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We Are The Mighty (blog)
January 24, 2018
Video posted on YouTube and numerous social media sites appears to show a Kilo-class attack submarine in very close proximity to a raging fire with thick black smoke. The footage was filmed in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok, home of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. Five submarines and a number of vessels areÃÂ ...
The Jamestown Foundation
January 23, 2018
Such “dual use” assets directly fit Russia's hybrid warfare doctrine, as they can conduct clandestine underwater operations under the cover of, ... These MUVs have been taken aboard Russian SRVs Georgy Titov (North Sea Fleet), Sayany (Black Sea Fleet), SS-750 (Baltic Fleet) and Alagez (Pacific Fleet)ÃÂ ...
Popular Mechanics
January 22, 2018
Video of what the Russian government claims is merely an “exercise” appears to show a submarine on fire. The video, shot in the Russian fear eastern city of Vladivostok, shows a large fire and thick, black smoke close to several moored Russian Navy submarines. The Russian government says the fireÃÂ ...
Business Insider
January 18, 2018
Russia maintains that it will eventually have a total of six frigates for the Black Sea Fleet, after a domestic gas turbine engine is produced. "There are still some problems in the shipbuilding industry, but they are not as bad as five years ago," Gorenburg said in an email. "On the whole, the Navy is going to beÃÂ ...
TASS
January 17, 2018
Russia's Black Sea Fleet will continue overhauling its ships and onshore elements, the Chief of the Navy, Adm. Vladimir Korolyov said on Wednesday during a working trip to Sevastopol, the main Russian naval base on the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry's department for mass communications quoted IgorÃÂ ...
Popular Mechanics
January 10, 2018
That's Severodvinsk, one of Russia's newest submarines. Severodvinsk is Yasen-class a cruise missile submarine. Commissioned in 2013 after an 18-year construction period, Severodvinsk is a large submarine, measuring 458 feet long and displacing 13,800 tons submerged. Russia is planning to buildÃÂ ...
Newsweek
January 9, 2018
The U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyer Carney sailed into Ukrainian waters Monday in the third visit by a vessel of its kind to the tense Black Sea region since August. The Arleigh Burke-class U.S.S. Carney docked in the port city of Odessa as part of an ongoing commitment by the U.S. military to showÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
January 8, 2018
Moscow views the increased U.S. presence in the Black Sea as part of Washington's more aggressive posturing since Russia annexed the Crimean ... Some analysts say it's imperative that the U.S. steps up its aerial and maritime patrols, because Russia too is deploying more naval forces in the Black Sea.
UNIAN
December 29, 2017
In the occupied Crimea's naval base of Sevastopol on December 28, more than 40 naval crews of Russia's Black Sea Fleet held military exercises related to the preparation for a long campaign and the use of weapons and technical means, according to the Russian Southern Military District's press service,ÃÂ ...
TASS
December 27, 2017
The flag-hoisting ceremony aboard the frigate was attended by Russian Navy Shipbuilding Chief Rear Admiral Vladimir Tryapichnikov, Baltic Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Alexander Nosatov, CEO of Severnoye Design Bureau Andrei Dyachkov, representatives of Russia's United ShipbuildingÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
December 31, 1999
Do Russia and China Stand Any Chance Against the Navy's New Aircraft Carrier? .... Your Black Sea fleet has NO carriers; just cruisers, destroyers, and frigates - most of which are older than their American and British counterparts (as well as being less capable). .... Because that's what sinks fleets.
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
The footage was filmed in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok, home of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. Five submarines and a number of vessels are seen moored in close proximity to one another. Two submarines are very close to the blaze, with the fire possibly touching at least one submarine.
The Jamestown Foundation
December 31, 1999
Immediately after the annexation of Crimea, Russia embarked on an ambitious program of modernizing its Black Sea Fleet, based out of Sevastopol. ... new ships for their aging fleets, Romania and Bulgaria have been involved, since 2014, in numerous US- and NATO-led naval exercises in the Black SeaÃÂ ...
Caspian News
October 20, 2017
Russia's navy is comprised of a Northern Fleet, Pacific Fleet, Black Sea Fleet, Baltic Fleet, Caspian Flotilla, Naval Aviation, and Coastal Troops, ...
