tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627654869835402052011-04-21T15:54:45.068-07:00Tracking Russia's Military EventsEBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15085119247887885806noreply@blogger.comBlogger471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162765486983540205.post-38812377146823525262008-05-01T00:25:00.000-07:002008-05-01T00:29:53.567-07:00

Lenta.ru (Russian link) reports on the "Nizhniy Novgorod" project-945A (Sierra-II) SSN being returned to active duty with the Northern Fleet after a seven-year long refit operation.

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According to new reports, Russia is requesting an additional $1.2bn for the Gorshkov refit for the Indian navy.

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Following the alleged shoot-down of a Georgian UAV by a Russian fighter, tensions continue to rise as Russia and Georgia accuse each other of massing military personnel and equipment near the Abhazia and South Ossetia regions. Russia has announced and already sent more peacekeepers into the region, a move Georgia has called an attempt at "military annexation."The BBC summarizes the action and the

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The Russian military news channel, "Zvezda," has collected nice montages from recent exercises of the Black Sea Fleet and the Air Combat Conference.

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Two pieces of interesting news on the Russian submarine fleet.The Barents Observer reports that the Russian Atomic Agency (Rosatom) says it has nearly completed the decommissioning of all Russian retired nuclear submarines.Also, the FAS Strategic Security Blog reports on the decreased patrolling activity of Russian SSBNs."The low Russian patrol number continues the sharp decline from the Cold War

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image sourceThe Mi-28N is being tested by regular squadron crews of the Russian army aviation. This is a true milestone not just for this particular program, but for the entire Russian military. It hasn't been often in the entire history of the Russian Federation that new gear - even if it stretches the concept of "new" to its limit - is enjoyed by regular troops of the armed forces.Unofficial

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Kommersant reports on the planned upgrade of Russian A-50 AWACS aircraft.“The successful completion of research and development work enables to start serial upgrading for A-50 jets of Russia’s Air Force,” a source with the country’s defense and industrial complex told Interfax."Besides the bad translation, I would note that no specific upgrade plans or schedules are stated, landing this report

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A kommersant article on a recent conference at the Heritage Foundation attended by the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, Michael McConnell.

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Kommersant has published a full directory of the Russian navy.

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Although not officially confirmed, a number of online "insiders" are reporting that the Russian Air Force may be leaving the red star in favor of a three-color star of the Russian flag. Some FSB airframes have been spotted carrying the new insignia. Awaiting further notice...http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia---Air/Antonov-An-72P/1241600/L/http://scalemodels.ru/modules/forum/viewtopic.php?t=

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As Kosovo independence approached, all eyes were on the Russian response. The fear was that Russia would use Kosovo as a precedent to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abhazia in Georgia, as well as Pridnestrovie in Moldova. However, Vladimir Putin promised in his final press conference, that Russia "will not play the fool," meaning play tit-for-tat with the West, but that plans

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As mentioned before, the Russian Air Force has been showing a significant increase in military training activity, with no signs of letting up this year. Here are three examples of recent and upcoming exercises, as reported by the Russian MoD. Note, all three exercises involved live firing, although according to unofficial sources, the air to air fire was limited to short-range, IR-guided missiles

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India has agreed to a cost increase for the former Admiral Gorshkov. Exact numbers have not yet been agreed on, but estimates range from $500m. to $1.2bn of additional funds.Meanwhile, Andrey Dutov, head of the Russian Federal Agency of Industry, indicated in an interview to Vedomosti (Russian link) that the MiG-29SMTs recently refused by Algeria may be adopted into Russian Air Force service.

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As previously reported (1 and 2), the Russian government is conducting massive restructuring of critical national industries, including aviation, shipbuilding, nuclear energy, defense technology and others.On February 20, 2008, while visiting the Zhukovskiy flight research center with as yet to become President Elect Dmitriy Medvedev, Vladimir Putin announced the creation of the National

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ARMS-TASS (Russian link) reports on the training activity of the Russian ground troops in 2007. According to General Aleksey Maslov, the army conducted five full-scale brigade-level live fire tactical exercises, 26 regimental and over 1000 battalion and company-level exercises and about 10,000 platoon and squad-level live fire exercises.

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PM-138, a Black Sea Fleet repair ship on its way from Tartus, Syria to Sevastopol, Ukraine after participating in the recent Mediterranean Cruise, lost all power in the weather of the Aegian Sea on February 18, 2008. The ship sent out a distress call and has since been safely towed into port by the Hellenic Navy.

