The Russian Military Merged Thread- Navy

[CougarKing]

Notable updates for this thread:

Russian Navy to Get 40 New Ships in 2014
03/01/2014 (en.ria.ru)

In addition to surface ships of various classes, the navy will also commission the third Borey-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, the Vladimir Monomakh, and a Varshavyanka-class diesel electric submarine, Rear Admiral Viktor Bursuk, a deputy commander of the Russian navy, said.
<snipped>


The Admiral Nakhimov is expected to rejoin the Russian navy in 2018 with the most advanced weapons systems for its vessel type, the Sevmash shipyard said in June last year.

Auxiliary ships to be commissioned by the end of 2014 include the Igor Belousov, an advanced search-and-rescue ship designed to boost the navy’s ability to rescue submarines and ships in distress, Bursuk said.

 

[CougarKing]

Russia rebuilding a global naval presence not seen since the Cold War when Soviet ships were based as far as Cam Ranh Bay (Vietnam) in the late 1970s/early 1980s?

The Diplomat

Russia Says Its Building Naval Bases in Asia, Latin America


Russia’s defense minister says the country will soon build military bases everywhere from Vietnam to Cuba.


A senior Russian defense official has announced that Moscow is looking to build military bases throughout different countries in Asia and the Western Hemisphere.

According to RIA Novosti, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Russia is looking to build military bases in Vietnam, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, the Seychelles, Singapore and several other countries.

“The talks are under way, and we are close to signing the relevant documents,” Shoigu said, according to RIA Novosti. The newspaper noted that “Moscow currently has only one naval base outside the former Soviet Union – in Tartus, Syria, but the fate of this naval facility is uncertain because of the ongoing civil war in that country.”

(...)- EDITED

 

[CougarKing]

Russian Navy Unveils New Class of Submarines

(ria.ru)

Russia is currently designing a fifth-generation conventional submarine, dubbed Project Kalina, which will be fitted with an air-independent propulsion (AIP) system,” Adm. Viktor Chirkov said.

“Our industry promises to develop this AIP system by 2017 and build the first boat fitted with such a system by 2018,” Chirkov said.
The admiral earlier said that the new AIP system could be initially tested on the only operational Lada-class diesel-electric submarine in service with the navy, the St. Petersburg, which is undergoing sea trials in the Barents Sea after a series of design changes.

=====
see also: Russia May Sell China New Advanced Submarines >>>

 

[CougarKing]

Would this incident necessarily mean that Russian sensors have improved?

Stripes

Russia: Apparent US sub driven from Barents Sea

MOSCOW — Russian state news agencies say the country's navy claims to have driven away a submarine believed to be American that entered Russia's northern waters.The reports Saturday cited an unnamed representative of the navy's general staff as saying the incident occurred Thursday in the Barents Sea.

The Barents Sea lies off northwest Russia and the Russian navy's Northern Fleet is based on its shores. The reports said the fleet sent several vessels and an anti-submarine Il-38 aircraft to drive the submarine away.

(...EDITED)

Russian media claims it was a Virginia-Class Submarine: RT link

 

[OldSolduer]

Would this incident necessarily mean that Russian sensors have improved?

Stripes

Russian media claims it was a Virginia-Class Submarine: RT link

Maybe it was one on Kim Jong Un's subs.....after all he did give navigation tips to the captain..... >

 

[CougarKing]

Can they even afford it if the sanctions by the US/West continue to get stiffer?

Russian Defense Minister Vows To Strengthen Navy
Aug. 19, 2014 - 01:55PM  |  By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

MOSCOW — Russia announced plans Tuesday to bolster its navy with more advanced weapons in response to NATO's vow to halt the Kremlin's push into Ukraine and feared expansion into eastern Europe.

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told a general security meeting that he expected to hear a detailed report from Russia's navy commander about how this could be achieved efficiently over the coming six years.

"These proposals must ensure that our forces are re-equipped with modern weapons and military equipment," Russian news agencies quoted Shoigu as saying.

(...)

Russia's current plan through 2020 that Shoigu wants to update is focused on the development of nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers.

Russia has only one functioning aircraft carrier that was first commissioned in the Soviet era and has been lacking the money and know-how to develop a more modern class.

(...SNIPPED)


Defense News

 

[CougarKing]

New Siberia? New Russia/Novorossiya? What next, New Putinland? :

Russia to reopen Northern Fleet base in Arctic

Russia has dispatched a group of ships from its Northern Fleet to the Arctic, with the aim of restoring a permanent base in the region, Russia media say.

A detachment including two amphibious vessels and an anti-submarine ship set off from the fleet's base in Severomorsk, near the Norwegian border.

