Russia Moving Toward Missile Frigate–Centric Navy?
Russia is expanding and enhancing its fleet of littoral vessels capable of operating in rivers and near shore areas such as the Volga/Caspian Sea and Dnieper/Black Sea basins as well as in the Baltic. Two new classes of ships are announced: the 949 ton, 64.1 meter “Buyan” serves as primarily…
The Russian navy is showing off its capability in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Syria where Russia has maintained a naval base at Tartus since the 1970s. Ships involved in the exercise include two corvettes, the Serpukhov and Zeleny Dol, armed with cruise missiles Russia used last year to…
In a bid to match U.S. naval power projection capability, Russia is sending the accident prone aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, to the Mediterranean to allow combat operations in the Syrian theater. This would be the first time that a Russian aircraft carrier would be engaged in combat. The ship has…