That's awesome news, I guess they won't be invading anyone this year then?? Shame Obama didn't call their bluff on Ukraine...
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That's awesome news, I guess they won't be invading anyone this year then?? Shame Obama didn't call their bluff on Ukraine...
Exactly.
First 10 Tu-160M2s were ordered yesterday.(m1 on pick, expect no m2s till 2020-21)
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First 10 Tu-160M2s were ordered yesterday.
Russia inks deal for 10 modernized strategic bombers
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I'm asking because am curious about the price (LOL I know it's inside the link I just posted, that's why I'm curious about the price)
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Brand new one or is it a refurbish one?Exactly.
First 10 Tu-160M2s were ordered yesterday.(m1 on pick, expect no m2s till 2020-21)
New one, but still using key parts from Soviet serie.Brand new one or is it a refurbish one?
(production run was stopped preemptively with the fall of the Soviet Union.
Since all "Soviet" Blackjacks ended up in Ukraine(some of them later were reobtained), all "Russian" ones were later completed from unfinished examples in progressively lesser degree of readiness. This is the last one if them(17th active and 35th finished plane of this type overall).
Currently they are being upgraded to m1 Standart(easily distinguishable by plated over optical bombing sight), later they're expected to be updated to m2(probably closer to mid-2020s).
New ones (contracted 10 and beyond, overall VKS wants 50 new builds) will be fully new. M2s.
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RUSSIA TO INCREASE EFFORTS TO EXPORT MINIATURE SUBMARINES
Russia’s state-owned defence industry promotion and trade management company Rosoboronexport has that it will reinforce efforts to market and export miniature submarines.
Rosoboronexport believes the market for miniature diesel-electric submarines (SSK) and air-independent propulsion (AIP)-powered submarines (SSP) could amount to $4 billion U.S. through the next five years.
Upwards of 10 models in the range of 130 tons to 1,000 tons will be offered to prospective customers.
Igor Sevastyanov, the Deputy Director General of Rosoboronexport, outlined that mini-submarines are a “unique segment of the naval market.” Despite the size constraints, mini-SSK/SSPs could undertake many important roles, such anti-ship warfare (AShW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW), minelaying and others.
Notes & Comments:
Russia is not the only shipbuilder focusing on the prospective mini-SSK market. In November 2017, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) two small SSK platforms, i.e. the 600-ton S600 and the 200-ton MS200. Although mini-SSK designs lack the payload capacity, endurance and range of their larger counterparts, they are less costly to procure, which could open the means for subsurface capability to a larger pool of prospective buyers, especially in the developing world. In fact, even navies with larger AIP submarines can potentially use mini-SSKs, especially for deploying special forces (i.e. frogmen operations) and denying enemy access to littoral waters by laying mines and, if equipped for the role, AShW and ASW.
AShW and ASW capabilities are not a necessity for mini-SSKs. Some navies, such as Pakistan, may simply require platforms for primarily frogmen operations and mine-laying. Furthermore, adding torpedo tubes and combat management system would add to the cost, thus reducing the cost-savings of a mini-SSK.
On the other hand, a 200-500-ton SSK that can draw upon the benefits of both mini-SSKs and larger SSK/SSPs could be an optimal littoral warfare asset. Granted, the limitation of space will hamper payload capacity, but if fielded in relatively high numbers in one’s littoral waters – especially when submerged and relying on busy waters for acoustic masking – mini-SSKs would be a credible AShW and ASW threat. In the scenario where a user shares a coastline with its adversary, a mini-SSK capable of launching a long-range land-attack cruise missile could warrant the need for said adversary to station more of its ASW assets near home instead of trying to interdict another’s sea-lanes or engaging in other offensive operations.
Russia’s state-owned defence industry promotion and trade management company Rosoboronexport has that it will reinforce efforts to market and export miniature submarines.
Rosoboronexport believes the market for miniature diesel-electric submarines (SSK) and air-independent propulsion (AIP)-powered submarines (SSP) could amount to $4 billion U.S. through the next five years.
Upwards of 10 models in the range of 130 tons to 1,000 tons will be offered to prospective customers.
Igor Sevastyanov, the Deputy Director General of Rosoboronexport, outlined that mini-submarines are a “unique segment of the naval market.” Despite the size constraints, mini-SSK/SSPs could undertake many important roles, such anti-ship warfare (AShW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW), minelaying and others.
Notes & Comments:
Russia is not the only shipbuilder focusing on the prospective mini-SSK market. In November 2017, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) two small SSK platforms, i.e. the 600-ton S600 and the 200-ton MS200. Although mini-SSK designs lack the payload capacity, endurance and range of their larger counterparts, they are less costly to procure, which could open the means for subsurface capability to a larger pool of prospective buyers, especially in the developing world. In fact, even navies with larger AIP submarines can potentially use mini-SSKs, especially for deploying special forces (i.e. frogmen operations) and denying enemy access to littoral waters by laying mines and, if equipped for the role, AShW and ASW.
AShW and ASW capabilities are not a necessity for mini-SSKs. Some navies, such as Pakistan, may simply require platforms for primarily frogmen operations and mine-laying. Furthermore, adding torpedo tubes and combat management system would add to the cost, thus reducing the cost-savings of a mini-SSK.
On the other hand, a 200-500-ton SSK that can draw upon the benefits of both mini-SSKs and larger SSK/SSPs could be an optimal littoral warfare asset. Granted, the limitation of space will hamper payload capacity, but if fielded in relatively high numbers in one’s littoral waters – especially when submerged and relying on busy waters for acoustic masking – mini-SSKs would be a credible AShW and ASW threat. In the scenario where a user shares a coastline with its adversary, a mini-SSK capable of launching a long-range land-attack cruise missile could warrant the need for said adversary to station more of its ASW assets near home instead of trying to interdict another’s sea-lanes or engaging in other offensive operations.