Sevmash delivers sixth Borei-class sub, launches the seventh
Russia significantly increased its modern naval nuclear forces on Thursday as one new Borei-A class submarine was handed over to
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Nuclear subs sailing to St. Petersburg surfaced northwest of Haakonsvern naval base
While Norwegian officials are reluctant to give details, the British Royal Navy now tells how they shadowed the two Russian
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First Baltic Sea voyage for Russia’s 4th generation multi-purpose sub
Last autumn, the “Severodvinsk” test launched the submarine version of Russia’s new hypersonic Tsirkon cruise missile in the Barents Sea.
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Major disaster averted in icy Kara Sea after two oil barges ran aground
Russia’s Marine Rescue Service describes the unprecedented salvage operation as “extremely difficult” as ice was rapidly building up on the
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Russian village gets evacuation advise ahead of missile launch, scheduled July 7
It is the city administration in nearby Severodvinsk that posted the warning on its portal. «From 6:00 on July 7 to 18:00
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The city that builds Russia’s nuclear submarines now has more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases
The building of nuclear subs and other naval vessels takes no break despite the increasingly serious virus situation in Severodvinsk.
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Weapons tests involving radiation near populated areas are ‘dangerous’, Russian expert warns
Nuclear safety expert Andrey Zolotkov with the Murmansk-based environmental group Bellona says there is always a risk of unforeseen circumstances
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Russia launches upgraded nuclear-armed sub from northwestern base
The first upgraded ballistic missile submarine has left Severodvinsk, northwest Russia and embarked on comprehensive sea trails. Several Russian media,
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Military shipyards in northern Russia want role in building Arctic LNG infrastructure
The two major yards in Severodvinsk, northern Russia, intend to deliver key components to the country’s planned new Arctic natural
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Arctic Russia military town left without heating and hot water
Residents in the closed military town of Zaozersk on the Barents Sea coast are left in freezing cold as the
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Russian floating nuclear power plant to be towed through Arctic ice
The world’s first ever installation of its kind will be towed several thousand kilometers through Arctic ice before it reaches
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Legal fight over top secret Russian spy sub comes to surface
The Zvezdochka yard outside Arkhangelsk, northern Russia, demands another 6.8 billion ruble for its comprehensive modernization of nuclear submarine «Podmoskovye».
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Sunken Soviet submarines threaten massive radioactive contamination
While Russia’s naval yard in Severodvinsk is busy like never before in Post-Soviet times with construction of new submarines, two
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