The Russian Navy Report

Russian Navy News

I found a few interesting articles about what is going on in the Russian Navy this week. Unfortunately it seems that a lot of the news coming out of the Russian Navy is all about what they are doing for other navies. This week is no exception to that. Here is a round up of some of the top news stories for this week.

Yasen

Artist rendering of Yasen class submarine. 

According to a source at the Sevmash shipyards, by 2021 the Russian Navy will have seven Yasen class submarines. 

Here is a quote from the source:

“The first Yasen-class Severodvinsk nuclear powered submarine of Project 855 of the fourth generation will be adopted for service in the Navy this year after the completion of the tests,”

Monday's blog update will provide more details about this class of submarine.

Naval war games with China

Varyag in San Fran.

This week the Russian and Chinese Navies concluded war games in the Yellow Sea. 

Depending on which source you choose there are various opinions about the nature of the war games. According to some the war games only helped to raise tensions in an already volatile part of the world. 

According to another article, these war games are just a sign of growing of friendship and cooperation between Russia and China. 

Russian ships in line formation with ships from other nations.

In my opinion this was just a way for the Russian Navy to raise its profile. If these war games caused tensions to raise, then what did the US led war games in the same region do? 

And here are some other stories without commentary:

Russian built frigate joins the India Navy 

The former Admiral Gorshkov, now Vikramaditya, is preparing for sea trials. 

Blue prints of the Vikramaditya after conversion.