Russian Navy’s interfleet task force consisting of Northern Fleet (NF) aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov, NF large ASW ship Admiral Chabanenko, and Baltic Fleet (BF) frigate Yaroslav Mudry held another exercise in central part of the Mediterranean Sea. Russian mariners carried out antiairc
Costing £130m and weighing 360 tonnes, the NATO Submarine Rescue System is one of the most sophisticated pieces of equipment in the world. For four days, 70 experts from three countries put it through its paces. The NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) is stored and maintained in a giant purpose-buil
Russian defense ministry has already tied a contract for production of submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) Bulava to be executed till 2020, deputy defense minister Alexander Sukhorukov told reporters on Jan 24. “State tests of Bulava missile system have successfully finished in December, an
On 23rd January 2012, EU NAVFOR Operation Commander Rear Admiral Duncan L. Potts welcomed Mr. Alexander Rondos, the recently appointed EU Special Representative to the Horn of Africa to the Operation Headquarters in Northwood for a briefing on the EU NAVFOR mission and discussed future close coopera
Two new Mistral-class ships will feature navy-standard MacGregor RoRo equipment from Cargotec Furthering Cargotec’s reputation for specialist RoRo expertise, the company has secured a contract to supply and install MacGregor RoRo equipment for two Mistral-class naval ships. The order is booked durin
Crew of frigate Neustrashimy headed by Capt 2 rank Denis Baranov on Jan 24 celebrated 19-th anniversary of the flag hoisting. Frigate Neustrashimy was laid down in 1987 at Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad). The ship was named in honor of destroyer Neustrashimy, the first destroyer built after WW2. The f
After 314 days deployed from their homeport of Norfolk, Va., the Sailors and Marines aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) enjoyed a final liberty port visit in Barcelona, Spain, Jan. 20-23. The visit marked the crew’s seventh foreign port call of the deployment. “It feels go
First Mistral-class ship for Russian Navy will be laid down early Feb in France, reported RIA Novosti on Jan 24 referring to Alexander Fomin, deputy director of Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation. Agreement on Mistral ships is one of the largest contracts in the history of Russian-Fr
HMS Liverpool recently returned from a seven-month deployment off Libya where she played a key role as part of NATO’s task force during the conflict – she also became the first Royal Navy warship to be fired upon in 30 years and returned that fire in self-defence. The Type 42 destroyer has reached t
On Tuesday 17 January 2012, the military security team on board the fallpipe rockdumping vessel Flintstone succeeded in repelling a pirate attack in the Arabian Sea. The marines used direct fire to confront the immediate threat of a grenade launcher. The pirates approached the Flintstone, owned by o
Russian Navy command discussed condition and prospects of cooperation with foreign navies. In particular, only in Dec 2011 Russian Navy’s ships paid 65 formal calls and unofficial visits to ports of 36 countries. St. Andrew’s flag was seen in the US and Germany, Italy and Netherlands, Turkey and Nor
A Portsmouth-based Royal Navy patrol ship has caught and detained a fishing vessel for using illegal nets in the North Atlantic. Fishery protection vessel HMS Severn was operating 200 miles (320km) off Land’s End – working on behalf of the Marine Management Organisation – when she inspected the fish