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Algeria is returning 15 MiG-29SMTs it had purchased from Russia in 2006-2007. The reason given is low production quality of certain aircraft parts. Rosoboronexport (Russian state arms export monopoly) disagrees and sites political reasons. In any case, the Algerian president is currently in Moscow for talks and it appears that Russian-Algerian "cooperation" will continue, but the original

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The Sevmash construction yard launched the first 'Borei' class SSBN, the Yuri Dolgorukiy, on February 12, 2008. If this sounds familiar, it's because the submarine was already "launched" on April 15th, 2007. However, it was no secret at the time that the boat remained incomplete and more dry-dock work was necessary. It appears the work is now complete.In related news, the Northern Fleet

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Continuing the discussion of Russia's defense export industry and the series of recent contract problems, kommersant has an informative article reviewing the history of and recent plans to further reform the state monopoly - Rosoboronexport. See bottom of the page for a summary of 2007 export contracts and deliveries.

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Information Dissemination has an interesting analysis of the possible long-term strategic implications of the Russian naval cruise to the Mediterranean. As announced last year, Russia plans on building the world's second largest naval force in the 2020-2030 time frame, including numerous aircraft carriers for the Pacific and Northern fleets. Contrary to popular opinion, Information Dissemination

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Vladimir Putin conducted a nationally televised address to the Russian Federation Council (the Russian parliament) on February 8, 2008. In a 50-minute speech, he reviewed major accomplishments over the last eight years and set goals for the decade ahead. Before concluding, he spoke about Russia's foreign policy and national security needs. The full transcript is available in English from the

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In a report delivered to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on 2/5/08, Mike McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, devoted considerable attention to Russia. His concerns included potential use of Russia's increasing financial, energy and military influence for political goals and capability to conduct cyber attacks against U.S. interests. In addition, the report includes a briefing on

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Defensenews.com published a piece today on the collapsed state of Russian defense exports to China, citing an independent Russian paper."From a situation where 40 percent of Russian earnings from arms exports came from China, “recently exports to China of our military equipment and weapons have dropped almost to zero,” the paper said."This is only the latest in a series of recent export contract

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Russia conducted GLONASS launches in October and December 2007, each putting 3 GLONASS-M satellites into orbit. More info at russianforces.org.As of today, the GLONASS constellation includes 16 satellites - 15 operational and 1 wating activation. For future reference, see the Russian Space Agency Information-Analytical Center.In related news, Sergei Ivanov, having drummed up GLONASS throughout

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Beyond mentioning the fact that Russia withdrew from the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty in 2007, most Western media outlets fail to explain the action. Naturally, Russia has its own perspective and reasons for the move. Although not serious analyses, here are some sources that at least lay out the arguments:News report by Russia TodaySummary on WikipediaEssay on The Accidental Russophile

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An interesting analysis of Russia's position on Kosovo, published on 12/18/07 at Friedman Writes Back."We expect the West to postpone independence again, and to keep postponing it. But the Albanians might force the issue by declaring unilateral independence. The Russians would actually be delighted to see this. But here is the basic fact: For the United States and its allies, Kosovo is a side

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Here are a couple of recent articles that challenge commonly voiced opinions on Russia's growing strength.The first article, published on 01/22/08 at Friedman Writes Back, argues against viewing Russia as a consolidating supplier of Europe's energy needs. In fact, the author believes this view is an illusion or even a European calculation. Accordingly, Russia will eventually realize it's failure

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Bear Rising gets about 5-6 hits per day and I'm not even sure how many of those are real people. Given the low turnout and a number of contributing factors (holidays, family illness, vacation travel), I've had the project on the back burner for four months now. In fact, it's been on break twice as long as it was active, which is embarrassing. Worse, a lot of significant events have passed in this

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Realeconomy.ru (Russian link), citing Interfax, reported on 09/11/07 on the planned defense budget for the 2008-2010 period. Like the federal budget, the defense budget will allocate resources for a three-year period. According to Sergei Ivanov, First Deputy Prime-Minister, the emphasis for this budget will be on long-term contracts, with a lot of attention given to making the procurement process

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In a speech to the Russian Parliament, Viktor Zubkov, recently confirmed as Prime Minister, said that, "I believe it is absolutely correct to concentrate the cabinet's efforts on the growth of such traditionally strong national specialties as the aviation and maritime industries. [...] Another strategic objective - to lift our military-industrial complex. The budget allocates resources for this."

