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Archives for April 2018

What to expect for naval parade in Saint Petersburg on 29 July 2018

2018-04-30 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Putin on Naval Day 2017

Details have started emerging about the attending ships at this year’s naval day celebration in Saint Petersburg. Not quite the same display of everything related to “the biggest in the world” as last year, but still an impressive collection of warships.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Baltic Fleet, Russia

Lessons for Western armies from the war in Ukraine

2018-04-28 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Article recommendation: Liam Collins identifies a good list of lessons to be learned from the war in Ukraine about war with a near-pear adversary. Some of the items are old skills that counter-insurgency focused thinking has caused Western armies to forget. Others are truly new.

Filed Under: Army Tagged With: Ukraine, USA

Delivery of Russia’s first Borei-A class submarine postponed to 2019

2018-04-26 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Borei class

The delivery of Russia’s first Borei-A class nuclear submarine, Knyaz Vladimir, is postponed to 2019. Borei-A is an improved version of the Borei-class which is Russia’s modern strategic nuclear missile submarine.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Russia

Who cheated whom in Russian-British submarine duel?

2018-04-24 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Astute submarine

Did Russian diesel submarines really hunt down a British nuclear submarine and prevent it from launching missiles on Syria? Or did the British successfully keep the Russians occupied with a submarine which was never intended to launch missiles in the first place?

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Russia, United Kingdom

Lessons from Ukraine’s decision to give up nuclear weapons

2018-04-22 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Article recommendation: Ukraine renounced its nuclear weapons after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Budjeryn and Sinovets have identified some interesting insights that are relevant for future nonproliferation cases. Deals are still possible, but the price has increased.

Filed Under: Nuclear weapons Tagged With: Ukraine

Ships from Russian Baltic Fleet rotate on deployment

2018-04-20 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Frigate Yaroslav Mudry and tanker Lena are headed for the Mediterranean, and the landing ship Minsk is returning home.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Baltic Fleet, Russia

Leadership culture and a reckless instructor led to U.S. Navy plane crash

2018-04-16 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

A T-45 training aircraft stalled and crashed when the pilot instructor directed the student to perform dangerous maneuvers at low altitude. Leadership culture in the squadron and poor instructor qualifications are among the explanations.

Filed Under: Air Force Tagged With: USA

Helicopter crashes on Russian problem ship Ivan Gren

2018-04-13 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Ivan Gren

A helicopter crash in the Baltic Sea has cost the lives of two Russian pilots. They were practicing deck landings on a new landing ship which will be delivered to the Navy in May. The helicopter crash is a sad culmination of a long series of bad luck with the ship which has been under construction for 14 years.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Russia

Warship diplomacy: British intervention in the Baltic from 1800-1801

2018-04-13 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Article recommendation: This account of the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 is worth reading. Alliances change, technology develops, yet human nature makes the French Revolutionary Wars discouragingly relevant today.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Denmark, United Kingdom

Powerful maritime patrol UAVs to Germany

2018-04-10 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

MQ-4C Triton

U.S. State Department has approved the sale of MQ-4C Triton drones to Germany. It is a terrific UAV which will give Germany a powerful surveillance capability. And this time the drone has an approved anti-collision system, so there is hope for more success than in Germany’s earlier adventures with the EuroHawk.

Filed Under: Air Force Tagged With: Germany

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