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In a surprise direction, Northern Fleet grouping sails west of Svalbard on annual Arctic voyage

The anti-submarine destroyer Severomorsk leads the Russian navy group, said to carry out “a set of measured aimed at protecting the interests of the Russian Federation in the Arctic.”

Continues at - https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/secur ... tic-voyage

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Poseidon — Russia Continues Development of Autonomous Nuclear “Doomsday” Torpedo

Back in 2018, we posted “Status-6 — Putin’s Autonomous “Doomsday” Torpedo.” It described a huge new torpedo, initially called Status-6 by the Russians but now known as Poseidon, and dubbed Kanyon by the CIA, a 65′ long, autonomous nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed underwater vehicle able to deliver a thermonuclear cobalt bomb of up to 100 megatonnes. It is said to have a top speed of 100 km/h (54 kn), with a range of 10,000 km (5,400 NM.) Russian Oscar Class submarines are said to be capable of carrying up to four of the torpedoes secured externally. We also noted that some experts doubted that the weapon was being developed while others claim that it had already being tested in the Arctic.

Recent satellite images of the Russian naval shipyard at Severodvinsk show that the Poseidon is very real and beginning to be tested.

H I Sutton writing in USNI News notes that Poseidon represents a new category of strategic weapons and changes the shape of the nuclear threat. Although the specifications of the system are obscured by secrecy, guesstimates and misinformation, the new weapon is expected to run extremely deep and fast, based on suppositions from the design.

The system will be carried by a fleet of new host submarines designed to field the submarines. The first of these, K-329 Belgorod, is currently based just across the river from the new pier. The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is currently rigged for sonar calibration. A second Poseidon-carrying submarine, Khabarovsk, is under construction nearby. Ultimately four Poseidon submarines are expected to be built, with operational patrols starting in the coming years.

There is still considerable debate, however, about how and even if the massive torpedos will ever be used.

One possible use of the torpedo would be to destroy coastal cities by detonating its warhead offshore, creating a massive radioactive tsunami. Skeptics aren’t convinced. Michael Peck, writing in National Interest comments that that leaves the question of why Russia would choose to nuke an American city with an underwater drone – even one that allegedly travels 100 miles an hour – when an ICBM can do the job in 30 minutes.

Peck also notes that more intriguing is the suggestion that Poseidon could be used against U.S. aircraft carriers. A very fast, nuclear-armed drone could prove difficult for American anti-submarine defenses to stop.

If the goal is to sink a U.S. carrier, couldn’t Russia saturate a carrier’s defenses with a volley of conventionally-armed hypersonic missiles like the Mach 5-plus Khinzal? And if nukes are being used, Russia has no shortage of missiles, bombs and aircraft to target American ships.

Peck concludes that whether Poseidon adds much to Russia’s strategic nuclear forces is doubtful. No less is doubtful is Poseidon the Carrier-Killer.

On the other, Lieutenant Commander Joshua M. M. Portzer argues that the ramifications of the Poseidon system cannot be overstated. He suggests that as the torpedo is not covered by existing arms control treaties, its existence gives the Russians a potential strategic advantage. The Poseidon is impervious to ballistic-missile defense because it travels by and detonates in the ocean. There is no option to detect a Russian launch of this weapon and then execute a counter launch. The United States would not know of the threat until it had detonated.

Portzer writes, consider an underwater nuclear attack against Naval Station Norfolk. Is a U.S. threat of a second strike credible? What if Russia denies the attack? Would Washington pull the trigger in the face of public Russian denial? And what of primacy? An attack on Norfolk would not destroy the U.S. nuclear arsenal; the United States could still volley a second strike. However, Poseidon is essentially undetectable. In terms of capabilities, then, the United States no longer holds primacy in nuclear weapons (or even parity). A coordinated attack against both Norfolk and San Diego ports would catastrophically cripple the Navy.

Whoever may be right, the continued development and testing of Poseidon is troubling.

See - http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2021/09/pose ... more-58126 - For reference links.
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Drone Operations Are The Russian Navy's Future Projects
Russia’s military is relentlessly pursuing a wide array of drone projects spread throughout its service branches.


Here's What You Need To Remember: Russian military officials believe that Poseidon drones travel too deep, and too fast, to be reliably intercepted by any means currently available to NATO, thus enhancing Russia’s nuclear deterrent. Poseidon doubles as a tactical weapon against U.S. carrier strike groups, according to Russian experts.

Underwater and aerial drones will be integral to the future of Russian naval modernization, according to a top Russian defense industry executive.

The CEO of the Krylov State Research Center, Oleg Savchenko, gave an interview to Russian state news outlet TASS. Savchenko said that Russia’s naval modernization plans are proceeding "within the framework of the Armed Forces’ development in general and cooperation by different arms and services, and in the light of the new approaches to forming a unified information space.” According to Savchenko, these “new approaches” involve the heavy use of combat drones. “On the one hand, future ships may be relieved of some traditional means of covering the situation, while on the other hand robots will become inalienable attributes of ships of a different class. There will be unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous uninhabited underwater vessels, including those capable of operating in a swarm,” he said.

Continues at - https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboo ... cts-193324
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Russian spy ship ‘Yantar’ in English channel

The Yantar, officially an oceanographic research vessel, is actually bristling with surveillance equipment as well as hosting a number of manned and unmanned deep-sea submersibles.
Its missions are thought to include cable cutting, laying of taps on undersea cables, and intelligence missions.

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Why Russia's only aircraft carrier may be cursed

Russia has modernized and expanded its military, but it still has just one aircraft carrier.
That Soviet-era ship, Admiral Kuznetsov, has struggled to deploy and operate at sea.
With limited resources to fix Kuznetsov or build another carrier, the future looks bleak.

