BBC – Two Russian mini-subs have made a test dive to the floor of the Arctic Ocean near Russia’s most northerly islands.
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CDI – On June 28, 2007, the Russian navyís missile program finally got a break when it conducted a successful flight test of its new RS-30 (SS-NX-30 by NATO classification) ìBulavaî submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). The successful test comes against a backdrop of failures ñ three since last fall ñ which had some commentators expressing doubt about the missileís future. However, the successful test is sure to boost confidence in both the missileís design and its developer, the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology (MITT).
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The Register – A fun look at the status of some “wing in ground effect” programs.
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Associated Press – Russia’s defense minister on Wednesday laid out an ambitious plan for building new intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear submarines and possibly aircraft carriers, and set the goal of exceeding the Soviet army in combat readiness.
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RIA Novosti – The Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia’s only aircraft carrier, will join the Northern Fleet by the end of the year after modernization, the Navy’s chief said Wednesday.
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Reuters – Georgia on Tuesday urged Russia to stop naval exercises near the countries’ sea border, calling them a threat to regional peace and a violation of the United Nations charter.
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CBC – An electrical short circuit caused a fire on board the Russian nuclear submarine Daniil Moskovsky that killed two crew members.
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ITAR-TASS – The Russian Navy will have exercises in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea this summer.
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Xinhua – Russia launched a research satellite on board a Shtil rocket from a Northern Fleet submarine at the Barents Sea.
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Xinhua – Russia’s Black Sea Fleet must prepare for its withdrawal from the Ukrainian territory from now on.
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Associated Press – Russia’s navy chief said Wednesday that the country needs to build at least one new aircraft carrier in addition to the one now in service.
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The Scotsman – Another look at last August’s rescue of a stranded Russian Navy mini-submarine.
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Bellona – The Russian strategic nuclear submarine Dmitry Donskoy launched the new Bulava ballistic missile in the White Sea.
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Bellona – The nuclear submarine K-114 Tula Project 667BDRM, having undergone repair at the Zvezdochka shipyard in Severodvinsk in Arkhangelsk region, will not be handed over to the Russian Navy as planned???The reason is the Ministry of Defence’s major debts to the plant.
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ITAR-TASS – A naval squadron of Russia’s Pacific Fleet (PF) returns to Vladivostok on Tuesday after an almost-three-month-long cruise to the Indian Ocean.
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Bellona – The nuclear submarine, Ryazan, has moored at the quayside of the
Zvezdochka federal state unitary enterprise to enable work to be
carried out to extend its service life.
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Pravda – A Russian naval squadron has arrived in Indonesia for the first time in nearly four decades as the two countries boost military ties.
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Moscow Times – In the new book “Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine’s Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S.,” former American submariner Kenneth Sewell, in collaboration with journalist Clint Richmond, reexamines the 1968 loss of K-129, a Soviet Golf II-class missile submarine. Revisiting this well-known story and the CIA’s aborted effort to recover the hull under the guise of the highly classified Project Jennifer, the author argues that K-129 actually attempted to launch a nuclear weapon against the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor.
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ITAR-TASS – The Russian Pacific Fleet heads out to exercise in the Indian Ocean.
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St. Petersburg Times – Russiaís new naval chief vowed on Monday to boost discipline and provide better leadership in the accident-prone navy, a day after his appointment by President Vladimir Putin.
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BBC – Russian President Vladimir Putin has sacked the head of the navy, Admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov, a month after a mini-submarine accident.
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BBC – Once the pride of the Soviet navy, Russia’s Black Sea Fleet can still put on an impressive display???But it could soon be fighting for its own survival.
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BBC – Remembrance services have been held in Russia to mark five years since the Kursk submarine sank in the Barents Sea after a torpedo exploded on board.
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BBC – The seven Russian sailors trapped in their submersible on the Pacific seabed at the weekend say they suffered from thirst, hunger and cold.

New York Times – Divers Say Net Tied Submarine to Listening Device.
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BBC – The Russians trapped in a submarine beneath the Pacific Ocean for three days would have died had it not been for British help.

CNN – Crew safe after mini-sub rescue

Daily Telegraph – Submariners in peril are saved by the ‘brotherhood of the sea’.

The Times – British team rescues trapped sub.
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