OPINION A launch of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable cruise missile from the Pankovo test-site at Novaya Zemlya. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defence The Arctic has again become Moscow’s nuclear bluster playground History is repeating itself....
The Khabarovsk was rolled out from the ship hall in Severodvinsk on Saturday, November 1st. Photo: Sevmash / VKontakte Here comes Russia’s first serial submarine to carry nuclear-powered giga-torpedoes The Khabarovsk was launched from the Sevmash shipyard in...
Navy Determines Planned Ship Inactivations for Fiscal 2026 Posted on September 19, 2025 by Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO-197) sails during the at-sea phase of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC)...
Oil tanker Mires sailed without icebreaker escort along the coast of Chukotka Peninsula on September 11, 2025. Map by MarineTraffic A 20-year-old ‘shadow fleet’ oil tanker without ice-class is entering icy Arctic route The Mires is 244 meter long and sails...
Global warming is one of the reasons why the ozone layer is preserved better. Photo: Elizaveta Vereykina The ozone layer above the Arctic has thickened It is in the best condition since 1980, according to experts. Elizaveta Vereykinamulti-media journalist 16 September...
Crew members were disembarking from the Severny Polyus (North Pole) vessel. Photo: United Shipbuilding Corporation, VK Crew change for the Russian North Pole drifting expedition The expedition has been conducting research in the high latitudes of the Arctic Ocean for...