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Future of Russian Navy Submarine Force Within State Armaments Program 2025 - Part 2

The new State Armaments Program (SAP) for 2018-2025 that comes into effect from January 2018 reportedly calls for drastic cuts to a number of expensive programs. The effects of restraints on the Russian Navy’s rearmament plans will be more severe, however, the upgrade of the submarine forces will continue, writes the online media outlet Lenta.ru.
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Yesterday at 8:19 AM
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apparently they switched off AIS on the tug in the evening:
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in the Gulf of Finland:
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more pictures are in the source which is
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the Peter the Great arrived at Kronstadt only yesterday in the afternoon (half of a day later than what I was guessing Monday at 8:37 AM) according to the blogger
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who took the pictures:
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that blogger also says
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didn't show up:
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mankyle

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I have heard unsubstantiated rumors that the Russian Ministry of Defence has ordered Yakovlev to start the design for an STOVL fighter.

I have seen comments in the spanish defence news website Infodefensa bit no other mention anywhere else.

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I have heard unsubstantiated rumors that the Russian Ministry of Defence has ordered Yakovlev to start the design for an STOVL fighter.

I have seen comments in the spanish defence news website Infodefensa bit no other mention anywhere else.

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followed by an outlet for Useful Idiots in the West:
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LOL Battleship Gloire arrived to tell me, let's see ...
in even shorter article than the ТАСС press release I quoted above, the Russian Naval Aviation Commander
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is quoted to say the Russian State Armament Program 2018-2025 includes "the development of a VTOL aircraft for future Russian aircraft carriers"; in the next paragraph he adds "we need such aircraft" ... no more news inside, so
as I said Today at 11:44 AM
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EDIT
it's as believable as their 2030 naval outline they announced last week: Friday at 9:03 AM
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point #41
"Россия не допустит существенного превосходства военно-морских сил других государств над Военно-Морским Флотом и будет стремиться к его закреплению на втором месте в мире по боевым возможностям."

I'm curious what the official translation would be, my off-handed is:

"Russia won't allow its Navy to be significantly surpassed by naval forces of other countries, and will aim at securing the second biggest [naval] combat capabilities [in the world]."

just LOL after I've been following for the last three+ years the Chinese naval buildup
 
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Gloire_bb

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LOL Battleship Gloire arrived to tell me, let's see ...
I just posted a link to the article on the same subject, nothing more or less.
You may skip all dramatics. o_O

just LOL after I've been following for the last three+ years the Chinese naval buildup
It's whole navy equation, i.e.with boomers.
Though in 2030 even this may very well change, let's wait and see.
 
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