Northern Fleet faces wide gap between ambitions and resources, intel report
The combat power of the Russian Navy is under pressure and forces the Northern Fleet to chose between solving missions
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Russian Navy
New Yasen-M submarine for Russia’s Sevmash shipyard
A solemn ceremony was held for the K-564 Yasen-M class multi-purpose submarine at the Sevmash shipyard in the north Russian
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Assertive Moscow outlines push into central Arctic Ocean
Russia’s newly adopted Marine Doctrine has a high stress on Arctic waters and the shelf north of the country’s 200
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Russian subs honing stealth skills in major North Atlantic drill: Norwegian intel
At least eight nuclear-powered submarines sailed out from their homeports on the Kola Peninsula in northwest Russia last week, the
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Russian Navy maps large area of Arctic seabed
Research vessels operated by Russia’s Northern Fleet have this summer mapped several thousand square kilometers of the Arctic shelf. A
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Russia’s massive exercise in Norwegian Sea a warning to NATO, Norway defence chief says
Russia wants to show that it can prevent NATO from operating in the North Atlantic, the Norwegian Chief of Defense
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Russian navy to hold live-fire exercise in Norwegian Sea
NATO deploys extra maritime patrol aircraft to keep track of a Northern Fleet group of warships currently sailing north for
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Sailors killed in sub fire could have survived: Russian newspaper report
The explosion that killed 14 of Russia’s most experienced submarine sailors took place as special purpose sub “Losharik” (AS-31) was
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Radiation seeping out from 30-year-old nuclear-sub wreck in Norwegian Sea
One sample taken from an open ventilation hole of the wrecked Soviet nuclear-powered submarine shows levels of about 800 Becquerel
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Scientists check 30-year-old submarine wreck for radiation in Norwegian Sea
Norwegian and Russian researchers sail joint expedition to the site where the submarine Komsomolets sank in 1989. The unique titanium
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Russian secret sub to be repaired and put back in service
The fire started in the battery compartment, but did not affect the reactor, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reports to Vladimir
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Submarine fire: Russia confirms deaths but gives few details
Sergey Shoigu arrives in Severomorsk in northwest Russia, meets with representatives of the Northern Fleet. In his meeting today with
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Fire kills 14 sailors onboard Russian secret sub
The Losharik started burning during underwater research activities in Russian territorial waters. “On 1st July a fire started onboard an
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Russia’s Northern Fleet holds exercise in Barents Sea
Over 15 surface vessels, several submarines and support ships, as well as aircraft and helicopters, take part in the Northern
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Russia to replace sunken floating dock in Murmansk
The new drydock will replace the floating dry dock that last year sunk into the Arctic waters of the Kola
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