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The 45,000 tons and 273 meter long ship is expected to undergo testing in the Barents Sea in the course of May, a source associated with the Russian military industrial complex told Itar-Tass. In addition, the ship will undertake a 3,5 month test expedition Then, on 4 December, the ship will be handed over to the Indian Navy, the source says. It has taken the Sevmash yard more than eight years to complete the extensive upgrade of the vessel. The yard signed a contract with Indian authorities in 2004. However, it soon turned out the the yard was incapable of...

This eerie wreck image is not computer generated. It's the sonar image of Russian nuclear submarine B-159 (called K-159 before decommissioning), which has been lying 248m down in the Barents Sea, between Norway and Russia, since 2003. The Russian Federation hired Adus, a Scottish company that specialises in high-resolution sonar surveying, to evaluate if it would be possible to recover the wreck. "The operation was complicated as the submarine was very deep, so we had to use the sonar equipment mounted on a remotely operated vehicle, (below)" says Martin Dean, the managing director of Adus and a forensic-wreck archaeologist. "We...

A Russian nuclear submarine Thursday morning launched a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile of the Sineva-class from the Barents Sea. The launch was made from the Delta-IV class submarine “Tula”, newspaper Kommersant writes, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense’s press service. The launch was a success, and all the targets were hit. Last time a missile of this type was launched from the submarine Tula was in October 2008. The launch was then witnessed by President Dmitry Medvedev, as BarentsObserver reported. Another Sineva missile was launched in July 2009, this time from the Northern Fleet submarine “Yekaterinburg”. In the end of...

All nuclear submarines in Russia’s Northern Fleet have been united in one unit – the submarine forces. The forces’ headquartes will be located in the closed town of Gadzhiyevo on the Barents Sea coast. The two squadrons the submarines in the Northern Fleet earlier were organized in have now been merged into one structure, GTRK Murman reports. The forces are organized in four divisions, all under the leadership of Rear Admiral Andrey Volozhinsky. Admiral Volozhinsky said after a ceremony in the closed military town Zaozersk that the Northern Fleet’s submarine forces will have the same tasks as before and that...

Russia Successfully Launches Ballistic Missile July 1, 2006 10:00 a.m. EST Som Patidar - All Headline News Staff Writer Moscow, Russia (AHN) - On Friday, Russia successfully launched a ballistic missile from Barents Sea to earth land in the eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, in combat training, a defense press service reported. As per the press statement by defense press service, the RSM-54 missile was fired from the submarine at 10:25 Moscow time (0625 GMT) from the Barents Sea in the direction of the Kura testing range on the Kamchatka Peninsula. "The successful launch confirmed the high readiness of the maritime strategic...

MURMANSK, October 18 (RIA Novosti, Yekaterina Kozlova) - The captain of a Russian trawler at the center of a scandal in the Barents Sea said Tuesday that he could not rule out a collision with a Norwegian Coast Guard patrol boat. "I reserve the right to set on a collision course since I no longer hope for any help," the captain of the trawler, the Elektron, said. "The crew will be rescued, if necessary, by the Grigory Arloshkin, that is moving on a parallel course." Norwegian Coast Guards detained the Elektron on Saturday off the Spitsbergen archipelago for allegedly...

CORRECTION: Russian navy officials charged after sub sinks SEVEROMORSK, Russia, and MOSCOW. Aug 30 (Interfax) - Navy officials were charged with violation of navigation rules after a Russian nuclear-powered submarine sank in the Barents Sea on Saturday as it was being towed to a scrapyard. The charges were issued by Chief Military Prosecutor Alexander Savenkov. "The chief military prosecutor named Capt. 2nd Class Sergei Zhemchuzhnov, deputy commander of the submarine division, as a person whose actions directly constitute a malfeasance in office," sources in the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office told Interfax. "It is already obvious that the Northern Fleet...

MOSCOW - A Russian nuclear-powered submarine sank in the Barents Sea on Saturday morning as it was being towed to a scrapyard, killing at least two of the 10 sailors on board, the Defense Ministry said. The two nuclear reactors of the 40-year-old K-159 was shut down at the time of the sinking at about 4 a.m. about 3 1/2 miles northwest of Kildin Island, said the Navy's deputy chief, Adm. Viktor Kravchenko. No weapons were aboard. Rescue ships of the Northern Fleet reached the accident site within an hour in heavy rain. One sailor was rescued, the bodies of...

At Least Two Killed As Russian Sub Sinks 13 minutes ago By DEBORAH SEWARD, Associated Press WriterMOSCOW - A Russian nuclear-powered submarine sank in the Barents Sea on Saturday morning as it was being towed to a scrapyard, killing at least two of the 10 sailors on board, the Defense Ministry said. AP Photo   The two nuclear reactors of the 40-year-old K-159 was shut down at the time of the sinking at about 4 a.m. about 3 1/2 miles northwest of Kildin Island, the ministry said. No weapons were aboard. Rescue ships of the Northern Fleet reached the...

A Russian submarine sinks at sea of Barents: 1 survivor (Navy) A Russian submarine with twelve men of crew on his board sunk at sea of Barents and only one marine could be helped, announced Saturday morning the Interfax agency quoting a Russian naval officer. "The operation of help started in the zone where the submarine sunk. A sailor has until now helped summer ", declared this officer of the fleet of the nord.La sea of Barents is located in the Arctic Ocean, in the north of the Scandinavian peninsula and Western Russia.