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“Knyaz Vladimir” to Enter Service within Days

The nuclear-powered submarine Knyaz Vladimir will enter service with the Northern Fleet’s 31st submarine division this week. This is according to some sources cited by TASS. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. "The ceremony of raising the flag aboard the Knyaz Vladimir that will signify the submarine's official inclusion in the Fleet’s combat…
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Russian Navy to Receive Strategic Nuclear Sub in 2023

The Russian navy should receive  the Project 955A (Borei-A) second serial-built strategic nuclear-powered submarine Generalissimus Suvorov in the first half of 2023 after trials at sea. According to the TASS state news agency, a source from the Russian Ministry of Defence reportedly said that "the nuclear-powered underwater cruiser Generalissimus Suvorov will be put afloat in…
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Kazan Missile-Carrying Submarine Joins Russian Navy

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation officially announced that the fourth-generation Kazan nuclear-powered submarine (project Yasen-M) has joined the Russian Navy.  Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. A special ceremony was held at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region) on Friday. St. Andrew’s Flag was handed to the submarine’s commander during the…
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Three Nuclear Submarines to Join Russian Navy in 2021

By the end of 2021, the Russian Navy is receiving Knyaz Oleg, a Project Borei-A strategic missile-carrying underwater cruiser, and the Kazan and Novosibirsk Yasen-class nuclear-powered underwater cruisers. This was stated by the Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov today. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. "By the end of this year, the Russian Navy will…
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Strategic Missile Forces to Receive 13 Launchers with Yars & Avangard ICBMs

At the annual expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russia’s Strategic Missile Force in 2021 will get 13 launchers with Yars and Avangard intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. Below is an excerpt from Shoigu's speech at the ministry’s enlarged board meeting on Monday. Our nuclear triad…
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Russian Northern Fleet to Receive Six Naval Platforms in 2020

The Russian Navy's (VMF's) Northern Fleet is set to receive six surface combatants, submarines, and other vessels in 2020, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told a meeting of his ministry's board on 28 February. «The [Project 955A] strategic [ballistic missile] submarine (SSBN) Knyaz Vladimir and the [Project 22350] frigate Admiral Kasatonov, which have successfully completed state sea trials in the…
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Expanded Meeting of Defence Ministry Board Session: Results of the Year

24 of December, an expanded meeting of Defence Ministry Board Session took place at the National Centre for State Defence Control of the Russian Federation, during which the results of the activities of the Armed Forces in 2019 were summed up and tasks for the next period were determined. The President of the Russian Federation,…
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First video of Russia’s latest Borei-A nuclear-powered sub

The Russian news agency TASS posted the first video of the country’s latest Project 955A (Borei-A) strategic fourth-generation nuclear-powered missile-carrying submarine Knyaz Vladimir built at the Sevmash Shipyard. A video made by TASS correspondents that shows the aerial footage of the latest nuclear sub (the sub is seen at 2:54 of the footage), which the Shipyard intends to deliver…
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Chief of the General Staff Meets with Military Diplomatic Corps

On December 17, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff - First Deputy Defence Minister of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, met with representatives of the military diplomatic corps accredited in Russia. Arriving at the invitation of the Russian military department to the National Centre for State Defence Control…
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