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Russian Navy’s Aircraft Carrier Returns to the Fleet
After conducting a three-month refit and repair period, the Russian Navy’s aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is ready to head home to Severomorsk.

During the servicing and repair period at the 82nd Shipyard in Roslyakovo, Murmansk, the vessel’s hull was cleaned and repainted. Further work was carried out on its electro-mechanical combat section equipment and its drive components. The remaining modernization work will be completed later at the ship’s dock in Murmansk.

Admiral Kuznetsov ended its seventh long-range voyage, which lasted nearly six months, last May.
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Miragedriver

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Transfer of frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" to Navy is postponed for a month

Frigate "Admiral Makarov" will be launched in early September

Frigate "Admiral Essen" will be given to Navy at the end of the year

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Miragedriver

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I am a day late with this news.

Russia's Admiral Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier is Back in Service!

The Russian Navy's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, undergoing three months of refit and repair work at a floating dock in Russia's northwest region of Murmansk, is getting set to head back to its Northern Fleet base, Navy spokesman and Captain 2nd Rank Andrei Luzik told Russian media on Thursday.

Undergoing repairs at the 82nd Shipyard in Roslyakovo, Murmansk region since May, the flagship of the Russian Navy is now set to return to its home port in Severomorsk, outside the port city of Murmansk.

"Logistical support forces of the Northern Fleet and workers of the 82nd Shipyard in Roslyakovo (Murmansk region) launched a joint operation to bring the flagship of the Russian Navy, the heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov, out of its floating dock. The bulk of the repair work on the aircraft carrier has been completed," Luzik reported, according to Russia's RIA Novosti.

The Navy spokesman explained that during the three months of servicing and repairs, the Admiral Kuznetsov saw work done to equipment of its electro-mechanical combat section, and to the ship's drive components, while its hull saw the removal of marine sediments and received fresh paint. Further work aimed at the ship's modernization will later be carried out at the ship's regular dock near the port city of Murmansk, with crews making preparations for the resumption of regular flights by the Northern Fleet's fighter wings.

The Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's only carrier, is presently the only aircraft-carrying Navy ship in the world whose pilots regularly perform flights at polar latitudes. Last May, the ship finished its seventh long-range voyage, which lasted nearly six months.

Constructed at the Mykolaiv South Shipyard (present day Ukraine) in the mid-1980s, the Admiral Kuznetsov only became fully operational in 1995, as the result of severe budget cutbacks to the Russian military following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The ship, designed to engage large
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targets and to protect maritime routes from enemy attacks, is capable of carrying between 41-52 fixed and rotary wing aircraft, including Su-25UTG and Su-33 fighter aircraft, as well as Ka-27 and Ka-29 anti-submarine and assault transport helicopters.

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Miragedriver

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Oxidizer (N2O4) spill reported today in Vilyuchinsk during loading of a disposed R-29 SLBM.

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Missile was reported to be shipping for decommissioning without warhead when a spill was discovered. No casualties reported (or expected) at this time.


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Jura The idiot

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Amigo Miragedriver, 57 mm anti-tank your favorite, right? this article hypes it :)
The Lowdown on Russia's Revolutionary New Tank Gun
Discussing the tremendous combat potential for the new AU-220M 57 mm automatic gun, experts speaking for Russian Ministry of Defense television network Zvezda have described the new weapon as being one of the best initiatives to be implemented by the Russian military in over a decade.

The channel recalled that in Russia, the idea of large-caliber guns for use by armor and artillery first emerged at the very outset of the Great Patriotic War, with Soviet engineers demonstrating the potential of the then-unprecedented 57 mm anti-tank gun, the 52-P-271, in the difficult first months of the war, in 1941.

The revolutionary weapon was initially considered to be so powerful that engineers could not find a worthy target capable of withstanding the round's blow. A shot from the gun was enough to paralyze any existing German tank, and the gun was later successfully developed to be mounted on the chassis of the legendary T-34. The new modification, known as the T-34-57, took part in the battle of Moscow, and saw use in the Battle of Kursk, earning positive reviews. The artillery piece took especially well to German Tigers, with production resuming after having been temporarily halted over the guns' 'excessive armor penetration ability'.

The channel recalled that "after the war, the legendary anti-tank guns were forgotten, but recently, the topic of a 57 mm cannon has become popular once again. The development marks the return of a true legend."

Zvezda noted that the 57 mm AU-220M gun, "the recently presented wonder of the Central Research Institute Burevestnik, is nothing short of a modern version of the legendary caliber weapon. Maximally automated, versatile and easy to operate, mounted to a vehicular chassis, the new weapon is poised to come into service in the near future."

According to experts, the AU-220M contains "all the best of existing global artillery technology," with the unique module said to be "one of the best initiatives implemented by the Russian army in the past decade."

Engineer and candidate in technical sciences Viktor Simonov told Zvezda that "the essence of the project lies in the fact that the module, mounted on a wheeled or tracked chassis, will be able to easily suppress and destroy the majority of light and medium-armored targets across all weather conditions."

With a phenomenal rate of fire of 300 rounds per minute, and a guaranteed striking range of up to 12 kilometers, the AU-220M's 57 mm projectile is unlikely to cut through the 1 meter-thick front armor of an Abrams or a Leopard MBT, but even against the heaviest of armor, engineers bet on the hail of high-explosive projectiles knocking out optics, destroying aerials, smashing caterpillar tracks and jamming turrets.

New ammunition under development for the module includes armor-piercing, high-explosive and even guided rounds.

Simonov noted that the new weapon is set to dramatically increase the fighting capacity of Russia's infantry fighting vehicles and armored transports. "If we take for example the 30 mm 2A42 or 2A72 guns, their effectiveness as the main gun on the same BMP [IFV] is several times lower than the same module, mounted on the same vehicle, but only with the 57-mm caliber. Here everything depends on fire characteristics –the rate of fire, and the munition."

Experts note that the perspective vehicles to which the AU-220M can be adapted are virtually endless, from the BMP-2 and BMP-3 IFVs, to the BTR 7829 Boomerang and the Kurganets-25, based on the Armata universal combat platform.

Zvezda confidently asserted that the AU-220M is sure to serve as a real breakthrough in the development of Russian artillery systems. The channel noted that "the new module, traditionally pared with the traditionally reliable machine gun of the 7.62 mm caliber, has every chance of turning practically any armored vehicle into a real universal soldier, capable of single-handedly solving tasks previously thought unthinkable and impossible."
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Russian Navy Naval Aviation to Receive More than 50 New Sukhoi Su-30SM by 2020
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"Su-30SM entered operational service with the naval aviation of Russian Navy in July 2014. Last year the Navy Naval aviation has inducted three Su-30SM, two more aircraft entered service on August 17 this year, three more will enter service in September and October 2015. It is planned that by 2020 Naval aviation of the Russian Navy will receive more than 50 Su-30SM" told Major General Igor Kozhin to RIA Novosti.

According to Kozhin, the procurement of Su-30SM will significantly enhance the ability of the Russian naval aviation groups. "With their great range, their air-refueling ability, their ability to deal with high-precision weapons for AAW, ASuW and air to ground, these Su-30SM fullfil the needs of naval aviation of the Russian Navy," - he said.
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