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As a general note, there are many official and spotter reports of increased flying activity on Russian airbases. Three examples:On 09/14/2007, the Ministry of Defense (Russian link) reported on the full flying schedule at the Dzemgi airbase, home of the upgraded Su-27SMs."All Su-27SM upgraded airframes are in the air, each one numerous times for each flight rotation, of which there are four per

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The Russian Baltic and Black Sea fleets are conducting training maneuvers as part of the summer training season.The Russian Ministry of Defense reports (Russian link) on the training exercises conducted by the Baltic Fleet starting August 28th."The maneuvers...included about 7500 servicemen, 38 naval vessels and support ships, almost 50 armored combat vehicles, 16 fixed wing aircraft and 8

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Lenta.ru (Russian link), citing ARMS-TASS, reports that GLONASS, the Russian space-based global positioning system, will become fully operational before the end of the year."By the end of 2007, the number of functional satellites for the GLONASS system will be brought to 18, which will allow to provide coverage of the greater part of the earth, including all of Russia. Next year, the number of

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RIA News reports that Admiral Masorin, who has been commanding the Russian Navy since September 2005, has been dismissed due to reaching retirement age. Admiral Vladimir Visotskiy, formerly commander of the Northern Fleet, has been appointed as the new commander.Here's a Russian news link with a photo of Admiral Visotskiy.

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Russians are set to vote in parliamentary elections this December and presidential elections in March 2008. For the past year, political analysts have been guessing in vain about Vladimir Putin's intentions. Whatever happens, it is generally agreed that a full withdrawal from power, or at least influence, is not one of the options.In a move still defying confident analysis, Putin dismissed his

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The Russian MoD reported (Russian link) today on training maneuvers being conducted by the Pacific Fleet in the Sea of Japan."The Pacific Fleet Maritime Flotilla is conducting training exercises in the Sea of Japan utilizing frigates, submarines and long-range aircraft. The exercises include more than twenty surface vessels, submarines, support vessels, as well as naval aviation crews. The

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Russianforces.org has published a very insightful report made to the U.S. Congress on the technical merits of the proposed U.S. missile defense systems in eastern Europe. It explains some of the Russian concerns over it and presents potential alternatives.

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The Russian MoD (Russian link) reported on 8/27/07 that the Air Force is upgrading its Tu-22M3 bombers."The Russian Air Force is currently undertaking a deep modernization of the Tu-22M3 long-range bomber..."Tu-22M3 long-range bombers are designed to employ missiles as well as conventional bombs. But precise bombing requires new targeting equipment. As such, the modernization of the targeting

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Lenta.ru (Russian link) reported during MAKS-2007 that the Russian Air Force plans on upgrading all of its Su-24s to Su-24M2 standards. However, the news piece does not include an original source, technical details or contactors involved, which lends the report questionable credibility. The fact that the Air Force is pursuing such an upgrade is well established, but its current status is

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Over the course of the last few months, Admiral Vladimir Masorin, appointed commander of the Russian Navy in September 2005, has made a number of announcements to formulate an ambitious plan that aims to build the world's second largest fleet by the 2020-2030 time frame. Plans call for new infrastructure for building and basing of both surface vessels and submarines, implementing a fully

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On August 11th, the Russian Air Force celebrated its 95th birthday over Monino and the week prior, on the 4th, the 16th Air Army celebrated its own birthday over Kubinka. Naturally, both events received a lot of attention from Russian aviation photographers. Some highlights from the August 11th flying courtesy of Leha's Blog on strizhi.ru:More photo galleries: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5Video montage by RIA

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Vedomosti reported today on further consolidation plans in Russia. Announced at the Session on the Development of the Aviation Engine Industry, held in Saint Petersburg and attended by Vladimir Putin yesterday, the government is undertaking steps to integrate the various companies involved in the production of aircraft engines. A rough English overview can be found on RIA News.Current plans call

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Created in February 2006 and officially registered in November of the same year, the United Aircraft Building Corporation (UABC) is a reform of the Russian aviation industry currently focused on resurrecting the collapsed civilian airliner industry in Russia. Encompassing nearly every major "player" in the industry, its effects on military production and export haven't been clearly defined yet,

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In November 2006, the Russian government approved the State Armament Program for 2007-2015. According to missiles.ru, "for the first time in the history of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, the State Armament Program provides for batch orders for equipping units and subunits, rather than individual item procurement."-A more detailed overview of the program based on publicly released

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ARMS-TASS reported on 11/16/2006 on the planned Russian defense budget:"For 2007, over 820bn rub. is allocated for appropriations for national defense... Of this, over 300bn rub. will go toward equipping the armed forces."-Citing the Russian Federal Agency of Industry, missiles.ru provided more details on 4/24/07:"In 2007, 302.7 billion rubles will be spent on purchases for the Ministry of

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Published in the New York Times on 8/6/07, this is a great article to begin this project with. It covers the increasing financial strength of the ruble as a national and international currency. Of special note is the discussion of intelligent macroeconomic practices of the Kremlin, building of large monetary reserves and increasing inflow of foreign capital, as well as diversification of Russian

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Welcome to Bear Rising, a blog designed to track Russian military and related economic developments.Much of the everyday news in the ever more frequent military events in Russia are not easily available to non-Russian speakers. I will attempt to provide a source of quick updates on relevant events by translating, summarizing and linking to news and analysis articles of interest.When possible, my

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