In 2009, India will begin leasing a Russian Akula class attack submarine. The Chinese wanted one, but it turns out that concerns about Chinese intellectual property policy have made the Russians reluctant to transfer new advanced equipment. This is the second nuclear powered submarine that...
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The Tsar's Last Armada, by Constantine Pleshakov, tells the story of the transit of the Russian Baltic Fleet to the Straits of Tsushima, where it was destroyed by Admiral Togo.
Let me go on record as saying that whatever minimal value there might be in returning Abkhazia to Georgia (and the value may indeed be negative, since the residents of.
...and a bit more at the new Russian Navy Blog. It's not an official Russian Navy blog, but rather is run by an enthusiast who pays a lot of attention to Russian naval developments and translates Russian naval materials. My favorite feature thus far is...
The Chinese appear to be stealing an effective and marketable Russian weapon design; the Russian response is to threaten a lawsuit:Russia is getting more and more upset at what it.
Hans Kristensen has a good post on the inactivity of Russian SSBNs:The number of deterrence patrols conducted by Russia’s 11 nuclear-powered ballistic missiles submarines (SSBNs) decreased to only three in.
This backs up something I heard at the recent International Studies Association meeting:A statement from the Russian foreign ministry said that "a bridgehead is being prepared for the start of military operations against Abkhazia".Russia accuses Georgia of amassing 1,500 soldiers and police near the rebel...
A couple of aircraft carrier related links for your afternoon...Via Danger Room, Martin Sieff has a new series at UPI on the vulnerability of carriers to submarine attack. Galrahn has.
Like Matt, I don't have any principled opposition to Ukrainian membership in NATO. It will irritate the Russians, yes, but I don't have a terrible lot of sympathy for Russia.
This was quick; maybe rumors about Kitty Hawk were being deployed strategically?India and Russia have ended a protracted dispute over the cost of a Soviet-era aircraft carrier which will be now sold at a higher price to the Indian navy in 2011, officials said Feb....
Last August I wrote:It's unclear whether the Indians will keep Viraat around for another three years or accept a carrier deployment gap. It's kind of interesting to me that, in.
Jurgen Rohwer and Mikhail Monakov wrote Stalin's Ocean-Going Fleet in 2001, after the opening of Soviet archives had let considerable light onto Soviet Navy doctrinal and procurement decisions during the.