One of Denmark’s old Harpoon launchers. Photo via Wikimedia Commons The United States and its allies are working to provide Ukraine with a mix of old and new truck-mounted launchers firing Harpo...
Tag: Russian navy
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Needs Boats. Captured Ukrainian Vessels Might Be Just The Thing.
An ex-Ukrainian ‘Gyurza’ in Russian service. Photo via social media The Russian navy’s battered Black Sea flotilla is so desperate for hulls that it’s begun putting its sailors on boats it...
The Russian Navy Keeps Exposing Its Vulnerable Support Ships To Ukrainian Attack
The Russian rescue ship ‘Vsevolod Bobrov.’ Russian navy photo When a Ukrainian navy anti-ship battery put two Neptune anti-ship missiles into the side of the Russian navy cruiser Moskva on...
Russian Aggression Highlights Need To Bolster P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Force
Ten weeks into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, most of the war coverage remains about what is happening on the ground in the beleaguered country. However, the willingness of Russian leader Vladimir Puti...
Putin’s Dream Of New, Globe-Spanning Russian Navy Turns On Ukraine Invasion
Russia’s Navy modernization has been halted by engine problems. Getty Images It is easy to dismiss Vladimir Putin’s effort to retake Ukraine as an abstract effort to reconstitute the Soviet Unio...