Just a few days after the official commissioning of the strategic nuclear submarine "Kniaz Posharsky" by President Vladimir Putin in Severodvinsk at the end of July, a message from Kiev has raised eyebrows: Access to the submarine's data network had been hacked and sensitive data and information had been intercepted. The Borey-class boats (project 955A, 170 metres, 20,000...
Severodvinsk, 1 November 2025 - The nuclear-powered submarine "Khabarovsk" (project 09851) has been launched at the Sevmash production association's shipyard. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, it is the first series-produced carrier of the autonomous nuclear torpedo "Poseidon". Unlike the "Belgorod", which was built as a one-off conversion, the "Khabarovsk" marks the beginning...
International Conference on Maritime Security and Defence 25 November 2025 - Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg Under the motto "Turning point? It's all about Procurement!", the MS&D Conference 2025 brings together leading representatives from the navy, politics, industry and science to discuss current security policy challenges and new procurement strategies. In...
In mid-August, the fifth Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate (project 22350, 135 metres, 5,400 tonnes) was christened "Admiral Amelko" and launched at the Severnaya-Verf (Northen Shipyard) in Saint Petersburg in the presence of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the Russian Federation, Admiral Alexander Moiseyev. While the "Amelko" and the...
Hooray for old technology that could still be repaired with steel tools! After almost three decades out of service in the roadstead and another decade in the shipyard for refurbishment, the nuclear cruiser "Admiral Nakhimov" (Kirov-class type ship, 250 metres, 27,000 tonnes), which was laid down in Saint Petersburg in 1983,...
Romania is negotiating with Turkey on the purchase of the "Akhisar" type ship of the Hisar class (100 metres, 2,300 tonnes), which is currently being equipped and was developed from the Milgem corvette as a simple and lightly armed OPV for surveillance tasks - not least for export. Robust and practical.
...The Canadian defence initiative "Our North - Strong and Free" includes the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP), on the basis of which up to twelve submarines are to be built for the Royal Canadian Navy to replace the Victoria class from the mid-1930s. A year ago, the Canadian Procurement Agency launched a request for information to...
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