Showing posts with label russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label russia. Show all posts
Monday, January 23, 2017

Expansion of RF Navy Logistics Facility in Tartus

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Tartus, Syria (October 25, 2014) (credit: Google Earth) On October 10 of last year, RF Deputy Minister of Defense Nikolay Pankov stat...
Saturday, May 7, 2016

Indian Submarine Heading to Russia

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"Rolldock Star" semi-submersible ship -- February 2, 2014 (credit: Rolldock) Last month , an Indian delegation visited Zv...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

"Novorossiysk" to Depart for Northern Fleet This Week?

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Kilo SS "Novorossiysk" August 22, 2014 (Image courtesy of Admiralty Shipyards) There have been several statements by design a...

Yantar Baltic Shipyard Orders Equipment for Second Gren Landing Ship

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Gren LST "Ivan Gren" - May 23, 2012 (Image courtesy of TASS) Yantar Baltic Shipyard in Kaliningrad has begun ordering parts ...
Monday, October 13, 2014

Court is Now in Session: "Pseudo-Space Vehicle" for Russian Navy

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Image courtesy of Getty Images One December 13, 2012, the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense filed a petition with the Mosco...
Saturday, October 11, 2014

Court is Now in Session: Severodvinsk SSGN

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Severodvinsk SSGN "Severodvinsk" (image courtesy of SevMash) On August 3, 2012, the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense fi...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

Times are Changing in Russia

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New time zone conversions that go into effect on October 26, 2014 On July 21, 2014, President Putin signed Federal Law 284-FZ "In...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

XLT: Admiral Viktor Chirkov Discusses Black Sea Fleet Issues

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Admiral Viktor Viktorovich Chirkov - RF Navy Commander-in-Chief (image courtesy if RIA Novosti) (Translation of RIA Novosti interview ...
Saturday, October 4, 2014

Russian Crews Train on Mistral "Vladivostok"

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Political cartoon showing the U.S. attempting to sink the Mistral deal between France and Russia (Image courtesy of RIA Novosti/Vitaliy P...
Monday, September 29, 2014

XLT: Buran-6M, Uragan-P Communications Suites

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Delta IV SSBN (image courtesy of Wikipedia) (translation of Control Systems Holding Company press release) UIC Equips New “Okean” ...

Overhauled Kilo Subs Remain Kalibr-less

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Kilo "Vladikavkaz" - September 19, 2014 (Image courtesy of Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center) Six new (Project 636.3) Kilo-class ...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Update: "Transshelf" Departs Russia with Nuke Boats

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Akula I SSN "Bratsk" (left) and "Samara" (right) loaded on "Transshelf" - August 2014 (image courtesy of vk...

Dolgorukiy SSBN: The Dirty Secret Under the Hood

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Dolgorukiy SSBN "Yuriy Dolgorukiy" underway in the White Sea - September 7, 2009 (Image courtesy of images.yandex.ru) The Rus...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

Exercise Vostok-2014 - Closures, Bans, Restrictions

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Restricted areas for Vostok-2014 exercise - September 20-28, 2014 (Map courtesy of Google Maps) An area closure, flight bans, and flig...

Update: Impending Missile Launch from Kotelnyy Island?

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Gunnery/missile area closures near Kotelnyy Island - September 15-25, 2014 (Map courtesy of Google Earth) Russia has reissued and exten...
Saturday, September 20, 2014

Petersburg Diesel Submarine Construction Continues

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Petersburg SS "Sankt-Peterburg" moored on Neva River in St. Petersburg - July 2010 (Image courtesy of Wikipedia) Constructi...
Friday, September 19, 2014

Update: "Transshelf" Departs Russia with Nuke Boats

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Locations of "Transshelf" and "Vaygach" - September 15-19, 2014 (Map courtesy of Google Earth) Dockwise semi-submer...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Impending Missile Launch from Kotelnyy Island?

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Gunnery/missile area closure near Kotelnyy Island - September 15-21, 2014 (Map courtesy of Google Earth) An interesting area closure ha...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Update: "Transshelf" Departs Russia with Nuke Boats

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Locations of "50 Let Pobedy" and "Transshelf" - September 12-15, 2014 (Map courtesy of Google Earth) Over the past ...
Monday, September 15, 2014

New SSBNs Will Not Transfer to Pacific Fleet in 2014

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Dolgorukiy SSBN "Aleksandr Nevskiy" and crew - December 2010 (Photo courtesy of SevMash) Despite multiple claims of the tran...