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Two Russian Spy Ships Operating Near Important Military Base In Scotland
Two Russian Navy intelligence gathering ships have taken up position off the British coast. H I Sutton has the story.
8 November 2020
Two Russian Navy intelligence gathering ships have taken up position off the British coast. H I Sutton has the story.
Here is Naval News’ Monthly Recap video for October 2020.
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…
Admiralty Shipyard handed over the Volkhov diesel-electric submarine of project 636.3 to the Russian Navy, the enterprise said.
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.
Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard launched the Alexandrite-class mine countermeasures (MCM) vessel (project 12700) ‘Georgy Kurbatov’ for the Russian Navy, the enterprise said.
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.
A tactical exercise is being held in the Primorye Territory in Russia’s Far East to practice complex maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) missions, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office said.
A Russian Navy frigate has collided with a merchant ship in the entrance to the Baltic this morning. The accident happened in thick fog. Details
