DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Northern Fleet Gets Modernized Anti-Submarine Plane

DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Northern Fleet Gets Modernized Anti-Submarine Plane
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 5, 2012: The Russian Navy's Northern Fleet has accepted into service a modernized Ilyushin Il-38N anti-submarine warfare aircraft, which will also carry out electronic intelligence (ELINT) duties, the Northern Fleet's press spokesman Captain Vadim Serga said on Monday.

"A modernized Il-38N was accepted into service at a Northern Fleet air base" he said. "It has a wider range of combat capabilities. These aircraft can be used for mapping the magnetic and gravitational fields of the Northern Ice sea, and also for conducting scientific oceanographic research and underwater and air reconnaissance," he added.

He did not specify if the aircraft was the first of its type to be delivered to the Northern Fleet.

The majority of the fleet's Il-38s will be modernized to the new standard, according to a source who spoke to RIA Novosti. The Il-38N is fitted with the Novella sensor system, capable of detecting targets within a 320 km radius of the aircraft as well as radar observation of underwater, surface and airborne targets.

The Novella system includes a digital computer manned by two operators. The system also has a new high resolution thermal imaging system, a magnetic anomaly detection system, an optical detection system (including laser, TV and thermal channels), gravitational anomaly detector and other equipment.

 
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DTN News: Russian, French Warships To Hold Exercises Sept. 3-6

DTN News: Russian, French Warships To Hold Exercises Sept. 3-6

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(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia - August 25, 2010: Russia's Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser will take part in a joint exercise with French warships on September 3-6, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Wednesday. The warships will practice joint maneuvers at sea, replenishment of supplies, ship-to-ship transfer of goods, and helicopter landings. The Pyotr Veliky is on its way to the Northern Fleet's base in Severomorsk after the Vostok 2010 exercises in Russia's Far East.

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DTN News: Russian Military Confirms Test-Launch Of Sineva Ballistic Missile

DTN News: Russian Military Confirms Test-Launch Of Sineva Ballistic Missile

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(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia - July 15, 2009: Russia has successfully test-launched a Sineva sea-based ballistic missile, a source in the Defense Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. The modernized version of the R-29RM (SS-N-23) missile, known as Sineva, has been officially accepted for service. This step formally completes the missile development process. The flight tests of the missile were completed several years ago (in 2004 or 2005) and it has been deployed on submarines of the Project 667BDRM (Delta IV) class that are currently undergoing overhaul. The missile was reported to carry new nuclear warheads. "The launch was conducted on Monday from a Delta IV class strategic nuclear-powered submarine in service with Russia's Northern Fleet," the source said. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Russia had successfully test-launched a ballistic missile from a strategic submarine, but did not specify the type of missile or the name of the submarine. "The target was hit and the pieces of the missile landed in the designated area," the president said at a meeting with Navy personnel in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi. The RSM-54 Sineva (NATO designation SS-N-23 Skiff) is a third-generation liquid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile that entered service with the Russian Navy in July 2007. It can carry four or 10 nuclear warheads, depending on the modification. Russia is planning to equip its Delta IV class submarines with at least 100 Sineva missiles.

DTN News: Russian Destroyer To Take Part In Drills With NATO Warships

DTN News: Russian Destroyer To Take Part In Drills With NATO Warships

*Source: Defense Media (NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia - June 12, 2009: The Severomorsk destroyer from Russia's Northern Fleet will participate in FRUKUS 2009 international naval exercises in the northern Atlantic on June 22-26, the fleet's press service said Wednesday. The UDALOY-II is an improvement on the original UDALOY class that is oriented toward anti-surface ship warfare. Only two sh ips of this design were originally intended to be built and were to be assigned to the KGB Maritime Border Guard. After 1991, they were tranferred to the navy. ADMIRAL CHABANENKO was handed over to the Russian navy in October of 1996, but was not commissioned for two additional years. She departed Baltiysk Naval Base on Feb. 24, 1999, and arrived at Severomorsk on March 10, 1999, for duty with the Northern Fleet. The second ship, ADMIRAL BASISTIY, was laid down in June 1989 The annual exercises traditionally involve France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. "The Severomorsk destroyer left the fleet's main base today and headed to the French coast to take part in the FRUKUS 2009 international naval exercises on June 22-26," the pres service said. Severomorsk is an Udaloy-class missile destroyer armed with anti-ship missiles, 30-mm and 100-mm guns, and two Ka-27 Helix helicopters. The French Tourville frigate, the U.S. Klakring missile frigate and the British York destroyer will also take part in the drills aimed to practice interoperability in anti-piracy operations in coastal waters. Previously called RUKUS, the exercises were launched in 1988 as a vehicle for dialogue between the Soviet Union, Britain, and the United States. The exercise name was changed to FRUKUS in 2003, when France formally joined the group. Following the drills, the Russian warship will pay friendly visits to the French port of Cherbourg and the Irish capital, Dublin.