Scout
October 19, 2017
From the Black Sea to the Yellow Sea, the Navy is expected to show the ... China will export the technology, to countries such as Russia or North Korea, ... are not only growing more aggressive but are growing their sub fleets.
snopes.com
October 19, 2017
Russia used "GPS spoofing" to cause the USS John McCain to collide with a merchant ... After a much publicized 2014 confrontation in the Black Sea between the US Navy ... The accidents are symptoms of an overworked fleet with tired and ...
Deutsche Welle
October 12, 2017
Russia's central bank has presented a new banknote showing the Crimean naval city of Sevastopol and the Greek and Roman ruins at Chersonesus. ... sensitive choice, since it is where Russia's Black Sea fleet is based.
Business Insider
October 4, 2017
These ships will be deployed to all four of the Russian navy's fleets: the Northern Fleet, the Baltic Fleet, the Black Sea Fleet, and the Pacific Fleet. Russia has ...
EurasiaNet
October 2, 2017
Russia is planning to create a new home base for its Caspian Flotilla, ... will be "more advanced than those for the Northern, Baltic, or Black Sea Fleets." (Though not, apparently, the Pacific Fleet, Russia's other major naval division, ... Russia has been laid out some ambitious naval modernization plans, but ...
Observer
September 29, 2017
A navy man inspects a cannon of the Romanian frigate “Regina Maria” ... Russia continues to fortify the Black Sea and its fleet especially with ...
Sputnik International
September 7, 2017
MOSCOW, (Sputnik) — Russia's Black Sea Fleet Naval Air Force, aircraft from Russia's Southern Military District's Air Force and Air DefenseÃÂ ...
TASS
September 5, 2017
The Russian Black Sea Fleet's frigate The Admiral Essen has launched cruise ... currently operating in the Mediterranean as part of Russia's permanent navalÃÂ ...
Newsweek
August 28, 2017
Russia's two new cruise missile-armed submarines have entered the ... of forces in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea Fleet spokesman Vyacheslav ... would be staying with Russia's naval detachment from the Mediterranean.
Balkan Insight
August 25, 2017
Romania has advocated a NATO naval presence on the Black Sea since early 2016. ... Turkey turns a blind eye also to Russia's extensive militarisation of the ... the Russian Black Sea Fleet will soon be equal [to] or greater than the combined [author's italics] fleets of all other Black Sea coastal states.”.
Newsweek
August 23, 2017
While this is not the first time Russia's navy has closed the Kerch Strait, it is ... allocating $1 billion to modernize the Black Sea fleet by 2020 andÃÂ ...
snopes.com
August 23, 2017
Russia used "GPS spoofing" to cause the USS John McCain to collide with ... publicized 2014 confrontation in the Black Sea between the US Navy destroyer ... The accidents are symptoms of an overworked fleet with tired andÃÂ ...
Popular Mechanics
August 21, 2017
Based at Yokosuka, Japan, it is part of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet and one of ... last month sailors in the Black Sea reported that their GPS-based systems were ... The spoofing was reported off the coast of Novorossiysk, Russia.
War Is Boring
August 18, 2017
The Russian navy inherited a massive, modern fleet of surface ships and submarines. Most of these disappeared in short order, as Russia was incapable .... Russian navy is divided between four different fleets — Black Sea,ÃÂ ...
Business Insider
August 17, 2017
With missiles out-ranging China and Russia's fleets many times over, ... by Russia in the Baltics and the Black Sea, and China in the South China Sea. ... performance is so the fleet will have confidence in the system," Capt.
The Drive
August 16, 2017
Novorossiysk is a major port for Russia Black Sea Fleet. ... "With more than 250,000 cell towers in Russia equipped with GPS jamming devicesÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online
August 11, 2017
The Ukrainian navy is still unmistakably struggling to regain its footing and ... For the moment, the strategic focus of Russia's Black Sea Fleet isÃÂ ...
TASS
August 9, 2017
Russia's new diesel-electric submarine Krasnodar has arrived at its home ... part of the Russian Navy's standing task force, TASS reports from the site. ... whole unit of submarines exists in Black Sea Fleet," fleet's Commander,ÃÂ ...