It will take equipment and personnel to the eastern New Siberian Islands.

Russia is boosting its naval presence in the Arctic as regional powers seek to claim its rich natural resources.

"The main aim of another expedition of the Northern Fleet's vessels to the Arctic region is to deliver personnel, equipment and inventory of a Northern Fleet tactical group, which from this year on will serve on the New Siberian Islands on a permanent basis," said fleet commander Adm Vladimri Korolev in a Defence Ministry statement.

Source: BBC

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Perhaps if the French call this a "mistral class" they can weasel out of the deal they made.  http://www.france24.com/en/20140907-200-years-french-ship-hermione-sails-again-lafayette-usa/

 

[CougarKing]

Russia unveils "Admiral Gorshkov" carbon-fibre frigate...

Gun for "Admiral Gorshkov"

September 11th

The first production model of 130-mm universal shipborne automatic gun mount A-192m, delivered to OAO "Shipyard" Severnaya Verf "in St. Petersburg to be mounted on the head there to finish building the frigate of project 22350 " Admiral Gorshkov ". artillery system designed FSUE "Design Bureau" Arsenal "Frunze" and made in JSC Machine-Building Plant "Arsenal" in St. Petersburg.

Frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" (serial number 921) was built for the Russian Navy to "Severnaya Verf" 1 February 2006 and launched on October 29, 2010, since being in the stage of completion.

bmpd.livejournal.com

plus more from another article from October 9, 2012:

The Russian-built Admiral Gorshkov class stealth frigate is the first large naval vessel to be made out of carbon fiber. While there are questions regarding the performance and durability of the composite material, the frigate is set to undergo trials in the Barents Sea this November.

Izvestia, Severnoe PDB: Multipurpose Frigate of Project 22356 (export version)

 

[down on the upside]

Que Hunt for Red October music.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Follow an embedded Russian reporter (from a government news agency) take a ride on a Russian destroyer making its way to "an unused former-Soviet base in the White Sea" - looks like good eatin' in the wardroom:

Some gratuitous RUS ship shots - The ‘Peter the Great’, a heavy nuclear cruiser ....

.... The heavy nuclear-powered GM cruiser "Peter the Great" of the Arctic fleet seen in the Pacific fleet vessels' sortie for combat training. (RIA Novosti/Vitaliy Ankov) ....

.... and a small IPC-203 anti-submarine ship "Young" sails through Kola Bay. (RIA Novosti/Mikhail Fomichev) ....

 

[CougarKing]

The threat from the Russian and Chinese navies explored in this article below; excerpts from the Russian portion reposted below:

Military.com

US Navy Issues Warnings on Russia, China’s Submarine Fleets

(...SNIPPED)

“The Soviet Union devolved into Russia but they kept their nuclear capabilities. They are now re-growing those capabilities and others. As they re-grow, we find that modern Russia appears to have some aspirations both territory-wise and influence-wise that are reminiscent of the way they behaved when we had the Soviet Union,” Connor said.

Last week, Russia broadcast its intent to upgrade its submarine fleet when Russian officials released photos of two Akula II-class nuclear submarines being ferried to a shipyard to receive modernization upgrades.

Along with Russia, the U.S. Navy has taken a closer look at China’s submarine fleet warning that its advancement means the Chinese have a global strike capability, Connor said.

(...SNIPPED)

 

[CougarKing]

In the aftermath of the occupation of Crimea:

Reuters

Russia will add 80 new warships to Black Sea Fleet: fleet commander

(Reuters) - Russia will increase its Black Sea fleet with more than 80 new warships by 2020 and will complete a second naval base for the fleet near the city of Novorossiysk by 2016, its commander said on Tuesday.

In comments made to President Vladimir Putin as he visited the port city, Vice Admiral Alexander Vitko said a second Black Sea base was needed in addition to the main base on the Crimea peninsula annexed from Ukraine because of NATO expansion.

(...EDITED)

 

[CougarKing]

The Russian sub fleet in focus again:

Military.com

CNO Warns of Advanced Russian Submarine Development

(...SNIPPED)

Russia reportedly plans to sell a variant of its new Amur 1650 attack submarine to the Chinese. The Amur 1650 is a modern version of the Kilo-class Russian submarine with improved acoustic stealth, new combat systems, and air-independent propulsion, according to a report in the Inquisitr.

The website also reported that the Russian military successfully tested a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, launched from a Russian nuclear submarine, the Vladimir Monomakh. The U.S. Navy believes that the newest of China's nuclear submarines, the Jin SSBN, would mark China's first credible at-sea-second-strike nuclear capability, according to the report.

