updated Sat. March 9, 2019
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The National Interest Online (blog)
April 28, 2018
As it is already nearly thirty years old, it is unclear how much more service the Russian Navy can wring from the hull. ... In short, China has recent experience building large aviation warships, while Russia has no experience building a surface ship larger than a destroyer since the end of the Cold War.
NavyTimes.com
April 17, 2018
Missiles streak across the Damascus skyline as the U.S. launches an attack on Syrian chemical weapons sites on April 14, 2018. To the surprise of Syrian forces and their Russian allies, none of the missiles came from the well-positioned guided-missile destroyer Donald Cook. (Hassan Ammar/AP). The guided-missileÃÂ ...
India Today
April 17, 2018
Moving closer towards buying four advanced warships for the Navy, India has finalised the price of the vessels to be bought directly from Russia at around USD ... After Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharamans visit to Russia, the Russian and Indian sides have completed the price negotiations for the RussianÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
April 17, 2018
In 2016, India and Russia were negotiating a possible sale of three Admiral Grigorovich-class guided-missile frigates to the Indian Navy and signed an inter-governmental agreement. The three ships, laid down in Kaliningrad in 2013 and originally destined for the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet, wereÃÂ ...
Business Insider
April 16, 2018
When President Donald Trump threatened to strike Syria, the US Navy had only one destroyer in the region — leading people to assume it would take part. But when the attack occurred, that ship didn't fire — suggesting it may have been a distraction ploy. Instead, ships in the Red Sea fired a large portion of the missiles,ÃÂ ...
PortNews IAA
April 2, 2018
Ships are continuing to work out scheduled training tasks in the sea in northeast Russia, says press center of RF Defence Ministry. Today, ships have held drills on eliminating the simulated enemy's surface and air targets in the Avacha Bay. The small ASW ship MPK-82 conducted three artillery firings at theÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
April 2, 2018
The Army and Navy are operating together in the Pacific to fire ground artillery from Navy ships, send targeting data to land weapons from Navy ... such as the advanced Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), Maritime Tomahawk and an over-the-horizon weapon for the Littoral Combat Ship and Frigate.
Big Think (blog)
April 2, 2018
“We are now seeing Russian underwater activity in the vicinity of undersea cables that I don't believe we have ever seen,” said U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Andrew Lennon, the commander of NATO's submarine forces. “Russia is clearly taking an interest in NATO and NATO nations' undersea infrastructure.”.
Business Insider
April 2, 2018
Every year, on July 29, the Russian Navy's ships, sailors, infantry, and aircraft come out in full force for parades in ports all across the country. Over 40 ships ... A warship floats past the Dvortsovy (Palace) drawbridge rising above the Neva River during a Naval parade rehearsal in St.Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2017.
Express.co.uk
April 2, 2018
A RUSSIAN warship has sailed through the Mediterranean and is headed towards Europe today after Russian president Vladimir Putin's foreign minister suggested the poisoning of Sergei Skripal could have been in the UK's interests to cover up the Government's “failure” to secure a good Brexit deal.
The National Interest Online (blog)
April 1, 2018
The Navy hopes to increase its current submarine construction op-tempo and build as many as three Virginia-class submarines per year to more rapidly address the services' attack submarine deficit. The previous status quo had been for the Navy to drop from building two Virginia-Class boats per year toÃÂ ...
CBS News
March 30, 2018
Rossiya, a Russian state TV network, has said the Yantar can not only connect to top-secret cables, but could cut them and "jam underwater sensors with a special system." Russia's Defense Ministry did not respond to a request for comment. There is no hard evidence that the ship is engaged in nefariousÃÂ ...
The Independent Barents Observer
March 2, 2018
The ship was on its way back to home port of Severomorsk as it this week tested its guns outside the northern coast of Norway. The exercise included return of fire against an attacking simulating enemy, a press release from the Northern Fleet informs. In addition, operators of the ship's mobile air-defenseÃÂ ...
Polygraph.info
March 2, 2018
It was the first time the two warships deployed in the area simultaneously after participating in drills in the area in July. Equipped with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, the ships are forward deployed to Naval Station Rota in Spain but on this deployment have docked at the Varna and ConstantaÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
February 28, 2018
The massive ships have never figured significantly in the Soviet or Russian naval inventory. Currently, Russia has only one carrier—the significantly smaller Admiral Kuznetsov—launched in 1985. Multiple mechanical problems have plagued the ship ever since, and she doesn't go anywhere without anÃÂ ...
Express.co.uk
February 24, 2018
... Russian ships passing through the Channel. The latest flotilla was returning from supporting Russia's campaign in Syria. They were tracked up the Bay of Biscay by the French Navy which handed them on to 1,700-ton HMS Mersey. It followed them through the Channel before the Dutch Navy took over.
