When a training missile exploded in the silo, Captain Igor Grishkov immediately dived his enormous Typhoon submarine to flush away burning rocket fuel before the other nuclear weapon-tipped missiles were set on fire.
Journalists could be contacted by intelligence officers and used to covertly impact public debate and political decisions, according to the Police Security Service (PST).
They are quick and powerful, and are made for high pace through Arctic wilderness. Almost 100 new snowmobiles are delivered to Norwegian border guards as the local garrison beefs up capacities.
The Zvezdochka yard outside Arkhangelsk, northern Russia, demands another 6.8 billion ruble for its comprehensive modernization of nuclear submarine «Podmoskovye». The ministry responds with a 3.7 billion suit against the yard.
Russian security service officers are celebrating a century of counter-intelligence, and boast that a growing number foreign agents are being hooked. This month, they put retired Norwegian border inspector Frode Berg behind bars.
A new frigate and a big landing vessel are about to join the ranks of Russia’s most powerful fleet after more than a decade of construction and testing.
50 years after the Northern Fleet got its first ballistic missile submarine, Sevmash yard in Severodvinsk floats out its latest pride. «Knyaz Vladimir» will be Russia’s most advanced ballistic missile submarine.