Naval News – On April 21, 2024, Ukraine attacked Sevastopol Naval Base with Neptune anti-ship missiles and damaged Russia’s iconic 112-year-old submarine rescue vessel “Kommuna”.
Defense News – Russia’ Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced three tenders for submarine parts in a move that appears to be driven by the country’s difficulties in obtaining foreign ...
https://nosi.org/2024/04/03/russia-to-start-from-scratch-on-some-submarine-parts-amid-sanctions/
Newsweek – In stark contrast to Ukraine’s grinding, painful efforts to restrain Russia’s march westward in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv is plugging away at Moscow’s valuable Black Sea Fleet with...
https://nosi.org/2024/03/31/russias-black-sea-fleet-problems-keep-getting-worse/
Defense News – Russia’s leading manufacturer of submarines said it completed the large-scale modernization of its electroplating workshop, charged with applying a particular coating to met...
https://nosi.org/2024/03/29/sevmash-completes-upgrades-to-build-russias-next-gen-nuclear-subs/
The War Zone – An apparent counter-drone screen on the ballistic missile submarine Tula’s conning tower speaks to growing drone threats Russia is facing.
https://nosi.org/2024/03/21/russian-submarines-now-appear-to-be-getting-anti-drone-cope-cages/
The War Zone – A painted submarine silhouette with an actual conning tower structure follows a trend first seen at Russian strategic bomber bases.
https://nosi.org/2024/03/21/submarine-decoy-appears-on-russian-naval-base-pier/
Barents Observer – The notorious special purpose sub that was badly damaged in a fire in 2019 will start sea trials in June-July this year, a source connected with the Russian shipbuilding indu...
https://nosi.org/2024/03/15/super-secret-nuclear-submarine-losharik-soon-back-in-service/
USNI News – Russia, China and Iran completed the at-sea phase of the Sea Security Belt 2024 exercise on Thursday near the Gulf of Oman and carried out a shore phase along with a debriefing in t...
https://nosi.org/2024/03/15/russia-china-and-iran-finish-drills-in-gulf-of-oman/
Covert Shores – Some observers have speculated that the black paint may be intended to confuse drones or missiles using infrared sensors to locate and identify the targeted ship. This detects h...
RUSI – Should Russia withdraw from UNCLOS, this would spell the start of the end of the current near-global consensus on the governance of the oceans.
https://nosi.org/2024/03/01/drifting-away-russias-dissatisfaction-with-the-law-of-the-sea/