Telegraph.co.uk
February 22, 2018
The Royal Navy was criticised on Thursdayfor using a patrol vessel rather than a frigate to escort a Russian naval flotilla through the English Channel. For the third time in two months the Russians sent their ships past the UK's southern coast, when the spy ship Feodor Golovin, landing ship AlexanderÃÂ ...
Newsweek
February 21, 2018
The U.S. Navy has sent a missile destroyer to Europe's Black Sea to join another warship, the USS Ross, in a move that risks irking Russia once again. ... Despite previous Russian requests to keep U.S. forces out of the region where Moscow once had four out of the five foreign navies under its thumb,ÃÂ ...
NavyTimes.com
February 20, 2018
“Our decision to have two ships simultaneously operate in the Black Sea is proactive, not reactive,” said Vice Adm. Christopher Grady, commander of 6th Fleet, which oversees U.S. naval operations in the region. “The continued presence of the U.S. Navy in the Black Sea demonstrates our enduringÃÂ ...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
Russia's navy appears to have responded to President Donald Trump's warning that US missiles are headed to Syria, as well as the US Navy's deployment of an aircraft carrier to the region. The Russian military has said it is tracking the movements of the US Navy. In the past, the US has used Navy ships toÃÂ ...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
Russia's navy left port in Syria out of concern for its safety after President Donald Trump threatened a strike against Syria. Russia says the US has been in contact with it, and a Russian report says the US will let it know ahead of time where it will strike to avoid Russian casualties. But the move of Russia'sÃÂ ...
TIME
December 31, 1999
The Russian Navy has at least two Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates, which can launch cruise missiles, in the Mediterranean as well as submarines and support vessels, Reuters reports. There are also dozens of Russian warplanes stationed at the Hmeymim airbase in Syria. Russia also has an advancedÃÂ ...
TASS
December 31, 1999
MOSCOW, April 13. /TASS/. Russian warships and submarines are keeping an eye on US and NATO ships in the Eastern Mediterranean, a military diplomatic source said on Friday. "Warships and submarines of the Russian naval taskforce are keeping track at a close distance of US and NATO assaultÃÂ ...
TASS
December 31, 1999
Over 40 warships to take part in Russia's naval parade in 2018 ... One of them is the small missile ship Uragan whose construction was completed in 2018. Also, 25 ... Last year, along with warships, boats, submarines and aircraft making part of the Russian Navy, the Main Naval Parade showed off the mostÃÂ ...
TASS
December 31, 1999
MOSCOW, February 27. /TASS/. February 28, 2018 will mark ten years since the Project 20380 lead ship Steregushchiy was accepted for service in the Russian Navy. Project 20380/20385 warships are a series of multi-purpose corvettes (guard ships) developed for the Russian Navy for coastal water operations.
Stars and Stripes
December 31, 1999
The navy also played a large part in Russia's intervention in Syria on behalf of President Bashar Assad. Russia's fleet is now establishing a permanent presence in Syria by leasing a mooring facility at the Tartus base that will be expanded to hold 11 warships, Petersen said. This could lead to more RussianÃÂ ...
TASS
February 9, 2018
The large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren is scheduled for delivery to the Russian Navy by the end of spring, Head of the United Ship-Building ... Sergei Mikhailov, spokesman for the Yantar Shipyard on the Baltic coast, which is building the Ivan Gren, earlier told TASS that the warship's state trials wereÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
February 8, 2018
PETERSBURG (Sputnik) - Over 100 missiles have been fired from the Russian warships since the beginning of Russia's anti-terror operation in Syria, ... The most important experience for the development of the Navy is, of course, the use of long-range cruise missiles from the Navy's ships and submarines.
Newsweek
February 1, 2018
Russia has sent ships to the subarctic waters of the Barents Sea to practice anti-missile combat on on their first artillery fire drill of the year. Russia's northernmost forces have operated a specialist command since 2014, geared specifically towards establishing a firmer foothold around the Arctic Ocean.
CTV News
February 1, 2018
Navy commodore plays down Canada's encounter with Russian warships ... OTTAWA -- A senior naval commander is playing down an account from one of his sailors of a seemingly tense standoff between a Canadian warship and ... Royal Canadian Navy to begin training at sea on leased supply vessel.
The Sun
January 31, 2018
THE Royal Navy is so short of proper warships it was forced to send a pint-sized, lightly-armed minehunter to intercept two Russian attack subs in the English Channel. The plastic-hulled HMS Cattistock had to face down the Russians because cash-strapped Navy chiefs had no heavily-gunned frigatesÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
January 30, 2018
Washington says a Russian military jet engaged in an "unsafe interaction" with a U.S. Navy surveillance plane over the Black Sea on January 29, coming within 1.5 meters and crossing directly in front of the U.S. plane. In a statement late on January 29, the U.S. State Department called on Russia "to ceaseÃÂ ...
The Avion
January 29, 2018
Russia and the United States seem to always be at odds, and since the 2016 Presidential Election, Russia never fails to remind the U.S. that they are still around. ... Russian ships are becoming more common in the open seas, and their increase of naval activity is curious but has yet to prove as threatening.