The Jamestown Foundation
August 3, 2017
The Russian Black Sea Fleet has accumulated considerable ... Russia increased the production of naval mines after illegally annexing Crimea.
War on the Rocks
July 26, 2017
The strengthening of the Black Sea Fleet and Russian forces in Crimea, as well as the maintenance of a constant naval presence in theÃÂ ...
New York Times
July 25, 2017
China and Russia have been holding joint military exercises for more ... calls for Russia to hand the peninsula in the Black Sea swiftly back toÃÂ ...
Newsweek
July 24, 2017
Yeliseyev's roots were in Russia but he ended up serving Ukraine, a different ... Yeliseyev was born near Moscow, graduated from a Soviet naval school in the ... and was later made deputy chief of the Russian Black Sea fleet.
Stars and Stripes
July 20, 2017
“Russia has a reputation of unsafe intercepts and naval activity,” ... navy reconnaissance frigate Liman leaves from the Black Sea fleet's base atÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
July 20, 2017
Sea Breeze is a multinational Black Sea exercise that is co-hosted by ... increased presence of Russia's submarine fleets in the Black Sea, Westbrook said. Ukrainian Navy Capt. Andrii Ryzhenko, left, Vice Adm. Christopher Grady, 6th Fleet ... Ukraine lost 75 percent of its navy when Russia annexed CrimeaÃÂ ...
The Drive
July 19, 2017
As of now, the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) task force will ... be a major bolstering of Russia's already formidable Black Sea Fleet.
USNI News
July 5, 2017
The PLAN flotilla will join Russia's Baltic Sea fleet off St. Petersburg for ... the Russian Black Sea fleet in both the Mediterranean and the BlackÃÂ ...
War on the Rocks
December 31, 1999
Earlier this year the acting secretary of the Navy made clear that any increase .... Both China and Russia have taken the reconnaissance strike complex ... over nearby regions such as the South China Sea and the Black Sea.
Task & Purpose
December 31, 1999
The Navy today faces a devastating missile gap between its two biggest ... “It can be used by practically our entire surface and submarine fleet.” With missiles out-ranging China and Russia's fleets many times over, ... established by Russia in the Baltics and the Black Sea, and China in the South China Sea.
AOL
December 31, 1999
"We provided an explanation," Lavrov said, referring to Russia's decision ... during the Navy Day parade in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea, July 30, 2017. ... A traditional parade of the Black Sea Fleet saw eight shipsÃÂ ...
Scout
December 31, 1999
The Russian Navy inherited a massive, modern fleet of surface ships ... with sizable, modern fleets in the Baltic, the Pacific and the Black Sea.
TASS
December 31, 1999
Russia's main Navy Day parade to be held in St. Petersburg ... sailors from the Baltic, Northern and Black Sea fleets, as well as the Caspian flotilla, ... Guests of the parade will see the Northern Fleet flagship, the Pyotr VelikiyÃÂ ...
CNN
December 31, 1999
(CNN) Russia's full naval might was on display Sunday as the country ... More than 5,000 sailors from the Baltic, Black Sea, Northern, Pacific fleets and ... the addition of 30 new vessels to the Russian fleet in the coming year.
AMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
December 31, 1999
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 P.M.) – A traditional parade of the Black Sea Fleet saw eight ships unmoored in Sevastopol in honour of Navy Day,ÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
March 23, 2017
Strengthening the armament of the Russian military bases in Abkhazia is assessed as a "demonstration of power" by experts, who also stress that Russia is using de-facto Abkhazia for its own geopolitical interests. The former Minister of Security of ...
Center for Research on Globalization
March 23, 2017
What would the purpose of deploying such a system be, particularly considering that the Kalibr SLCM, which is now deployed on ships of the Black Sea Fleet, the Caspian Flotilla, and with the Baltic Fleet and Northern Fleet slated to receive Kalibr ...
Sputnik International
March 23, 2017
The 6th Fleet is participating in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military buildup in Eastern Europe amid tensions with Russia that developed after a 2013 coup in Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly warned that a build-up of NATO troops and ...
