DefenceTalkMoscow: Fourteen Russian seamen have died in a fire on a deep-water research submersible, Russia’s defence ministry said Tuesday, amid local media reports that the vessel was a secretive nuclear-powered mini-submarine. Russian officials have offered little information about the vessel or the circumstances of the accident, but the presence of many senior ranking officers on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/14-crew-killed-in-fire-on-russian-navy-submarine-72366/

DefenceTalkRussia’s cutting-edge frigate Admiral Gorshkov has destroyed a target with a Kalibr cruise missile at a distance of 700 km in the Barents Sea drills, the Northern Fleet’s press office reported on Thursday. “The combat exercise was performed at one of the Northern Fleet’s combat training ranges in the Barents Sea. The missile was launched […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-cutting-edge-frigate-live-fires-cruise-missiles-in-barents-sea-drills-71976/

DefenceTalkRussia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) will build two or three more Ivan Gren-class large amphibious assault ships for the Russian Navy, Corporation CEO Alexei Rakhmanov said on Monday. “A decision has been made to finalize the Ivan Gren project. In particular, there will be changes in the hull. There are plans to build at least […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-build-two-more-large-amphibious-assault-ships-71963/

DefenceTalkRussia’s navy will deploy a total of 26 new ships this year including four carrying Kalibr cruise missiles, President Vladimir Putin said Sunday as the country celebrated Navy Day with a show of strength. “In total in 2018 the navy should get 26 new warships, motor boats and vessels including four warships with Kalibr cruise […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-navy-in-show-of-strength-with-26-new-ships-this-year-71760/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Poseidon underwater drone currently under development will be able to carry a nuclear warhead with a capacity of up to 2 megatonnes to destroy enemy naval bases, a source in the Russian defense sector told TASS on Thursday. “It will be possible to mount various nuclear charges on the ‘torpedo’ of the Poseidon multipurpose […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-poseidon-underwater-drone-to-carry-nuke-warhead-71691/

DefenceTalkNew Delhi and Moscow have finalised contractual terms for four new stealth frigates that Russia will supply the Indian Navy for slightly over Rs 200 billion ($3 billion), or about Rs 50 billion ($775 million) per vessel. Designated the “Upgraded Krivak III class”, the first two frigates will be built in Yantar Shipyard, in Kaliningrad, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-buy-four-russian-frigates-for-3bn-71511/

DefenceTalkThe first advanced version of the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Project 955A Borei-class (North Wind) – the Knyaz Vladimir (Prince Vladimir) – will be floated out this coming November, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Korolev, said in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper. “In the near future, the Severodvinsk-based Sevmash Shipyard will […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-float-fourth-borei-class-submarine-in-november-70717/

DefenceTalkChinese and Russian navies completed exercises in the first stage of the ongoing joint military drills code-named “Joint Sea 2017” on Thursday. The missile destroyer “Hefei” and missile frigate “Yuncheng” of the Chinese fleet docked at the Lieutenant Schmidt Quai in the Russian city of St. Petersburg in the afternoon local time, following an intensive […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-russia-complete-phase-one-joint-naval-drills-in-baltic-sea-70192/

DefenceTalkThe Russian Navy’s Admiral Kuznetsov (NATO reporting name: Kuznetsov-class) aircraft carrier heading for the Mediterranean Sea does not need to make port calls to take fuel and supplies onboard, experts asked by TASS believe. On Wednesday, October 26, the Spanish Foreign Ministry said Madrid, by request of Moscow, had allowed three Russian ships to come […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-admiral-kuznetsov-aircraft-carrier-needs-no-port-calls-on-deployment-68523/

DefenceTalkThe fifth non-nuclear submarine of project 636.3, The Veliki Novgorod, has joined the Russian Navy, a TASS correspondent reports from the flag-hoisting ceremony at the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg, attended by the Russian Navy’s Deputy commander, Vice-Admiral Alexander Fedotenkov and the shipyards’ CEO Alexander Buzakov. “The Veliki Novgorod submarine has been through all government […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fifth-varshavyanka-submarine-joins-russias-navy-68498/