Motherboard
January 29, 2018
The US Navy's ultra-versatile new $440 million warship might have to ride out the rest of winter frozen to a dock in Canada. But the sailing branch says it expects to ... The farthest-flying Russian anti-ship missile today can hit US ships from as far as 300 miles away. The current longest-range AmericanÃÂ ...
CNN
January 29, 2018
Washington (CNN) A Russian military jet performed an unsafe intercept of a US Navy P-3 Orion surveillance plane while it was flying in international airspace ... Russian, US and NATO forces operate in close proximity to one another in the area, particularly since Russia boosted its military presence in theÃÂ ...
WAVY-TV
January 26, 2018
(WAVY) — A Defense Department official says U.S. Navy is tracking a Russian spy ship off the coast of Virginia. The official said the Russian ship ... The Viktor Leonov is part of Russia's Northern Fleet and has made previous deployments in 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017. According to the official, the ship'sÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
January 20, 2018
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — United States Department of Defense officials say Russia has dispatched an intelligence gathering ship to the Caribbean Sea that is being closely monitored by the Pentagon. The spy ship, Viktor Leonov was spotted leaving Port-of-Spain in Trinidad and Tobago onÃÂ ...
We Are The Mighty (blog)
January 17, 2018
“Moskva” (“Moscow”) (ex-“Slava”, which means “Glory”) is the lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class of guided missile cruisers in the Russian Navy. The Project 1164 Atlant class was developed as “Aircraft carriers killer”. This warship was used in the 2008 Russia–Georgia War. (Wikimedia CommonsÃÂ ...
CNN
January 17, 2018
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TASS
January 14, 2018
BUENOS AIRES, January 14. /TASS/. Russian specialists are to return to the area where search for Argentina's missing San Juan submarine continues onboard the Islas Malvinas vessel, the press service of the Argentine Navy said on Sunday. "Today in the morning, the crew of the Argentine Navy shipÃÂ ...
Naval Technology
January 10, 2018
It successfully sailed to meet up with the Russian vessels, while keeping track of the ships' activities in areas of UK national interest. HMS Westminster is set to remain at sea as the two Russian Navy warships and their accompanying support vessels, Paradoks and Kola, head towards north.
Popular Mechanics
January 10, 2018
Although the display of firepower certainly is impressive, it masks one important point: most of these ships and weapons are older designs that predate modern Russia. Kuznetsov is an old, dilapidated carrier and her SA-N-9 missile date to the 1970s. Granit anti-ship missiles, while certainly deserving theÃÂ ...
Newsweek
January 9, 2018
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 show support for Ukraine, particularly in the face of Russian aggression. The former Soviet country has been locked into a prolonged standoff with Russia in its east and south.
Newsweek
January 9, 2018
The British Royal Navy has been repeatedly called upon to shadow and track Russian navy ships in the English Channel, scrambling its high readiness ... at sea escorting another Russian warship, the Admiral Gorshkov and an escort of a Russian intelligence-gathering ship by the HMS Tyne a day earlier.
The Sun
January 8, 2018
The Portsmouth-based Type 23 frigate was activated on Friday to keep watch on two Russian warships and two supporting vessels. It remained at sea to keep track of the two Steregushchiy-class frigates Soobrazitelny and Boiky. Commander Simon Kelly, the Commanding Officer of HMS Westminster, said:ÃÂ ...
Jalopnik
January 6, 2018
Around 13 years ago, the site of the sinking of the U.S.S. Thomas Donaldson, a World War II-era transport ship, was discovered in the Barents Sea on Russia's northern coast not far from their borders with Norway and Finland. In the past few years, the Russian Navy has pulled the tanks the ship wasÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
January 5, 2018
Why North Korea, China and Russia Fear the Navy's Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carriers ... The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers were, at the time, the largest warships ever constructed. ... Nimitz and her sister ships can accelerate and decelerate more quickly than a conventional ship, and can cruise indefinitely.
Newsweek
January 5, 2018
Russia's navy in the north carried out more than 200 practice launches of missiles and rockets within the last year, as part of more than 300 exercises, the ... months the fleet has repeatedly sent ships into the Sea of Barents and waters near the Arctic on live-fire drills, including cruise and anti-ship missiles.
Ottawa Citizen
January 4, 2018
The Russian Navy's Yantar ocean survey ship has been conducting a search for the wreckage of the missing Argentine submarine ARA San Juan. The vessel ... There have been suggestions that Russia will soon end the search but Argentina's navy said it has not been informed of any deadlines. ArgentineÃÂ ...
Scout
January 3, 2018
Or, more accurately, it has shipkillers of its own: what can disable or sink a flattop can make short work of lesser warships. And antiship weaponry is multiplying in numbers, range, and lethality as the navy reawakens from its post-Cold War holiday from history. Whose carrier-killer trumps whose will hinge inÃÂ ...
