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The Aviationist on MSNRussia Considers Retiring its Sole Aircraft CarrierThe Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier has suffered several accidents from 2009 to 2019, and has been undergoing overhaul and modernization works since 2017. The Russian Navy is likely to pull the plug off the repairs that are keeping afloat its sole aircraft carrier,
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The National Interest on MSNRussia Might Be Preparing to Scrap Its Only Aircraft CarrierThroughout its service, the Admiral Kuznetsov has suffered a bewildering series of mechanical failures and accidents.
National Security Journal on MSN1d
Russia Freaked Out: The U.S. Navy Surfaced a Stealth Missile Submarine As a MessageThe recent surfacing of the USS Maryland, an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, in the Atlantic Ocean, is the latest example of a deliberate US Navy strategy to visibly signal its nuclear deterrent capabilities to adversaries like Russia and China.
The U.K. Royal Navy recently monitored a surfaced Russian submarine as it sailed through the North Sea and English Channel, the service announced this week. Offshore patrol vessel HMS Mersey (P283) and a Wildcat helicopter from 815 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) and a Merlin anti-submarine warfare helicopter from 824 NAS were dispatched to monitor Russian Navy submarine RFS Novorossiysk (B-61) and tug boat Yakov Grebelski as the ships sailed west through the waters.
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Free Malaysia Today on MSNDeputy head of Russian Navy killed by Ukraine in Kursk area, Moscow saysMajor General Mikhail Gudkov is one of the most senior Russian military officers to have been killed by Ukraine since the war began
Sergey Ilyin, commander of Russia’s 155th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade, has been killed in the war. A message announcing his death appeared on July 10 on the VKontakte page of the administration of the Urmarsky District in the Chuvash Republic.
National Security Journal on MSN1d
Russia’s Kirov-Class Battlecruiser Summed Up in 4 WordsRussia is attempting to modernize and return to service one of its massive, Soviet-era Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers, the Admiral Nakhimov. -These warships were originally designed as heavily-armed “carrier killers,
Navy Lookout on MSN2d
Royal Navy Keeps a Close Watch on Russian WarshipsThe Royal Navy has been actively monitoring a Russian naval group as it moves through strategic waters, ensuring the safety of key maritime routes. As tensions rise, Royal Navy warships and surveillance aircraft track and shadow the Russian fleet,