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Gestart door dudge, 11/10/2013 | 12:48 uur

Parera

#136
Russia reveals new images of Sarmat heavy intercontinental ballistic missile

On 19 July, the official Facebook account of Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation posted a video showing the newest Sarmat heavy intercontinental ballistic missile.

The MoD released video showing the liquid-fueled, MIRV-equipped, superheavy thermonuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile is developed to replace the old SS-18 Satan missile.

According to the official statement, the program for the deployment of the Sarmat missile system is synchronized in time with the gradual withdrawal of its predecessor, the R-36M2 Voevoda missile system, also known as the SS-18 Satan.

The energy capabilities of the Sarmat missile system make it possible to use an extended range of combat capability on the missile. It can carry combat blocks of small, medium, high or large power classes.

President Vladimir Putin early said that delivery of the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile to Russia's military is scheduled for 2020.

"The systems, which will beef up our strategic forces in the foreseeable future, I mean, first of all, the Sarmat system, which is to be delivered to the troops in 2020, the Avangard system, the delivery of which is scheduled for 2019, and other systems are being tested according to the original schedule," – said Vladimir Putin during a meeting with top military and defence industry officials in Sochi on 18 May.

The serial production of the Sarmat missile would probably be conducted at the Krasmash factory in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

Developed by the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau, the new hypersonic Sarmat missile is capable of striking targets both via the North and the South Poles.

"The missile's uniquely cross-functional combat platform allows the use of all types of individually targeted warheads, including ones which are still on the drawing board," Russia's Strategic Missile Forces Commander, Col. Gen. Karatayev.

According to the Center's Missile Defense Project, the Sarmat as being able to carry 10 large warheads, 16 smaller ones, a combination of warheads and countermeasures, or up to 24 YU-74 hypersonic boost-glide vehicles.

That means one Satan 2 ICBM could pack as much as eight megatons of TNT-equivalent explosive power.

The Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is small enough to fit into existing missile silos with minimum modifications to launch area infrastructure.

[Source: defence-blog.com ]




Parera

#135
Russian claims that new Peresvet combat laser system already in service

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has claimed that the new truck-mounted Peresvet combat laser systems are already in service and deployed in the place of permanent stationing.

On 19 July, the Russian Defense Ministry has released a new video showing some of newest Russian combat laser systems.

The video features a military unit, operating at least two truck-mounted Peresvet combat laser systems, accompanied by several command and support vehicles. When deployed, the complex unfolds and exposes a cannon-like device, which is presumably the laser system.

The exact purpose of the complex is still kept secret. It might be a jamming system, which can "blind" the optical electronic equipment of enemy vehicles with a laser beam, since several prototypes of such systems have been developed by the Soviet Union.

Early, ex Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said that the "combat laser systems" Putin spoke of in his State of the Nation speech in March were in fact delivered to the country's armed forces last year. Once found only in works of fiction, Borisov said such devices were now a very real and necessary tool of modern warfare.

"We can talk a lot about laser weapons and movies were made about them a long time ago and fantastic books have been written, and everyone knows about this. But the fact that these systems have started entering service is indeed today's reality," Borisov said in comments translated by the state-run Tass Russian News Agency.

[Source: defence-blog.com ]



Parera

#134
Russia for the first time shows assembly line of new nuclear-powered cruise missiles

Russian Defense Ministry has released video showed for the first time the final assembly line of the new Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missiles.

The released video showed the several cruise missiles in red colored in a workshop, some of them already placed into launch containers. It is the first time when showing the assembly line of the newest Russian nuclear-powered cruise missiles.

According to the source in the Defense Ministry, the new nuclear-powered cruise missile, which is designed to have "unlimited range and unlimited ability to maneuver," undergoes additional ground tests and is expected to get into flight tests following the tweaks.

Russia's next-generation nuclear-powered cruise missiles are capable of hitting targets throughout the United States.

Meeting with members of the Senate Armed Services Committee in March, General Lori Robinson, head of the US Northern Command and North American Aerospace Command said she was "concerned" about the potential for those advanced cruise missiles, which could be launched from bombers or submarines at much greater ranges than legacy systems, to penetrate our air defense network due to their expanded range, low visibility, and limited radar cross section."

The main purpose of the new cruise missiles is the suppression of the operational bases of the probable enemy and the destruction of interceptor-based missile defenсe systems or group of ships with Aegis Ballistic Missile Defenсe System.

