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Most if not all of Russia’s Project 949A Oscar II nuclear-powered guided missile submarines (SSGN) are to be put through a comprehensive US $372 million upgrade by 2020 to keep them operational into the 2030s.

This action is being taken due to delays in constructing next generation Project 885M Severodvinsk Class attack submarines (SSN). At least 12 third generation Russian SSNs and SSGNs are to be modernised by the end of the decade. The most ...

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RN & USN ‘SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP’ TO GROW EVER TIGHTER The top officers in the navies of the United Kingdom and USA shared a platform in London to explain how ...

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CANDIDATES FOR FUTURE RCN WARSHIP SQUARE UP Canada is starting the process of drawing up a short list of potential future frigates as it looks to move its major ...

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FINNS ‘ATTACK’ SUSPECTED SUBMARINE  In the wake of Sweden’s hunt for an underwater intruder in October last year Finland went a step further and actually attacked a similar ...

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