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Russia’s Zubr-class LCAC Practice Amphibious Assault in Baltic Sea
The Baltic Fleet’s Zubr-class LCAC have practiced amphibious landing during a planned exercise in the Kaliningrad Region…
12 November 2020
The Baltic Fleet’s Zubr-class LCAC have practiced amphibious landing during a planned exercise in the Kaliningrad Region…
Two Russian Navy intelligence gathering ships have taken up position off the British coast. H I Sutton has the story.
The Vasily Bykov corvette of project 22160 has completed Arctic trials. It tested the arms and life support. It was believed that project 22160 warships are unfit for the Arctic, but the corvette coped with all missions…
Sevmash Shipyard is preparing to introduce modular technology in the construction of nuclear submarines, the enterprise said.
According to the press release, the frigate was located in the White Sea and the missile hit a surface target located in the Barents Sea.
The Project 971 (Akula-class) nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) K-331 “Magadan” will be operational again a year earlier than planned — in early 2022 rather than in 2023. It will be both overhauled and upgraded. The set of armaments will be renewed. The SSN has stood idle at a shipyard for seven years awaiting an overhaul, the Izvestia daily writes.
The Graivoron Buyan-M-class corvette of project 21631 built for the Black Sea fleet sailed out for the first time for factory running trials, the Defense Ministry said.
The Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika has completed sea trials in the Gulf of Finland and returned to the outfitting quay of the Baltic Shipyard, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
As reported on September 4, 2020 by the Russian shipyard “Zvezda” (SSK Zvezda), the company is completing the construction of one of the largest dry dock in the world. Commissioning works are underway.
A new test launch of the hypersonic Tsirkon missile will be held by the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of project 22350 in September. Salvo fire is planned, two defense industry sources told TASS at Army-2020 forum.
