Rendering of proposed Finnish corvette. Finnish Defense Forces Image
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Report: Russian Sub Activity on the Rise in North Atlantic
Russian submarine Severodvinsk
While Russian submarine activity in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas and the North Atlantic are at their highest levels since the end of the Cold War, its navy has only started to be resourced and its undersea fleet, while “a pocket of competence,” remains small. Read More
Analysis: Larger NATO Baltic Sea Exercise Sends Important Message to Russia
Allied forces practice amphibious assault near Ustka, northern Poland, on 17 June 2015 as part of BALTOPS 2015. NATO Photo
Summer is exercise season in the Baltic Sea region, and one of the largest ones is BALTOPS 16, which runs between June 3 and June 18, and ranges across a considerable portion of the Baltic Sea. Read More
Opinion: Sub Discovery Media Storm Highlights Tensions Between Russia and the West
A screen grab from a video thought to show a Som-class submarine discovered last week off the coast of Sweden. Ocean X Photo
When the news broke on Monday that the Swedish marine salvage company Ocean X had discovered a sunken submarine close to Sweden’s coast it jarred a region otherwise deep in its summer lull. Read More
Opinion: Russia, Middle East Will Define NATO’s Emerging Maritime Century
Amphibious assault ships participating in exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2015 transit in formation off the coast of Sweden on June 12, 2015. US Navy Photo
NATO may be best known for its protracted counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan, or for its current efforts to shore up defenses in Eastern Europe with air and ground exercises. But moving forward NATO must also consider its role in the global maritime domain, as it is central to the twin security challenges of an increasingly aggressive Russia and a crumbling Middle East order that the Alliance faces right now. Read More
Finns Drop Depth Charges Against ‘Possible Underwater Object’ Near Helsinki
Finnish patrol boats. Reuters Photo
The Finnish Navy dropped low yield depth charges near the capital of Helsinki following sightings of an object that could be a submarine that may have violated Finland’s territorial waters, according to local press reports. Read More
Russian Air Force Chief: U.S. Surveillance Flights Monitor Russia Daily
RC-135. US Air Force Photo
U.S. surveillance planes have flown almost daily missions right on the edge of Russian controlled airspace, the head of the Russian Air Force told reporters on Tuesday. Read More
Finland: ‘Unusually Intense Russian Air Activity’ Over Baltic
Undated photo of a Tupolev Tu-95 Bear Bomber. Finnish Defence Forces Photo
Russian aircraft have stepped up flights over the Baltic Sea to the country’s exclave in Kalliningrad in the last week, according to a Tuesday statement from Finnish Defence Forces. Read More
U.S. Coast Guard’s 2013 Review of Major Icebreakers of the World
The following is the July 18, 2013 review by the U.S. Coast Guard of Major Icebreakers of the World.
The Coast Guard Office of Waterways and Ocean Policy (CG-WWM) began producing the chart of major icebreakers of the world in July 2010. Since then, we have gathered icebreaker information and recommendations from a variety of sources and experts, including icebreaker subject-matter experts, internet posts, news updates, Arctic experts and Coast Guard offices with icebreaker equities. We validate our information within the public forum and update the chart at least semi-annually based on new information and feedback. This chart represents the Coast Guard’s current factual understanding of the major icebreaker fleet. This chart is not intended for icebreaker fleet comparisons and no inference should be drawn regarding a country’s icebreaker “ranking” against another. Read More