Greenert said the U.S. Navy is taking its own strides to advance its submarine fleet as the Ohio Replacement Program, or ORP, is in the early stages of development. The U.S. Navy plans to begin construction of a new class of 12 next-generation, quiet and stealthy nuclear-armed submarines able to provide what's called strategic nuclear deterrence.

Undersea strategic nuclear deterrence means that in the unlikely event of a catastrophic first-strike against the

U.S. using nuclear weapons, the presence of nuclear-armed submarines in the ocean could guarantee a defensive response.

(...SNIPPED)

 

[CougarKing]

From last month:

Russia successfully tests Bulava missile on nuclear submarine
30 October 2014

(...SNIPPED)

Following its launch from a submerged position at a site in the Barents Sea, the new missile successfully hit the intended target at the Kura test range in Kamchatka, Russian Far East, meeting the required parameters of the flight trajectory, according to RIA Novosti.

"The new missile successfully hit the intended target at the Kura test range."

The latest test, conducted as part of the Yury Dolgoruky's weapons and systems testing, follows the successful launch of the Bulava missile from the Borey-class Vladimir Monomakh nuclear-powered submarine last month.

The tests are aimed at making the ICBM Bulava a vital nuclear warhead for Borey-class ballistic missile submarines. It is expected to replace the navy's ageing Delta III, Delta IV and Typhoon classes.

(...SNIPPED)

The strategic nuclear submarine K-535 "Yuri Dolgoruky" (RIA Novosti)
-

Launch of a Bulava Bulava ballistic missile (SLBM) from the Borey-class Yury Dolgoruky nuclear-powered submarine.
Photo: ria.ru

YouTube Videos:
* Russia’s nuclear sub test-fires Bulava strategic missile
* Bulava Test: First footage inside nuclear submarine launching missile

Sources:
* naval-technology
* ria.ru

 

[CougarKing]

Reminds me of the time the carrier Kuznetsov steamed through the English channel recently, escorted by the a UK Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer:

Reuters

NATO unconcerned by Russian warships in English Channel

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A squadron of Russian warships entered the English Channel on Friday but a NATO official dismissed a Russian media report that they were there to conduct military exercises.

Russian news agency RIA quoted the Northern Fleet as saying its vessels, led by anti-submarine ship Severomorsk, had passed through the Strait of Dover and were now in international waters in the Seine Bay to wait for a storm to pass.

"While it is anchored the crew are undertaking a series of exercises on how to tackle infiltrating submarine forces and are training on survival techniques in the case of flooding or fire," RIA quoted the Northern Fleet as saying in a statement.

(...SNIPPED)

/quote]

 

[CougarKing]

Putin eyeing the Baltic and Scandinavian states?  ;D

Military.com

Heightened Russian Military Activity Observed in Baltic Sea

UPI | Dec 11, 2014 | by Ed Adamczyk
WARSAW, Poland -- Several Baltic nations reported an increase in Russian military air and naval activity in and around the Baltic Sea this week.

Polish Defense MinisterThomas Siemoniak, interviewed on the Polish television news channel TVN24, suggested Russia was "not preparing to attack," but the "unprecedented" level of action "does not serve to build good relationships and trust." He speculated Russia was testing NATO defense capabilities.

(...SNIPPED)

 

[RK]

http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/ryssland-ovar-med-strategiska-bombplan-over-ostersjon_4170627.svd

Not sure how much you can make out of that using google translate.
Considering how rough the political climate is in Sweden atm, it is a little bothersome that he's flexing his muscles the way he is.

Some days it's easier to remember his comments about the swedes paying for what they did than other days, i wasn't old when he came to power. But I remember that part.

/the newbie "former" swede (hope i didn't cross any line replying here, appologies if I did)

 

[CougarKing]

Another Arctic outpost:

Business Insider

Russia Is Constructing An Arctic Stronghold 30 Miles From The Finnish Border

Russia has started moving troops towards a new military installation that's 31 miles from the Finnish border, Damien Sharkov Newsweek reports citing a press statement from Russian admiral Vladimir Korolev.

As of Jan. 13, approximately 800 servicemen from Russia's Northern Fleet had been stationed in the Russian town of Alakurtti, in the Murmansk region. Alakurtti is due to become one of Russia's key strongholds in its quest to fortify its position and influence over the Arctic region.

The rest of Russia’s Northern Fleet — which includes 3,000 ground troops trained for combat in Arctic conditions backed by 39 ships and 45 submarines — will be stationed there "soon."

(...SNIPPED)

 

[MilEME09]

It should also be noted Russia has 4 operation airbases in the Arctic with 10 more coming online within the next year or so by their own reporting. The question is though with oil prices tanking, does Russia have the money to keep all these new bases running?