by Blair Shaw EMLog MInsTA CMILT MSOE | May 16, 2022 | History Article
B800 Kaluga decks awash Russia’s iconic conventional submarine known as the Project 877 and Project 636 Kilo class were developed mainly to replace the preceding Foxtrot and Tango classes. Known the world over as a cheap, cheerful yet capable submarine the kilo is...
by Blair Shaw EMLog MInsTA CMILT MSOE | Feb 20, 2022 | History Article
K410 Smolensk at speed Kursk and the Oscar class On August 12 2000 one of Russia’s most largest and most formidable submarines suffers a catastrophic double explosion sinking the submarine and taking the lives of 118 souls. The Story of Kursk today...
by Blair Shaw EMLog MInsTA CMILT MSOE | Jan 3, 2022 | History Article
Russia’s sole “aircraft carrier” the Admiral Kuznetsov, eventually named for the former Admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, has over the years been the butt of many jokes and for good reason in many cases. Admiral of the Fleet...
by Blair Shaw EMLog MInsTA CMILT MSOE | Nov 30, 2021 | History Article
Project 1155 Fregat known in the west as the Udaloy class These ships are the work horse of the surface fleet for the Russian navy, despite their age they have proved reliable and quite versatile they are often deployed on the longer-range operations such as the Gulf...
by Blair Shaw EMLog MInsTA CMILT MSOE | Jun 21, 2021 | History Article
Hotel class With the successful operation of the worlds first dedicated ballistic missile submarine B67 known as project AV611 (NATO Zulu IV) in 1955 the race was on between the USA and the Soviet Union to do more.The United States started to deploy the Regulus...
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