Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Trick-or-Treat: Russian Sub Crew Casts Early Vote in U.S. Presidential Election

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Sierra II nuclear-powered submarine (source: oosif.ru) Bill Gertz, who isn't shy about his pro-Republican tendencies, decided to pub...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

UPDATE 2: The Curious Case of Alaed

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A couple days after my previous update , the Alaed story grew new wings.  First, the Russian MOD informed the world that Northern Fleet Ud...
Saturday, July 7, 2012

UPDATE 1: The Curious Case of Alaed

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Not much news has been forthcoming regarding the status of Alaed since it arrived in Murmansk last month . Over the past week, however, int...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

The Curious Case of Alaed

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Russia is now playing "hide the weapons" with the rest of the world.  Moscow hired FEMCO , which leased the Netherlands/Antill...
Monday, April 16, 2012

UPDATE: Smetlivyy - Russia's "Clever" Destroyer

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Update to As I suggested in my previous post , the Russian Navy may have decided to implement a "constant presence" near the Syr...
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Smetlivyy - Russia's "Clever" Destroyer

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When the Russian Navy’s last remaining Kashin-class destroyer, Smetlivyy , departs Sevastopol on April 1, how will military officials charac...
Monday, February 20, 2012

Russia Sending Subs to Black Sea?

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In early-February, Rear Admiral Aleksandr Fedotenkov, Commander of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet, told a RIA Novosti reporter that the...