Ben Brimelow
Ukraine struck a Russian Kilo-class submarine and an S-400 anti aircraft missile complex in the Moscow-occupied Crimean peninsula, according to a statement from the General Staff on Saturday. The air defense system was established to protect the Kerch Strait Br...
Also, during the transition, the diesel-electric submarine will practice rescue exercise. In March, news agencyInterfaxreported that in addition to the diesel-electric Kilo-class submarine, also a nuclear-powered submarine from the Northern Fleet would sail to St. Petersburg for the naval p...
and it modernized Oscar II-class cruise missile submarineOrel. This work has slowed progress on the Akulas. Similarly, at Zvezda on the Pacific, modernization of Oscar IIs, specificallyIrkutsk—
Russian Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine. Photo: Thomas Nilsen Each submarine comes at a cost of $2.8 billion and the «USS Minnesota» was commissioned in 2013. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 11.0px; font: 10.0px Arial; color: #1a1a1a; backgroun...
Presently, the ship is capable to accommodate 26 deck-based fighters Su-33 and MiG-29K, and 24 antisubmarine helicopters – eighteen Ka-27 or Ka-29, two Ka-27PS and four Ka-31. In the course of modernization, the carrier will be armed with shipborne version of SAM system Pantsir. ...
To this end, Russia has announced a plan for the rapid construction of a total of eight Borei class SSBNs by 2018, with one new submarine to be commissioned every year starting in 2013. While Kramnik argues (correctly, IMO) that this plan is somewhat overoptimistic, he believes that all...
It is a mixed grouping of ships including LSTs, (suggesting prep for amphibious operations), corvettes (looks like all the Steregushchiy-class are out), anti-submarine ships, minesweepers, missile boats, a kilo-submarine, and auxiliaries. Baltic Fleet deploying Diesel-electric Kilo-class ...
this is happening to us, in our country. We had no idea it would be so frightening,” said Nina Karpenko. “They have really gone after us. The deputy chief of the district traffic police escorted my tractor drivers and me to the hearings. He followed us for 250 kilometers. Whatever ...
As for today, as many as 26 Russian naval multi-role MiG-29K fighter jets are stationed on the deck, accompanied by KA-31 airborne early warning and control helicopters, as well as by Ka-28 antisubmarine helicopters. “Today, Russia and India are discussing switching the outdated Soviet MiG...