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https://news.usni.org/2019/03/18/russian-submarine-makes-mysterious-exit-black-sea

https://thediplomat.com/2018/11/russia-admits-that-it-cant-retrofit-aircraft-carrier-after-accident

SU-24s are a fifty-year old design.



https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/02/11-russian-fighter-jets-made-mock-attack-norwegian-arctic-radar

https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/russian-warships-reportedly-fitted-with-device-to-blind-and-induce-nausea-in-enemies/news-story/64738bd2b82b7f8a42735a5d1ad9848c

See also...

From January 23rd


https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/23/venezuela-president-maduro-breaks-relations-with-us-gives-american-diplomats-72-hours-to-leave-country.html

Bonus - social media OSINT*.


https://www.unian.info/politics/10402719-russia-deploys-northern-fleet-s-warship-to-black-sea-photo.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-japan-islands-barracks-southern-kurils-northern-territories-military-defence-a8689026.html

http://tass.com/defense/1032678

From TASS



http://tass.com/defense/1035224

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russian-nuclear-capable-bombers-fly-caribbean-sea-59782330

What triggered the military confrontation in Black Sea? l Inside Story - Al Jazeera English


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKZE0pWtaL8

https://news.sky.com/story/russia-fires-at-ukraine-ships-in-black-sea-11563775

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https://globalnews.ca/news/4695735/uk-mark-carleton-smith-russia-bigger-threat-than-isis/

Food for thought, by Mark Galeotti.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/05/im-sorry-for-creating-the-gerasimov-doctrine/

So the cynic in me asks "who do we have to thank for this?", even though incompetence seems far more likely than sabotage.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-military-ship/russias-only-aircraft-carrier-damaged-after-floating-dock-sinks-idUSKCN1N410U

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2018/10/russia-warns-sea-of-azov-off-limits-to-us-nato-ship-drills/

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/05/politics/us-admiral-russian-submarine-threat/index.html

Marketing campaign -


https://defence-blog.com/news/russia-test-fired-newest-kh-35u-anti-ship-missiles-during-recent-drills.html

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/17/politics/syrian-regime-shoots-down-russian-plane/index.html

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/nato-confirms-russian-naval-build-up-off-syria-as-tensions-rise-1.6429071



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The 5,400-ton Admiral Gorshkov is the largest surface combatant to be built by Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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So after twenty-seven years the Russian navy is having a new...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russian-warships-pass-through-english-channel-as-putins-armed-forces-ratchet-up-pressure-on-the-royal-navy

While I'm down here,



https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/russian-navy-commissions-new-stealth-frigates/

Nifty writeup on Russia's POSEIDON Torpedo



http://www.hisutton.com/Poseidon_Torpedo.html