Russian Navy News

08/02/2009
Patriarch prays for accord between Russian, Ukrainian navies
Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, called on Russian and Ukrainian naval personnel in the Crimea to cooperate peacefully, during his visit to Sevastopol on Sunday.

08/02/2009
Russian military plans to resume Bulava missile tests in August
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday it would not abandon the development of the troubled Bulava ballistic missile, and that tests could resume in August.

08/02/2009
Russia's Nerpa nuclear sub starts sea trials in Far East
Russia's Nerpa nuclear attack submarine, damaged in a fatal accident during tests in November last year, started on Friday the second stage of new sea trials, a source involved in the tests said.

07/26/2009
Russia to have balanced nuclear missile navy by 2050 - navy chief
The Russian Navy is developing a concept of building a balanced nuclear missile force by 2050, the Russian Navy commander said on Sunday.

07/26/2009
Russia to lay down one multipurpose submarine a year from 2011
The Russian Navy command has made a decision on building one nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine a year from 2011, the Navy chief said on Sunday.

07/26/2009
Russia lays down 2nd Graney class nuclear sub
Construction of a second Project 885 Yasen (Graney) class nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine started on Friday at the Sevmash shipyard in northern Russia, the company said.

07/26/2009
Dummy rocket hits residential area in Russia's Far East
A dummy rocket launched from a Russian combat ship in the Far East landed in the courtyard of a nine-story apartment building in Vladivostok, a Pacific Fleet spokesman said on Friday.

07/23/2009
Russia set to build up its naval facilities in Syria
The Russian Navy will expand and modernize its Soviet-era naval maintenance site near Tartus in Syria to support anti-piracy operations off the Somali coast, a high-ranking navy source said on Monday.

07/23/2009
New Russian task force to patrol Somali waters until November
A new task force from Russia's Pacific Fleet will join international efforts to fight piracy off Somalia until the end of October, the first deputy chief of the Russian Navy General Staff said on Monday.

07/20/2009
Over 5,000 pirates operate off Somali coast - Russian Navy
At least five large groups of pirates, totaling over 5,000 people, are operating in the Gulf of Aden, the first deputy chief of the Russian Navy General Staff said on Saturday.

07/20/2009
Bulava missile will without doubt enter service - Russian Navy
Russia's new Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile will enter service with the Navy despite a series of failed test-launches, the first deputy chief of the Navy General Staff said on Saturday.

07/20/2009
Sabotage behind Bulava failure?
Russian security services do not exclude that the Bulava missile have been subject to sabotage, RIA Novosti reports.

07/20/2009
Russia's new frigate
After almost 20 years at the construction slip of the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, the frigate Yaroslav Mudry in mid-June took off on its first mission. Russia meanwhile plans the launch of a series of new frigates.

07/16/2009
Russia proves effectiveness of its naval nuclear force - Navy
A recent mission involving launches of ballistic missiles from under ice proved the combat readiness of the naval component of Russia's nuclear triad, a high-ranking Navy source said Wednesday.

07/13/2009
Sea trials of Russia's Nerpa nuclear sub to continue for 2 weeks
Sea trials of Russia's Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine, which was damaged in a fatal accident during previous tests, will continue for about two weeks, a high-ranking defense official said on Friday.

07/13/2009
Russian task force to resume anti-piracy mission in late July
A third task force from Russia's Pacific Fleet will arrive in late July in the Gulf of Aden to ensure security in the pirate-infested waters, a Navy official said on Wednesday.

07/13/2009
India will pay 2.2 billion USD for aircraft carrier
India is ready to pay 2.2 billion USD for the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, currently under reconstruction in the Sevmash yard outside Arkhangelsk.

07/13/2009
New destroyers for Northern Fleet
The construction of a new class of Russian destroyers will start no later than 2012, Head Commander of the Russian Navy Vladimir Vysotsky maintains.

07/05/2009
President Medvedev visited Sevmash, inspected Yury Dolgoruky
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday visited the Sevmash Shipyard in Severodvinsk, where he inspected construction of Russia's new state-of-the-art nuclear submarines.

07/05/2009
Aircraft carrier blunders
Head of the Sevmash yard in Severodvinsk in last week's meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev admitted that his company had made several blunders in the reconstruction process of the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov.