediterranean: A Growing Risk
– US Naval War College Review – Much has been written about the challenges posed by the Chinese adoption of what the US military calls “A2/AD” (antiaccess/area-denial) in the western Pacific. Accordingly, the Pacific remains a key focus area for the US Navy and Air Force, and more recently the Army, with the Navy promising to put 60 percent of its forces in that theater as part of the “Pacific pivot.” Yet as focus remains on the Pacific, the rest of the world is not standing still. This is exemplified in the eastern Mediterranean, where the Russians have begun laying the seeds to create an A2/AD zone in the region against the United States and its allies. If fully realized, an A2/AD envelope would put Western access to the Suez Canal, the Black Sea, and the resource-rich eastern Mediterranean at the mercy of an increasingly aggressive Russian regime.
U.S. Fears Grow of a ‘Newly Awakened’ Russian Navy
– Daily Beast – A new report from the U.S. Navy’s intelligence branch paints a sobering picture of Putin’s increasingly aggressive fleet—and its deadly international shows of force.
The Russian Navy Report You Missed (But Need to Read, Now)
– National Interest – After its near collapse in the 1990s following the Soviet Union’s demise, the Russian navy is now on a path towards recovery.
The Russian Navy – A Historic Transition
– Office of Naval Intelligence – ONI’s most recent unclassified report on Russia’s navy, The Russian Navy – A Historic Transition, looks historically and currently at the role played by Russian Naval forces. It is the first such report discussing the Russian Federation Navy by ONI since the seventh and last issue of Understanding Soviet Naval Developments published in 1991.
Russia fires warning shot at Turkey boat in Aegean
– BBC – Russia says one of its warships fired warning shots at a Turkish fishing vessel in the Aegean Sea to avoid a collision.
Russian submarine hits targets in Syria
– Defense News – Russian media reports that a Russian diesel-electric submarine operating in the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday launched Kalibr cruise missiles at targets in Syria.
Russian Mystery Submarine Likely Deployment Vehicle for New Nuclear Torpedo
– USNI News – Russia’s plan to create a giant nuclear torpedo capable of wiping out a costal city could be farther along than just graphics on a briefing slide and gives purpose to a mysterious nuclear submarine, currently under construction.
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