Sunday, August 31, 2014

"Transshelf" Departs Russia with Nuke Boats

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Locations of "Hai Yang Shi You 278" (pink) and "Transshelf" (green) on August 30 The Dockwise semi-submersible heav...

Russia Keeping Tabs on Alaska

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Location of Balzam-class intelligence collection ship "SSV-80" [Map courtesy of Google Maps] The Russian Navy Pacific Fleet...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Nuke Boats Loaded on Heavy-Lift Vessels

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Akula I SSN "Samara" (left) and "Bratsk" (right) loaded on TRANSSHELF [photo: Express-Kamchatka]                   ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Russia's Secret Naval Exercise

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Depictions of area closures [Courtesy: Google Earth; Data: GEBCO, NGA, NOAA, SIO, U.S. Navy] Russian Navy public affairs officers must...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Why is the Netherlands Helping the Russian Navy Right Now?

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"Transshelf" ferries two Victor III SSN, July 2009 [photo: HeavyLift RU ]                                                    ...
Monday, September 16, 2013

UPDATE: Is Russia's Surface Fleet Being Stretched to the Limit?

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In a brief update to my previous blog entry : Admiral Panteleyev finally returned to the Mediterranean Sea last week following possible ...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Is Russia's Surface Fleet Being Stretched to the Limit?

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