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1-2 MoD RF: Crews of Ka-27M/PS helicopters of the 830th separate shipboard anti-submarine helicopter regiment of the Northern Fleet carried out search, detection and tracking of a suspected enemy submarine.

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🇷🇺Med Sea Flotilla🇷🇺 3m📷 from 25 Feb 2025 of the port of Tartus Sparta IV remains at the piers if not finished loading, she must be close to finished Admiral Grigorovich appears to be waiting around to escort her out, sitting ~5km W/NW of the piers

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Project 852 oceanographic research vessel «Admiral Vladimirsky» (goes out to sea). Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvettes «Merkuriy» (734) and «Soobrazitelnyy» (531). Kronshtadt. 📸: V. Bedrina (Feb. 26)

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Project 941 Akula/Typhoon class SSBNs Severstal (TK-20) & Arkhangelsk (TK-17). 📸 RO Znaniye (Feb. 22, 2025).

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Project 12700 Alexandrit-class minesweeper Afanasiy Ivannikov returns to Baltiysk from sea trials. 📷E. Kozlovskaya (this week)

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Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette Boykiy (532). ~ Baltiysk. 📷 VK (~Feb. 22)

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Project 1331M/Parchim II class corvette «Urengoy»(304) goes to sea. 📷Kozlovskaya (this week). Baltiysk .

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Project 06363 Improved Kilo-class SSK B-610 “Yakutsk”. St. Petersburg 📷 A.Pryakhin (Feb. 21)

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Pr. 21631 Buyan-M Class missile corvette Stavropol(555) Pr. 22160 Vasiliy Bykov-class patrol ship Viktor Velikiy(417) Both ships are undergoing sea trials and will be handed over to the Russian Navy this year. Baltiysk. 📷: "baltiysk543" (Feb. 21)

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Pr. 21631 Buyan-M class corvette Zeleny Dol/Grad. The Baltic Sea. 📹 M. Korotkova (Feb. 2025)

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К-562 "Arkhangelsk". - Project 941 Akula/Typhoon class SSBN TK-17 Arkhangelsk. - Project 08851 Yasen-M class SSGN К-562 Arkhangelsk. - Project 949 Granit/Oscar I-class SSGN K-525 Arkhangelsk. - The battleship HMS Royal Sovereign,renamed Arkhangelsk while in service with the Soviet Navy. /Feb. 2025/

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Pr. 22160 Vasiliy Bykov-class patrol ship Viktor Velikiy(417). Baltiysk. 📸 VK- "Vodnoe taksi Baltiyska"(Feb. 20)

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BDK-031 “Alexsandr Otrakovsky” ~ Baltiysk /Feb. 20/

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In the Barents Sea, the crew of the Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate "Admiral Kasatonov" conducted artillery firing(AK-192M) and live firing at an aerial target(3R89 "Palash"). 📹MoD RF (Feb. 2025) tass.ru/armiya-i-opk...

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Project 11711 landing ships “Vladimir Andreev” and “Vasily Trushin”. JSC Yantar Shipyard(Kaliningrad region) /Jan. 31/

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Project 949A Antey/Oscar II-class SSGN. Severomorsk(the Kola Bay) 📷 Natalya Sosnovskaya (exact 📅 unknown,published today)

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The Project 22220/LK-60Ya-class nuclear-powered icebreaker Yakutiya in the dry dock at the Kronstadt Marine Plant. 📷VK-"Vecherniy Kronshtadt" (Feb. 16)

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✈️Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber. 🚀 2x UMPB D-30SN. 📷TG-ch. "warhistoryalconafter"(Feb. 14)

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A double-barreled shotgun, and an eight-channel «Garpiya» signal-jamming system capable of blocking frequencies in various bands. The device, which resembles a backpack with antennas, weighs about 15 kg. /Newspaper "Krasnaya zvezda", 2025/

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Project 877LPMB Paltus/Kilo I class SSK B-800 Kaluga. Project 877 Paltus/Kilo I class SSK B-459 Vladikavkaz. 161st Submarine Brigade, Polyarny. 📷 Newspaper "Na strazhe Zapolyarya" dated Feb. 14, 2025.