The missile has an intercontinental range in excess of 10,000+ kilometers (probably close to 20,000 kilometers) and may be equipped with a nuclear warhead.

[Source: defence-blog.com ]



Parera

Russia released the first footage of Poseidon nuclear-tipped underwater complex



Russian Defense Ministry has released a video of the new Poseidon nuclear-tipped underwater complex, also called super-power nuclear torpedo.

The first footage showing the new nuclear-tipped autonomous underwater complex at the test facility. The new video shows a static test of the sub, which is basically an enormous nuclear-capable torpedo.

Rudders of the large device and its propeller are moving while developers observe its performance. The most intriguing part of the drone submarine – its propeller – is blurred out.

The device is launched from a crewed submarine and travels to its target at high speeds deep underwater, which makes it nearly impossible to intercept, according to the Russian military.

"Unique characteristics of the Poseidon system will help the Navy to successfully combat aircraft carrier and strike groups of a potential adversary in any oceanic theater of war and destroy shore infrastructure facilities," chief analyst of the General Staff, Admiral Igor Katasonov, has said.

Also early, Russian military analyst Leonid Nersisyan noted that the idea of developing giant torpedoes with a nuclear propulsion system and a powerful nuclear-tipped charge appeared in the USSR back in the 1950s, the project was called the T-15 and was actively promoted by A.D. Sakharov.

However, modern technologies have made the old concept realizable – the scheme of the "Status-6" unmanned underwater vehicle with a nuclear propulsion system was "accidentally" released at Russian media in 2015. Since then, there has been virtually no official information on it, but there have been a lot of rumors about whether the project is real or it's just some kind of concept. Recently, the existence of the project was recognized in the report of the US Department of Defence. Now it was officially confirmed by Russian military officials.

Previously the media reported the range of new Poseidon underwater complex will be more up 10,000 km, a depth of 1 km and a cruising speed of up to 185 km/h.

[Source: defence-blog.com ]



Harald

Nordics Mobilize To Send Russians Clear Message: We Shall Not Be Cowed

Vladimir Putin has clearly focused on expanding Russian influence in the areas of strategic interest to Russia such as the region that stretches from the Baltics to the Nordics.

Proof? They have generated major military exercises designed to influence behavior, such as last year's Zapad 2018. They have issued nuclear threats against the Danes and the Norwegians at various times over the past few years, saying that if they modernized their defenses the Nordic region they would face nuclear annihilation.

Last year, the Russians simulated military strikes against Norwegian territory and very recently sent a large naval task force from the Kola peninsula without notification. These actions are clearly designed to intimate and to isolate. Of course, the Russians have hoped that European conflicts with the Trump Administration (and disagreements within NATO) would help further isolate the Nordics.

Meanwhile, the United States has diffused its efforts with an over-emphasis on stability operations and counter-insurgency in the Middle East. For example, the Russians are expanding their Arctic capabilities, while both Canada and the United States have essentially ignored the Russian Arctic force modernization effort.

Russia's threats have not cowed the Nordic states. Instead, they have strengthened their relationship with Washington, with each other through enhanced cooperation and plan focused to mobilize their entire societies to deal with the Russian efforts to intimidate.

The Norwegians, in particular, have focused on mobilization and crisis response. This year's Trident Juncture 2018 exercise — which NATO bills as a major NATO exercise — is from the Norwegian point of view more than that. It is about testing and enhancement of their Total Defense Concept. For Norway, the Total Defense Concept focuses on the ability of the civilian side of society to support military operations. For example, the Norwegians do not have a specialized military medical service. Civilians are mobilized to support both Norwegian and allied medical needs in times of conflict. This will be tested during Trident Juncture 2018.

In my recent visit to Norway, I discussed the Norwegian preparation for Trident Juncture 2018 with one of the organizers of the exercise, Col. Lars Lervik: "We need to be able to support NATO allies when they come into Norway. I think we're making real progress with regard to civil society's ability to support the Norwegian and allied militaries.

"For example, when the US Marines arrive in Undredal, Norway (in the middle of Norway), it could be a civilian bus driver on a civilian bus who will transport them onward to their next location. They might pick up fuel from a local civilian Norwegian logistics company. It is about the resilience as well with regard to civilian society to support military operations. We need to understand and to enhance how the modern society is able to function in a time of crises and war."

