Russian Armed Forces

[abc123]

instead they sold them to Indians.

In the time it takes/ took to wait for the new propulsion solution, they can build new hulls and fully kit them (otherwise) out.

Maybe, don't know. But selling them to Indians sends bad message. Better to wait a year or two... Also, that gives you a more uniform frigate squadron in the Black Sea. Easier for logistics.

[Lord Jim]

What happened to the Ukrainian Fleet post invasion of Crimea? Wasn't their flagship a Slava class? Did Russia adopt her and other major units as well as the peninsular or was she already decommission on say cost grounds?

[Applejuice222]

What happened to the Ukrainian Fleet post invasion of Crimea? Wasn't their flagship a Slava class? Did Russia adopt her and other major units as well as the peninsular or was she already decommission on say cost grounds?

The Ukrainian black sea fleet has almost ceased to exist. Until March 24, 2014, only the sea minesweeper Cherkassy remained under the Ukrainian flag in Crimea. It maneuvered in the Donuzlav Bay, the exit from which to the Black sea is blocked by the decommissioned Russian cruiser Ochakov sunk in the fairway. On the evening of March 25, the last stronghold of the Ukrainian squadron was stormed.

Before the beginning of the conflict around Crimea, the Ukrainian Navy had up to 40 warships, vessels and support boats. Most of them were based in the Streletskaya and Severnaya bays of Sevastopol and in the Donuzlav Bay. With the aggravation of the crisis, about half of them managed to withdraw, the rest-raised the St. Andrew's flag.

As a result of the special operation in Crimea, the Armed forces of the Russian Federation sent the only Ukrainian submarine "Zaporozhye", four corvettes (small anti-submarine ships), three minesweepers, two landing ships, missile boats and control ships, as well as an anti-sabotage boat, a rescue tug, a fire boat, a torpedo boat and a special purpose ship.
On March 28, President Vladimir Putin ordered the defense Ministry to hand over military equipment from Crimean units that refused to switch sides with Russia to Ukraine. According to ITAR-TASS, the head of the military Department, Sergei Shoigu, asked the President to give such an order. The Minister explained that we are talking about the ship's composition and aviation.

[Applejuice222]

Those ships looked very bad

[Lord Jim]

Thanks for the information.

[Applejuice222]

Nuclear submarines "Bratsk" and "Samara" project 971 "Pike-B" will finally be repaired. During the repair, the submarines will be equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles manufactured by the Novator design Bureau.
The work will take place at the Zvezdochka ship repair center.

[Applejuice222]

Units of the new anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Northern fleet air defense Association have taken up combat duty in the Arctic. The S-300 systems will protect the air space of Yakutia and a section of the Northern sea route.

[abc123]

Units of the new anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Northern fleet air defense Association have taken up combat duty in the Arctic. The S-300 systems will protect the air space of Yakutia and a section of the Northern sea route.

From whom?

[Applejuice222]

Not from anyone. We always protect everything, but it is unclear from whom. Especially in Yakutia...

[seaspear]

Father Christmas be warned lol

[Applejuice222]

Back in 2013, the Russian Ministry of Defense commissioned the work “development of a coastal spatially distributed multi-position radar station with autonomous maintenance-free radio terminals”. in its sense, special autonomous stations were established on the northern coast of Russia to monitor the situation. here it would be worth worrying Santa Claus. but it ended as usual

[Applejuice222]

Modern “Tors” are capable of detecting up to 48 targets at a distance of 32 km in one revolution of the onboard radar antenna, tracking 10 of them, ranking them according to the degree of threat, and simultaneously firing at the 4 most dangerous. The minimum effective target dispersion area is 0.1 m2, that is, the complexes are capable of combating air attack means made using the Stealth technology.

9M331D anti-aircraft guided missiles (SAM), which make up the Tor-M2 air defense system’s ammunition, are capable of intercepting targets flying at speeds of up to 750 m / s, at a range of 1 to 15 km, altitude from 0.01 to 10 km, with the course parameter up to 8 km. For the Tor-M2 SAMs, 9M338 missiles with improved characteristics were adopted. The probability of hitting a target is estimated as close to 100%, which allowed us to abandon the previously used practice of simultaneously firing at one target with two missiles - today the Tors work on the principle: “one target - one missile”.

[Lord Jim]

And the UK is still waiting to get Land Ceptor into service and then in too few in number in basically the same role.

