Key Points – Russia’s Yasen-Class and modernized Yasen-M class nuclear-powered submarines, including the newest Arkhangelsk (entered service Dec 2024), represent a significant shift in...
Key Points – Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, depicted as operational in the new “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning” film, is in...
Key Points – Russia’s naval presence in the Mediterranean, historically reliant on its Tartus base in Syria, faces a marked decline. -This downturn is...
The Russian Kirov-class Battlecruisers were the largest and heaviest surface vessels, not aircraft carriers, on the sea during the Cold War. Russia initially planned...
The Russian Akula II-class submarine is something to behold and sometimes has American naval battle planners scratching their heads about the best way to...
Key Points: Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, is a dysfunctional relic plagued by fires, breakdowns, and endless refit delays, urging it be scrapped...
Summary and Key Points: In 1992, the USS Baton Rouge collided with the Russian submarine B-276 Kostroma near Severomorsk, Russia, despite the Cold War...
The Russian Navy’s Nuclear Powered Kirov-Class Battlecruiser: Back in Action? Key Point: Though the Admiral Nakhimov’s two nuclear reactors have been recently reactivated, it...