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Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette «Stoykiy». Kronshtadt. 📷: A. Kanforov (a couple of days ago)

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The Project 06363 Improved Kilo-class SSK B-265 “Krasnodar” passed through the Great Belt Strait toward Skagerrak Strait, February 3, 2025. Photo by Michael Nitz, “Europäische Sicherheit & Technik” magazine. esut.de/2025/02/meld...

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Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyers "Vice Admiral Kulakov" and "Admiral Levchenko" Severomorsk. 📷: V. Evmenkov (Feb. 13)

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Project 955 Borey-class SSBN К-550/К-551. Project 955A Borey-A-class SSBN К-554 “Imperator Aleksander III”. Vilyuchinsk. 📺 MoD RF/"TOF_VMF" (published Feb. 13)

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Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette "Merkuriy"(734). Project 677 Lada-class SSK. 🗺️Kronstadt. 📸 E. Miloserdova-Miloslavskaya. (Feb. 11).

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Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette "Merkuriy" Kronstadt. 📸 O. Ivanova (Feb. 9-10).

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The Russian and Chinese militaries have sent spy ships, Kareliya and CNS Yuhengxing, to waters close to United States treaty ally Japan, Tokyo reported on Monday. www.newsweek.com/russia-china...

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Project 06363 Improved Kilo-class SSK B-608 «Mozhaisk». 📸 O. Ivanova (Feb. 9-10) 🗺️Kronshtadt

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OJSC Amur Shipbuilding Plant. Project 20385 Gremyashchiy-class corvette. This shipyard is building four such ships, one of which will probably be launched this year. 📹"Komsomolskoye vremya" (Feb. 11)

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Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO) named after Y.A. Gagarin. Final assembly shop for Su-35S and Su-57 fighters. 📺 "Komsomolskoye vremya" /Feb. 11/

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Pr. 1164 Slava-class cruiser Varyag Pr. 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette Gromkiy and Sovershenny. Pr. 1155M Udaloy Mod-class frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov. Pr. 19141M missile range instrumentation ship Marshal Krylov Pr. 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer Admiral Panteleyev Vladivostok. 📷 MoD RF (Feb. 9)

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Project 22350 frigates Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Kasatonov . Severomorsk. 📷 A. Chibis (Feb. 8)

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х3 Pr. 21631 Buyan-M class corvette [«Naro-Fominsk»(595), .] х3 Pr. 1331M/Parchim II class corvette [«Kabardino-Balkariya»(322), .] Pr. 12700 Alexandrit-class minesweeper Afanasiy Ivannikov. Pr. 12650 Sonya-class coastal minesweeper "Leonid Sobolev" (510). Baltiysk. 📷: V. Fishman (Feb. 8)

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1, 2 - Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyers "Vice Admiral Kulakov" and "Admiral Levchenko". 3 - Project 956A Sovremenny-class destroyer "Admiral Ushakov". 4, 5 - Project 22350 frigates Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Kasatonov. Severomorsk. 📷 MoD RF (Feb. 5) function.mil.ru/news_page/co...

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Project 852 oceanographic research vessel «Admiral Vladimirsky». Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvettes «Merkuriy» (734) and «Stoykiy» (545). Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette «Odintsovo» (584). Kronshtadt. 📷: Y. Kolomina (Feb. 5)

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As part of the training on the defense of coastal facilities and the defense of the Northern Fleet's basing points, a separate missile brigade held a training session for divisions of the Bal and Bastion coastal missile systems. 📹: MoD RF (Feb. 2025) function.mil.ru/news_page/co...

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Mil Mi-24P (Air Force of the Republic of Belarus) 📷 A. Sots

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Two strategic missile carriers Tu-95MS (with Kh-101 cruise missile) escorted by fighters MiG-31BM and Su-33 performed a scheduled flight over the waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas. 📹 MoD RF (Feb. 4) tass.ru/armiya-i-opk...

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1-2 Y. Kondratyev, Director of the KnAAPO: "The next target is the T-75 light tactical aircraft. Production is being actively prepared now. We have a task to produce two prototypes: static and flight prototypes."

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Yury Kondratyev, Director of the KnAAPO: "Starting from 2025, we will start transferring a new version of the Su-57 to the VKS RF." Also, from this year, we will start transferring Su-35S fighters to the VKS RF in a new technical form. 📷 t.me/wingsofwar/1...

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