See - https://www.businessinsider.com/why-adm ... &r=US&IR=T
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Russia’s Growing Secret Submarine Fleet Key to Moscow’s Undersea Future


Tensions between Washington and Moscow are rising with a marked increase in competition in the undersea domain, as Russia continues to invest in a fleet of specialized submarines.

Russia is the only country with a fleet of special mission subs for seabed warfare and espionage and is expanding the capability. Other countries, like the U.S., also work well in this arena and have specialist capabilities, but these capabilities reside on multi-mission platforms.

Russia’s fleet includes two massive submarine motherships that each carry one or two deep-diving submersibles. These can be employed for covert seabed missions, including wreck plundering. The largest of these is BS-64, a stretched DELTA-IV-class submarine. This is one of the largest submarines in the world – bigger than the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class nuclear ballistic nuclear submarine. It will be joined by an even larger mothership, Belgorod, which conducted sea trials in June. This is second only to the 30,000-ton Typhoon class in terms of size.

Continues, with images and photos at - https://news.usni.org/2021/11/30/russia ... yK_qJwymIg

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Fire engulfs Russian warship under construction at a shipyard in St. Petersburg, 3 injured

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Pelican wrote: Fri Dec 17, 2021 10:41 pm Fire engulfs Russian warship under construction at a shipyard in St. Petersburg, 3 injured

https://apnews.com/article/business-eur ... b16b66418a
FROM NAVY LOOKOUT:

At a minimum, the main superstructure & VLS silos of Russian corvtte Provorny destroyed by shipyard fire on friday.

Unclear if ship repairable or total constructive loss. Provorny had been under construction for 8(!) yrs and was due to commission into Pacific fleet late 2022.

For 3 photos see - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 6103367680
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Constructions hit post-Soviet high at bustling Sevmash shipyard


There are currently 13 nuclear-powered submarines under construction in Severodvinsk, plus the modernization of the large battle-cruiser Admiral Nakhimov.

2021 became a record year for Russia’s only yard building nuclear-powered submarines. Three subs were handed over to the navy, two were put on water and two more were laid down.

Not since the late days of the Soviet Union have the workers at the two yards in Severodvinsk been busier than now. While the Sevmash is building new subs, the Zvezdochka repairs and upgrades older submarines.

Moscow’s modernization program for the navy over the last decade stands in sharp contrast to considerable neglect in the years after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

2022 marks ten years anniversary since the Russian navy’s first 4th generation multi-purpose submarine, the Severodvinsk, successfully launched a Kalibr cruise missile from submerged position in the White Sea. While it took nearly 20 years to complete the construction of the Severodvinsk, the following vessels of Yasen-M class are built at a substantially faster speed.

Construction of the Novosibirsk, which was commissioned for the navy in late December 2021, took eight years.

Similar speed are also seen for the new ballistic missile submarines of the Borei-A class following the Yury Dolgorukiy that took 16 years from being laid down in 1996 to commissioning for the Northern Fleet in 2012. The Knyaz Oleg, handed over to the Pacific Fleet just before Christmas last year took seven years to build.

By January 1, 2022, the following 13 nuclear-powered submarines are at different stages of construction at the Sevmash yard and are all expected to be delivered to the navy before 2027.

Borei-A class (SSBN)

Generalissimo Suvorov
Imperator Aleksandr III
Knyaz Pozharskiy
Dmitry Donskoy
Knyaz Potyomkin


Yasen-M class (SSGN)

Krasnoyarsk
Arkhangelsk
Perm
Voronezh
Vladivostok


Special-purpose submarines

Belgorod
Khabarovsk
Ulyanovsk

While high-profile publicity is given to lay down ceremonies, launching and commissioning of the ballistic missile subs and multi-purpose subs, far less is known about special-purpose subs. The Barents Observer has on several occasions reported about the Belogord, the world’s longest submarine built on a modified Oscar-II class hull. The submarine will be carrier of the new Poseidon nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed, drones, and likely be based with the Pacific Fleet later this year.

Two other carriers of the Poseidon drone are currently under construction at the Sevmash yard, the Khabarovsk and Ulyanovsk. These two submarines are very rarely reported about in Russian media or other military sources in Russia.

A blog site monitoring new and existing Russian navy vessels, however, suggests that the Khabarovsk will be commissioned in 2024, and followed by Ulyanovsk in 2025. When Ulyanovsk was laid down in 2017, the Barents Observer reported the vessel to be of the Yasen-M class.

Other, non-confirmed submarines that might be in the pipe for construction in the years to come are two more Borei-A class vessels, two more Poseidon carriers and one or two special-purpose mini-submarine to sail for GUGI, the Defense Ministry’s Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research.

Design work for the 5th generation nuclear-powered submarines, referred to as the Husky class, is said to be underway, but so far no contracts are signed for building.

Additional to new submarines, the Sevmash yard is busy working on repair and modernization of the large nuclear-powered battle cruiser Admiral Nakhimov. Originally commissioned into the Soviet Navy in 1988, the warship was rarely deployed to sea and has been in Severodvinsk for the last 23 years. If no further delays are announced, the battlecruiser will be re-commissioned for the Northern Fleet in 2023.

Source from Tim - https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/secur ... ction-peak
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Russia planning missile tests off Cork coast


Russia are planning to test missiles off the Cork coast in a few weeks.

The Irish government has been warned that the eastern country's navy and air force will be testing weapons about 240km off Cork at the start of February.

The move will have an affect on international flights including ones in and out of Ireland with the Aviation Authority confirming they've received a notice to redirect routes.

Continues at - https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/ ... k-22838761
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