7 Feet Beneath the Keel

The ongoing "Syrian Express" (using Russian Navy landing ships to transfer materiel between Russia and Syria) and possible shipbo...

At approximately 5pm (MSK) on July 12, President Putin directed defense minister Sergey Shoygu to order a surprise inspection of the Easter...

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

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

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

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

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