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The Project 877 diesel-electric submarine Komsomolsk-on-Amur has been put afloat at the Amur Shipyard in the Russian Far East before its dock and running trials, the press office of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur administration said on Friday.

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The fourth Project 22160 patrol ship 'Sergey Kotov' was laid down at Zelenodolsk Shipyard named after Maxim Gorky on May 8, according to Russian Navy`s official spokeperson, Igor Dygalo.

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The Project 11356 frigate Admiral Grigorovich will leave the naval base in Baltiysk in west Russia to head for its home station in Sevastopol in Crimea, Defense Ministry spokesman for the Navy Igor Dygalo said on Friday.

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The Russian Defense Ministry will have the unique Alagez rescue vessel upgraded in 2016. The Alagez barely escaped scrapping in the 1990s, according to the Gazeta.ru news portal. The Project 537 Osminog-class Alagez rescue vessel was built for the Soviet Navy in the Ukrainian city of Nikolayev. The vessel was designed to rescue the crews of ships in distress, search for and rescue sunken submarines, and conduct deep-water tests and other important missions.

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The two Project 23550 ice-class patrol boats ordered last week by Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) will significantly increase the Arctic capabilities of the national Navy, according to Russian defense analysts.

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Russian Navy First Project 11356M Grigorovich class Frigate heads for Permanent Base in Crimea

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FORBIN said:

Presumably a Czech " Dude " interested

44°37'10.66"N 33°33'16.79"E

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Jura said:

good for the case if I forget where Sevastopol is

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Russia Is Building the Largest ICBM Ever (and America Should Be Worried

Russia will deploy its new RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles to units in Siberia and the southern Urals when the enormous new weapon becomes operational in 2018. The massive liquid-fueled missiles will replace the existing Cold War-era

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—which is the largest such weapon ever built.

“The development of the Sarmat silo-based missile system with a heavy missile is nearing completion,” Col. Gen. Sergei Karakayev, commander of Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces told the Moscow-based

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“It will replace the Voyevoda missile system in the Uzhur missile division and the Dombarovsky position area.”

The first prototype missiles have already been built. The first test launches are scheduled for

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. Should the tests prove successful, the Sarmat will enter into full production so that it enters operational service in 2018.

There is not much concrete data available about the new Sarmat missile—but what information is available suggests that it will be an extremely formidable weapon like the appropriately-named Satan ICBM it will replace. However, the Russians are not developing the Sarmat entirely from scratch. The new missile will used a modernized variant of the Voyevoda’s liquid-fueled rocket motors. As such, it will be equipped with four RD-274 engines to power its first stage.

The Sarmat will weigh at least 100-tons and carry a 10-ton payload. That means the missile could carry as many as 15 independently targeted thermo-nuclear warheads. It has a range of at least 6,000 miles. Once it is operational, it will be the largest ICBM ever built.

Like other modern Russian ICBMs such as the Yars, Topol-M and the Bulava, the Sarmat is being designed specifically to overcome ballistic missile defenses using a combination of decoys, a host of countermeasures and sheer speed. It might also be equipped with maneuvering warheads—which would make it much more difficult to intercept.

Meanwhile, the United States Air Force has started preliminary work on the development of a new

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to replace the existing Minuteman III. The service is working on upgrading the missile, but U.S. Air Force officials have testified before Congress that the elderly Minuteman III is not likely to be able to provide assured deterrence as enemy missile defenses continue to improve rapidly.

Ultimately, the United States needs a new missile to maintain its deterrence against Russia and China. However, whatever new missile emerges out of the GBSD is not likely to be as large—or have the same throw weight—as the Russian weapon.

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FORBIN said:

Your funny but ...

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Jura said:

FORBIN what are the big white missiles:
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? I would say X-25 if I had to guess but I prefer to ask, thanks (the picture is from this Victory Parade, many more at

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Those are centerline drop tanks

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Hyperwarp said:

Those are centerline drop tanks. ...

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