For the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry released a video footage on 25 January that showed the frigate carrying out an electronic launch of the missile, reported Russian news agencyTass. In the video, Admiral Gorshkov commander Captain 1st Rank Igor Krokhmal said: “Today a shipborne ...
The failed missile launch is believed to have been of the massive RS-28 Sarmat missile, known as the "Satan II" in the West. The Sarmat, one of Russia's next-generation nuclear capable missiles, tips the scales at over 200 tons and can carry multiple warheads, with a total est...
Despite frequent announcements that Kalibr is being incorporated, nofiringof the missile from a modernized Akula has been reported. A test launch of the new system would be a normal part of combat certification for returning to operational status. Moreover, when it occurs, the MOD can be expect...
Jim Lo Scalzo | Reuters The U.S. today is expected to roll out new sanctions against an expanded list of Russian oligarchs and their families, NBC News reported, citing a source familiar with the matter. President Joe Biden had signaled during his State of the Union address on Tuesday that...
Russian hypersonic missile launch from a submarine. (Russian Defense Ministry) The Russian navy has successfully test-fired a prototype hypersonic missile from a nuclear submarine for the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry said earlier this week. According to the ministry, the Severodvinsk ...
Commercial satellite imagery indicates that the 302nd Missile Regiment has already been disarmed to accommodate for Sarmat-related upgrades to the regiment’s silos and launch control center (Figure 1). Figure 1. Upgrade from the SS-18 to the SS-29 ICBM at the Uzhur missile field. Display ...
The flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, a guided-missile cruiser that became a potent target of Ukrainian defiance in the opening days of the war, sank Thursday after it was heavily damaged in the latest setback for Moscow's invasion.
Kalibr is the primary land-attack cruise missile (LACM) of the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s assets, which have been launching these missiles in order to support Russian Army’s land operations. The Black Sea Fleet vessels able to launch the LACM are: ...
“One should be careful with interpreting the missile launch as an escalation of the current situation, but rather view the event as a way for Russia display its capabilities and posture as a military great power,” Wegge says. “At the same time, it seems reasonable to interpret the event...
The Russian troops have also destroyed 47 planes on the ground and 11 aircraft in the air, 472 tanks and other combat armored vehicles, 62 multiple launch rocket systems, 206 field artillery guns and mortars, 336 special military motor vehicles and 46 unmanned aerial vehicles," the general said...