The US Marines are in the midst of a major transformation process and with that effort, allies view them as key partners in shaping an effective crisis management process to deal with peer competitors. Both the Australians and the Norwegians have formalized working relationships with the Marine Corps to broaden their crisis management capabilities.

Notably, the Norwegian government announced on June 13 that they were enhancing their working realitonship with the USMC: "The Norwegian government has decided to welcome continued USMC rotational training and exercises in Norway, with a volume of up to a total of 700 marines, initially for a period of up to five years, says Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen."

And how did the Russians respond? Predictably with intimidation and threats. "In a statement on its Facebook page, the Russian Embassy said it made the Scandinavian country "less predictable", while warning it "could cause growing tensions, triggering an arms race and destabilising the situation in northern Europe." It added: "We see it as clearly unfriendly, and it will not remain free of consequence."

The Russians used their embassy in country to threaten the Norwegians much like they did with the Danes in 2015.  This is part of their approach to information warfare as well whereby they use local tools as well as national tools to shape perceptions within other countries.
But the Norwegians are not the only ones mobilizing their societies to  deal with the Russian coercion efforts. And if one compares this to the period of the 1930s where the Nordics simply did not respond to the growing threat from Germany, this time around, the Nordics are seeing a threat, mobilizing and working together.

Conscription has been an important part of Finnish defense, but there is an increasing emphasis on enhanced readiness as well as part of a mobilization strategy. This means shifting emphasis from training conscripts to getting as well better combat readiness out of the mobilization force.

In my discussion with Janne Kuusela, director general of the Finnish Ministry of Defense's defense policy department, during a February visit, he argued that one advantage of the conscription process is that the Finnish government is in a position to identify candidates for the professional military, especially the "tech savvy" candidates needed to serve in a 21st century force.

"It is a two-way street with the population," Kuusela says. "The reservists bring back a lot of current information about technology and society which can then be tapped by the professional military as well as the professional military providing up to date information on the evolution of military systems. I think this is a key capability as new equipment is more technologically sophisticated."

For its part, Sweden held its largest military exercise in more than 20 years last year. Exercise Aurora 17 involved the forces of several other nations, including Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Norway, Lithuania, and the United States. The close cooperation between Finland and Sweden in this exercise was especially notable, as it was the only non-NATO states involved. Along with that new exercise came a new Swedish policy about conscription.

As far as the Trump Administration goes, the Finns and Swedes signed a new trilateral agreement with the United States this past May.

In other words, the response to the Russians illegally seizing Crimea and inserting their forces into the Middle East, have gotten the attention of the Nordics. And their response has been national, regional and working with core allies, including the United States to strengthen crisis management capabilities as well as deterrence.

As one senior Norweigan defense analyst put it during my visit, the Nordics are cooperating more effectively with one another in part through their regional organization, NORDEFCO, which includes Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland. "I think the discussions among ministers have been taken to an unprecedented level. We also discuss crisis management," this analyst told me. "We have to prepare ourselves for handing a situation without the Swedes and the Finns, because they are not members of NATO. But we think that it is more and more likely that they would be fully involved in such a situation.

"I think our western partners realize this, so the American footprint in Norway could also be used to reinforce the Baltic states. Having access to Norwegians territory, and perhaps for a door in Sweden and Finland makes a big difference."

https://breakingdefense.com/2018/07/nordics-mobilize-to-send-russians-clear-message-we-shall-not-be-cowed/


Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Lex

Norway wants US to double its troops in country

Norway will ask the US to double the number of US troops stationed in the country and deploy them nearer the border with Russia, the government said on 12 June.

The announcement came after nine nations along NATO's eastern flank called on 8 June for the alliance to bolster its presence in their region.

Since 2017, 330 US Marines have been deployed on rotation at Vaernes in the centre of Norway, despite loud protests from Russia.

Oslo said it wants to boost the troop numbers to 700 and station them further north at Setermoen, 420km from Russia.

The US deployment agreement would also be extended from the current six-month renewable periods to five years.

Frank Bakke-Jensen, Norwegian Minister of Defence, said in a statement: 'The defence of Norway depends on the support of our NATO allies, as is the case in most other NATO countries. For this support to work in times of crises and war, we are totally dependent on joint training and exercises in times of peace.'

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia had on 8 June called for NATO to discuss an increased military presence in their region at the leaders' summit in July 2018 in Brussels.

The group said it was necessary to supplement NATO's current ground forces 'with aerial and naval components.'

NATO beefed up defences in central and eastern Europe in response to growing fears about Russia, following Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014.

