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Sergey Shoigu has famous pro-Kremlin journalist fired over critical article

2019-09-27 By Anders Puck Nielsen

Defense analyst Ilya Kramnik has been fired from Izvestia for publishing a critical analysis of an interview with defense minister Sergey Shoigu. Kramnik particularly addressed Shoigu’s inclination to taking credit for other people’s achievements and the propagandized nature of the Defense Ministry’s PR-practices under Shoigu.

Russia’s A2/AD strategy is a myth

2019-09-09 By Anders Puck Nielsen

It is time to let go of the idea of impenetrable A2/AD bubbles. Russia does not have the technical capabilities to do it, and politically it is hard to see why they would even want to. We need to start thinking about Russia’s missiles as a layered defense system instead. That is the point of this conference paper.

Russia prepares massive exercise Tsentr 2019 with large Arctic component

2019-08-26 By Anders Puck Nielsen

Which ships will be at Naval Day parade in Saint Petersburg on 28 July 2019?

2019-07-17 By Anders Puck Nielsen

Russian battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov delayed from maintenance until 2023

2019-07-02 By Anders Puck Nielsen

Russia may face a few years without any battlecruisers. The shipyard has announced that the maintenance and upgrade program of Admiral Nakhimov will take a few years longer than expected. This means that Admiral Nakhimov will not be ready to take over by the time a similar upgrade begins on Pyotr Velikiy in 2020.

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Militarization in the Baltic and the Arctic compared: The Arctic is the dangerous place

2019-05-24 By Anders Puck Nielsen

The Arctic will not be a peaceful exception in a militarized world. In this post I compare the security situation in the Baltic and the Arctic. Both regions are militarized these days, but in very different ways. The most dangerous dynamics are in the Arctic, and it will get worse in the coming years.

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Russia orders two more frigates and large landing ships

2019-04-11 By Anders Puck Nielsen

Russia has ordered two more Gorshkov-class frigates and two more Ivan Gren class landing ships. With this purchase they will have a total of six Gorshkov-class and four Ivan Gren class.

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Update on Russia’s weapon development programs

2019-04-08 By Anders Puck Nielsen

Russia has some impressive new weapons under development, but many of the projects have been struck by problems and delays. Here is an overview of how things are going with the most spectacular programs.

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Russia gets dedicated mobile network for military personnel

2019-04-01 By Anders Puck Nielsen

Russia’s new phone operator “Voentelekom” specializes in cellular connections for the military. This allows more secure mobile connections but also tighter surveillance of their own employees.

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Another example of how we overrate Russia’s air defense weapons

2019-03-27 By Anders Puck Nielsen

The British Air Vice-Marshal Simon Rochelle has some dramatic assumptions about the usability of NATO aircraft in future peer-level wars. But a new FOI report calls for more cool-headed estimates of Russia’s air defense weapons.

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New ships to expect for Russia’s navy in 2019

2019-03-12 By Anders Puck Nielsen

Here is a list of 11 new warships for Russia’s navy in 2019. It includes some large submarines and a new frigate.

US European forces chief wants more presence, Trump pushes for allies to pay

2019-03-10 By Anders Puck Nielsen

US general pushes for more warships in Europe to maintain American dominance. Trump wants allies to pay a premium for hosting US forces. The incompatibility between these two views is striking.

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Frigate “Neustrashimy” set to re-join Baltic Fleet in November 2019

2019-02-15 By Anders Puck Nielsen

It looks like the frigate “Neustrashimy” will be back in service after five years under repair. With a little luck, all the big ships in the Russian Baltic Fleet will be operational for the first time in a long time.

USS Fitzgerald

Debate over USS Fitzgerald collision still misses point about broken US Navy procedures

2019-02-12 By Anders Puck Nielsen

The debate about the USS Fitzgerald accident is still off track. The interesting discussion is what to do about the fact that the US Navy has deficient navigation procedures.

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U.S. Nuclear Posture Review misses the point on Russia

The Pentagon published its Nuclear Posture Review for 2018 (NPR) earlier in February. It dramatically changes some assumptions about nuclear weapons that were laid out in the previous NPR from 2010. The new NPR concludes that there has been a deterioration in international relations with a return to great power competition and a more complex […]

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