[Applejuice222]

The Southern Military District attack aircraft was replenished with the latest modernized Su-25SM3 aircraft, which entered the aviation regiment in the Kuban.
An advanced attack aircraft using an upgraded guidance system can launch missiles or drop bombs, even at a considerable distance from a given target or due to clouds. All that a combat pilot needs is the exact coordinates of the object.

[abc123]

The Southern Military District attack aircraft was replenished with the latest modernized Su-25SM3 aircraft, which entered the aviation regiment in the Kuban.
An advanced attack aircraft using an upgraded guidance system can launch missiles or drop bombs, even at a considerable distance from a given target or due to clouds. All that a combat pilot needs is the exact coordinates of the object.

GLONASS guided bombs?

[Applejuice222]

The Southern Military District attack aircraft was replenished with the latest modernized Su-25SM3 aircraft, which entered the aviation regiment in the Kuban.
An advanced attack aircraft using an upgraded guidance system can launch missiles or drop bombs, even at a considerable distance from a given target or due to clouds. All that a combat pilot needs is the exact coordinates of the object.

GLONASS guided bombs?

Yes, like a CAB bombs

[Applejuice222]

The Russian military conducted an exercise near Kaliningrad with S-400 air defense systems. About 20 units of military and special equipment were involved in the planned combat training event.
Duty crews of the Sky-U radar reconnaissance systems found long-range enemy aircraft. S-400 combat crews immediately took up escort targets, carried out a seizure, and electronically launched rockets and destroyed air attack weapons at the entrance to the far border of the air defense zone.

[abc123]

The Russian military conducted an exercise near Kaliningrad with S-400 air defense systems. About 20 units of military and special equipment were involved in the planned combat training event.
Duty crews of the Sky-U radar reconnaissance systems found long-range enemy aircraft. S-400 combat crews immediately took up escort targets, carried out a seizure, and electronically launched rockets and destroyed air attack weapons at the entrance to the far border of the air defense zone.

Were any drones in vicinity?

[Applejuice222]

Russian Air Defense Commander Named Advantages of S-350

Air Defense / Missile Defense Commander, Lieutenant General Yuri Grekhov gave an interview to the Red Star, in which he spoke about the differences between the S-350 Vityaz system and the S-400 Triumph.

S-350 has increased fire performance due to the use of anti-aircraft guided missiles with an active homing head in all angles of 360 degrees.

The complex has an increased ammunition load of anti-aircraft guided missiles - 4 times more than the S-400, and also has increased survivability due to the use of 2-3 multifunctional radars in the division.

The S-350 can effectively deal with all types of aerial targets, especially cruise missiles.

The first set of “Knights” was delivered to the training center of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the military academy of aerospace defense named after Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov.

Now new systems are being mastered by teachers. Then the training of military specialists will begin.

[Lord Jim]

If the S-350 lives up to the hype it is quite a scary system. The West's Patriot is good but currently very limited by its radar which has a fixed arc in only one direction, a carry over from the Cold War when we knew where the threat was going to come from. A fix is in the works but at present you need three radar to provide 360 degree coverage and few users have more than one per battery. This is one of the reasons I am surprised the Euro Sam/ASTER land system hasn't sold better as it has a far superior radar, and is at lest equal t the PAC-3 missile, though cost is a big issue. The limitations of Patriot and its price also make the S-300/350/400 a very tempting alternative.

[Applejuice222]

The relatively low price of S-300/400 makes them even more attractive.

[ArmChairCivvy]

The limitations of Patriot

Poland bought a patch (Israeli add-on) as the US nixed the sale of the new one ... as they haven't rolled it out themselves
- so it exists, but Big Six priorities are probably holding down the roll-out; I would have got the line going regardless

[Lord Jim]

The UAE is getting the revised radars with three fixed planar arrays providing 360 degree coverage, one big and two small on the same trailer.

[Applejuice222]

At the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region, missile launches of S-400 systems were carried out by the calculations of the anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Leningrad Air Defense Association of the Western Military District. The purpose of the launches was to teach how to repulse a massive missile strike of a conditional enemy. S-400 destroyed target missiles, which imitated modern means of air attack of a conditional enemy.
The S-400 Triumph is a Russian long-range and medium-range anti-aircraft missile system designed to destroy all modern and promising aerospace attacks, including hypersonic ones.
S-400s have been manufactured since 2007 by the Concern East Kazakhstan Almaz-Antey.

[ArmChairCivvy]

Great vid, shows the soft launch v clearly

manufactured since 2007