Russian Navy: Status & News #2

Why Russia only uses frigates why not Destroyers ? Because they are heavy that's why

Hovercraft From Hell: Russia Designs Next Generation Military Landing Ship

A next generation large air-cushioned landing craft is being developed by Russia’s Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau, Russian media reported on Tuesday.

http://sputniknews.com/russia/20151020/1028818192/russia-hovercraft-features.html

“This is a dramatically updated version of the Soviet-era Zubr-class military hovercraft built in Ukraine. The main engine will be made in Russia and the craft will carry a new weapons system. To top it all off, the new hovercraft will look better too,” Dmitry Tsygankov, the head of marketing and technical information at Almaz, told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

The Soviet design Zubr-class air-cushioned landing craft is the world’s largest hovercraft, designed for shore landing assault units.

The Zubr hovercraft has a cargo area of 400 square meters and a fuel capacity of 56 tons.

It can carry three main battle tanks (up to 150 tons), or ten armored fighting vehicles with 140 troops (up to 131 tons), or eight armored personnel carriers of total mass up to 115 tons, or eight amphibious tanks or up to 500 troops (with 360 troops in the cargo compartment).

At full displacement the ship is capable of negotiating up to 5-degree slopes on non-equipped shores and 1.6m-high vertical walls.

The Zubr remains seaworthy in conditions up to Sea State 4 and has a cruising speed of 30-40 knots.

They could at least publish concept art or something...

franco wrote:A look at the Russian Navy over the next 15 years;
https://russiamil.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/russian-naval-shipbuilding-is-it-possible-to-fulfill-the-kremlins-grand-expectations/

So much guessing, so much tryhard estimations, i wouldnt take this... very seriously to be honest.

Russian Submarines Launch Ballistic Missiles From Barents, Okhotsk Seas

According to Russian Defense Ministry, Submarines of Russia's Northern and Pacific fleets have launched ballistic missiles from the Barents and Okhotsk seas as part of a routine drill.

Submarines of Russia's Northern and Pacific fleets have launched ballistic missiles from the Barents and Okhotsk seas as part of a routine drill, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.

"Strategic underwater missile cruisers Bryansk of the Northern Fleet and Podolsk of the Pacific Fleet launched ballistic missiles from territories in the Barents and Okhotsk seas," the ministry's press service said in a statement.


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Russian Admiral Grigorovich Frigate Holds Drills in Baltic Sea

The crew of Russia’s Admiral Grigorovich frigate successfully carried out artillery fire exercises, hitting a cruise missile used as a target, according to the Russian Baltic Fleet's spokesman.

The crew of Russia’s Admiral Grigorovich frigate held a missile-firing exercise as part of state tests in the Baltic Sea, the Russian Baltic Fleet's spokesman said Thursday.

"The crew of the newest Project 1135.6 Admiral Grigorovich frigate has successfully completed missile firing during the state tests at the Baltic Fleet's maritime target ranges," Capt. 1st Rank Vladimir Matveyev said.

He added that the crew successfully carried out artillery fire exercises, hitting a cruise missile used as a target.Having passed the state tests, the warship will join Russia's Black Sea Fleet, the spokesman said.

Project 1135.6 frigates, with a displacement of some 4,000 tons, are designed for anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare as well as for air defense missions, operating both independently or as part of convoys and naval task forces.

The Admiral Grigorovich frigate will be the first in a series of six frigates of its class being built for the Black Sea Fleet to join the Russian Navy.

US faces renewed challenge from Russian navy

The US is debating whether to position more ships and naval assets in Europe as Russian warships and submarines operate at levels not seen in two decades, according to the new head of the USN.


Expect the Russians to Keep Buzzing American Navy Ships

Cold War-era tactics resurface at sea, but this time, Moscow’s ultimate intentions are unknown.

In the opening dogfight of “Top Gun,” a sailor stares at a radar screen, nervously calling out the distance of fictitious MiG-28 fighter jets challenging Tom Cruise in his F-14 Tomcat. His commander watches the foreign aircraft edge closer to his carrier, and finally barks, “250 miles — get ’em outta here.”


A similar scene likely unfolded Tuesday as two Russian Tupolev Tu-142s approached the USS Ronald Reagan in international waters near the Korean peninsula. The carrier launched four armed F/A-18 Super Hornets to intercept and escort the maritime patrol aircraft, variants of the venerable Bear bomber. Still, the Russian planes pressed on, eventually passing within one mile of the U.S. carrier.

Russian Baltic Fleet «Dyugon» class [Pr 21820] landing ship «Denis Davydov» during exercise at Baltic Sea ©Lex Kitaev.





Source: https://twitter.com/Missilito/status/659872305829531649

Russia to Equip Subs with Anti-Torpedoes



http://mil.today/2015/Armament2/

Backinblack wrote:Russia to Equip Subs with Anti-Torpedoes

http://mil.today/2015/Armament2/

How are they going to launch the Paket NK considering the diameter of the tube?....new larger caliber version?

launch from 324-mm torpedo tubes. It is called Paket-E/NK.

Podmoskovlye on the water:

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1579861.html

franco wrote:Last two out of 8 Raptor Patrol Craft for the Black Fleet being prepared for turn over.

https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20151116/1322159305.html&usg=ALkJrhjryl81vOyTxSH--IR3mincA6JvJg

In English: http://mil.today/2015/Navy2/

By the way - is it a copy of Sweden patrol boat?

https://vid.me/SMDJ

New ones launched today?

Why?

sepheronx wrote:Usually russiamil was considered 5th colum garbage. I didnt read through this and not really in position to judge as I know liittle about navy. Just fyi.

But my take on all this is the first quote regarding the navy in the article about its long range missiles on small ship - Russia should concentrate more on that. Build ships specifically to deal blows at long ranges from such small ships, and develop other compact ships with both shtil and klub missiles. Shouldnt be too difficult. Russias current and upcoming corvettes and frigates are, for some reason, ridiculuous prices and long construction times.

BTW he takes pace of first ship building extrapolates to series and adds some "financial problems" and "normal glacial pace of Russian ship construction"2 and money check form US paid on time

BTW author a fashingotnian , about himself:


About me

Dmitry Gorenburg

I am a Senior Research Scientist at CNA, a non-profit think tank, where I conduct research on security issues in the former Soviet Union, Russian military reform, Russian foreign policy, ethnic politics and identity, and Russian regional politics. I am also the editor of the journals Problems of Post-Communism and Russian Politics and Law and a Fellow of the Truman National Security Project. From 2005 through 2010, I was the Executive Director of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.

The goal of this blog is to track the progress of the most recent iteration of the Russian government’s effort to modernize its military.

franco wrote:The Russian copy of the Swedish patrol boat is the PK-16 of which 2 were built and in use. This is an improved larger version.

They are looking similar

Regarding the so called poor attack on Georgia this is a brilliant example of progress in Russian air power and a reminder of what western sources have been talking about in terms of the difference between Russian and western conventional military power.

The long string of bomb hits in georgia at an angle to the target runway was standard practise.

If you flew down the runway and dropped your bombs a side wind could blow all your bombs off course and you wont get a single hit on the runway... so standard practise is to fly across the runway, so that some of your bombs can land on the tarmac itself and damage the runway.

After the Gefest & T upgrade however such a bombing run can be done in free flight and would be much more accurate... only a fraction of the bombs needed to be used to get the same or better result.

As we now see in Syria they are able to hit more targets more effectively now that they have a precision navigation and a precision bombing capability with air craft avionics and of course also guided weapons too.

Thought someone would like to see this preview or European navies sub inventory.