After termination of large-scale exercise held by Eastern Military District, Pacific Fleet (PF) Guard missile cruiser Varyag sailed off Kamchatka to start a long-range cruise. The crew is going to pay unofficial visits to Japan, the US, and Canada. Basic objective of the visits is strengthening of n
Organizational meeting of Baltic Fleet (BF) command with young lieutenants took place in Kaliningrad Officers’ Club under direction of BF Commander Vice Admiral Viktor Chirkov, told BF Information Support Group to Central Navy Portal. Over 300 graduates of military educational institutions were post
HMS Lancaster’s refit reached a key milestone today as the dry dock housing the Ship was flooded for the first time since September 2010. Since entering upkeep in September 2010, HMS Lancaster has received extensive work to her equipment and systems, with both shafts being replaced, a transom flap f
The high number of ships passing through the Bosphorus Strait and the Dardanelles has alerted the Environment and Urbanization Ministry to t… (hurriyetdailynews) [mappress] Source: hurriyetdailynews, September 21, 2011;
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan described offshore gas drilling by estranged ally Israel and Cyprus as “madness” on Wednesday, raising… By Jonathon Burch (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters,September 21, 2011;
HMS St Albans is using the human touch to help her defeat criminal activity in the Gulf. The Portsmouth-based frigate is visiting up to ten dhows a day on patrol in the region, building up relations with local fishermen and learning about the ‘pattern of life’ in these waters You never forget your f
Delegation of Indian Navy headed by director of ship building and procurement department Vice Admiral N. N. Kumar arrived at Sevmash shipyard for inspection. Today, Vice Admiral Kumar accompanied by president of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Roman Trotsenko, Sevmash‘s Chief Engineer Alex
HMS Ocean is resuming patrols off Libya after a short break in Crete to undergo essential maintenance following nearly three months of constant action. As she returned to sea, Britain’s biggest warship was visited by the Second Sea Lord, who thanked all aboard for the continuing sacrifices. Heading
Verificatory drill held at Black Sea Fleet has been completed. In accordance with plan of tactical verificatory drill took place at Black Sea Fleet, small-size missile ships Mirazh and Shtil practiced missile strike upon “enemy” landing force. Later on, landing ships Azov and Caesar Kunikov landed
Saab Sensis manages the US Baseline of Sea Giraffe AMB and will provide US based program management hardware and software adaptations, system integration, testing, and total lifecycle support to General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems in support of the LCS program. As the platform system engin
JSC Severnaya Verf shipyard received tens of billions rubles as government guarantee for state defense order execution. Corresponding governmental decree No. 1575 was signed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Sept 8, 2011. According to the document, the guarantee is extended up to the end o
Sevmash Shipyard executing an order for retrofitting INS Vikramaditya (the former Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov) for the Indian N… (portnews) [mappress] Source: portnews, September 20, 2011;