The Russian embassy in Oslo could not be contacted on 12 June for comment, but in 2017 it criticised repeatedly the deployment of US forces in Norway.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide said that if the new deployment went ahead 'there will still be a respectful distance with the Russian border. But we can't see any serious reason why Russia should react, even if we expect it will again this time since it always does about the allied exercises and training.'

To ease Moscow's concerns, before becoming a founder member of NATO in 1949, Oslo gave a commitment not to station foreign troops on its soil unless it was under threat of attack.

The government says it still follows that commitment noting that the troop presence is not permanent but rotational.

​Agence France-Presse, 12th June 2018 - 15:37 GMT

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Huzaar1

Doorvaren van de Noord Pool...dat het kan. Echt heel erg slecht nieuws voor de wereld, de natuur en uiteindelijk een ramp voor de mens.
Als we er niet aan gaan doordat we elkaar vermoorden met wapens doen we het wel door waar we wonen zo te verneuken dat het praktisch niet meer leefbaar zal zijn.
"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion" US secmindef - Jed Babbin"

Harald

Citaat van: Thomasen op 07/09/2017 | 12:52 uur
De noord route wordt steeds belangrijker, meer maanden per jaar beschikbaar.
Voorlopig ook een  goede inkomstenbron voor de Russen......

precies, ..



en hoelang zou het duren voordat de Russen officieel de Noordpool gaan claimen en bezetten met hun militaire opbouw. De vlag hebben ze al op de zeebodem geplaatst in 2007. Misschien in 2007 als een "steek onder water" maar ... in 2050 , als een jaren lange claim van de Noordpool



http://www.newsweek.com/russia-claims-463000-square-miles-arctic-territory-359829



Harald

Russia to Build Three Nuclear-Powered Project 10510 Leader Icebreakers by 2024-2025  ( .. op weg naar de Noordpool... )

Three new-generation nuclear icebreakers of project 10510 (Leader) are planned to be built by 2024-2025, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov told Russia 24 TV channel.

"We plan to develop more powerful new-generation icebreakers. The project is called Leader. After the completion of the business plan designed under the auspices of Rosatom nuclear agency it would be possible to build at least three icebreakers of over 100MWt capacity by 2024-2025," he said.

According to Manturov, the Leader will become the biggest and most powerful icebreaker in the world.

It has been reported that the tender for technical documentation of the new-generation Leader nuclear icebreaker with 120MWt capacity would be announced in the near future. The Krylov Central Research Institute jointly with the Iceberg Design Bureau is engaged in the project for the Russian nuclear fleet. The icebreaker is supposed to break four-meter thick ice.

It was reported that the Iceberg Design Bureau is developing the most powerful nuclear icebreaker in the world of project 10510 with a 120MW capacity.

Comment:
The vessel can reportedly break up ice with maximum thickness of 4.3 meters and lead cargo vessels at a speed of 11 knots in two-meter thick ice thus ensuring efficient navigation along the Northern Sea Route. The Leader can develop the route into a permanently operating waterway as it would provide year-round support to vessels on schedule regardless of weather conditions and ice situation. The icebreaker would be crucial for transporting hydrocarbons from Yamal deposits to Asian and Pacific Rim countries.

https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2017/september-2017-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/5551-russia-to-build-three-nuclear-powered-project-10510-leader-icebreakers-by-2024-2025.html


Harald

Is the Arctic the Next Superpower Battleground?

Russia expands its military presence up north

The harsh, sparsely populated Arctic is warming and sea ice is falling, which means governments are looking north for both economic ventures and as an arena of strategic competition.

This goes even more so for the Kremlin. Russia has the longest Arctic border in the world, and its oil and gas economy depends on Arctic drilling. Russia has built dozens of icebreakers — even nuclear-powered icebreakers — to help clear passages for ships heading to and from Europe and the Pacific.

The U.S. icebreaker fleet is only a fraction of that size.

Russia is also building up its Arctic military forces. It's adapting surface-to-air missiles for use in temperatures below -58 degrees Fahrenheit, designing resupply ships with reinforced hulls — necessary when around floating ice — and moving troops and warplanes to the north.

Will Russia intrude on the Arctic territories of other nations, or does the build-up reflect fear on the Kremlin's part? What will the United States do in response? And what would an Arctic war look like?

https://warisboring.com/is-the-arctic-the-next-superpower-battleground/

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.