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  • Russian Navy to get Two Upgraded Molniya-class Missile Boats

    07/11/2018 7:20:54 AM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 3 replies
    TASS ^ | 10 JULY 2018
    The Russian Navy will receive two upgraded Molniya-class missile boats of project 1241 by the beginning of 2019. They were initially planned for a foreign customer but the contract was cancelled and the Russian Navy displayed interest in the boats. They will be equipped with modern navigation and communication means and the latest arms. The architecture will change and crew conditions will improve. The boats will be armed with antiship Kh-35U missiles and Pantsir-M seaborne air defense, the Izvestia daily writes. The Russian Navy will receive two upgraded Molniya-class missile boats of project 1241 by the beginning of 2019. Vympel...
  • Russia: Molniya rocket crash will not cancel solar sail launch - Defense Ministry

    06/21/2005 10:15:44 PM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 4 replies · 391+ views
    Novosti ^ | 06/21/05
    Molniya rocket crash will not cancel solar sail launch -- Defense Ministry21:10 MOSCOW, June 21 (RIA Novosti) - The failure of a Molniya carrier rocket launched from Russia's Plisetsk Space Center on Tuesday to orbit a military satellite will not delay the launch from a Russian submarine of a unique spacecraft, Kosmos-1, which is equipped with a "solar sail". "The launch of the Volna converted ballistic missile is scheduled for 23:46 (Moscow time) June 21, and will be carried out from a Russian submarine in the Barents Sea," a Russian Defense Ministry representative told RIA Novosti. Kosmos-1 is the world's...