RF Navy Northern Fleet Yantar-class special-purpose auxiliary vessel Yantar departed port on 25 October and was operating in the North Sea earlier this week; monitored by Dutch Navy assets (HNLMS Friesland + HNLMS Snellius) bsky.app/profile/spec... www.defensie.nl/actueel/nieu...

[3/3] In the months leading up to today's departure, Stoykiy conducted the following training events: June - helicopter launch/recovery July - counter-drone gunnery; ASW September - ZAPAD-2025 participation October - simulated Uran [SS-N-25] launches

[2/3] According to a 30 November media report, Stoykiy is scheduled to be deployed for approx. six months and to visit multiple African ports www.ntv.ru/novosti/2946...

[1/3] RF Navy Baltic Fleet Steregushchiy-class corvette Stoykiy and Altay-class tanker Yelnya departed Baltiysk during the early evening hours on 1 November and conducted northbound transits of the Great Belt during the 09:00 local hour today (3 November)

Another set

Few screengrabs from the rollut/launch video

SEVMASH shipyard rollout ceremony video:

‼️Aaaaand here she is‼️ @covertshores.bsky.social @alxluck.bsky.social @mikeplunkett.bsky.social @navalnews.com

Been a lot of RUMINT about Khabarovsk over the years but perhaps something is happening soon.

🔺OOA activity- Update Russian Navy Baltic Fleet Pr.887 Smolny class training ship AXT-300 “Smolny” VISID returned to the Baltic Sea, 28 October 2025. ⚠️Unit retuning from a 4-month global Cadet cruise to the Far East & westbound transit of the NSR.

❗RUMINT❗ Rollout of the Project 09851 (alt. 09853) KHABAROVSK-class SSDN "Khabarovsk" is reportedly scheduled for November 1, 2025. @covertshores.bsky.social @thelookout.bsky.social @mikeplunkett.bsky.social @combatair.bsky.social @salisbot.bsky.social @rstirn.bsky.social @jjdroxford.bsky.social

🔺OOA activity - Update Russian COI Sparta IV, likely ICW Northern Fleet Pr.1155 class BPK-626 “Vice Admiral Kulakov”, completed an eastbound transit of the English Channel & entered the North Sea, 23 October 2025. ⚠️Both units retuning to the Baltic Sea.

Russian annual strategic nuclear forces exercise Grom estimate: Looks like we will see SS-N-23 from the Barents Sea and Yars ICBM from Plesetsk. Long Range Aviation participation is highly likely but haven't seen any signs of PACFLT Bulava. Will likely happen tomorrow or alternatively Thursday.

This makes it sound like his girlfriend's just left him

An inside look at the work of the Mi-8 crew hunting Russian drones.

"Titan submersible imploded due to poor engineering, say US officials." Also experts, amateurs, people consigned to asylums for congenital lunacy, people who've never heard of submersibles before, a tortoise called Alan and literally anyone else hearing the vaguest description of it.

Russia’s Submarine Problem Is Much Worse Than Many Imagine It’s not just the tale of one unfortunate submarine, it’s a growing hole in capacity and capability www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

🔺OOA activity - Breaking Russian Navy Northern Fleet Pr.1155 Udaloy class BPK-626 "Vice Admiral Kulakov" VISID departed the Baltic Sea, 15 October 2025. Image courtesy of Nikolaj Jepsen/Under Broen

This is one of the most easily-readable macroeconomic assessments of the Russian economy that I have read for a while. Thundering applause!

🔺OOA activity - Update RFN Baltic Fleet tug "Yakov Grebelskiy" & Kilo T636.3 class SSK B-261 "Novorossiysk" VISID returned to the Baltic Sea, 14 October 2025. ⚠️Units returning after OOA deployment to the Mediterranean Sea.

It'd be remiss of me not to wish the US navy a very happy birthday, of course - and unlike virtually everybody else I'm going to include a picture of a genuine American warship to do so...

...transiting northeast in the North Sea towards the Skagerrak h/t @randomjazzlover.bsky.social @te3ej.bsky.social

...transiting northeast into English Channel

Naval architect: "Scusami, how many guns would you like on your guided missile cruiser?" The Italian Navy: "Yes."

#SubTuesday #Submarines Vietnamese Navy Project 06361/IMPROVED KILO-class diesel-electric attack submarines "TR Ho Chi Minh" (HQ-183) & "Hanoi" (HQ-182) during Vietnam's 1st naval parade on September 2, 2025, off the coast of Cam Ranh in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam.

🔺OOA activity - Update Black Sea Fleet HQ issued a statement stating there is no malfunction on Kilo SSK B-261 “Novorossiysk”. ⚠️The unsubstantiated reports of a problem originated from a dubious OSINT source. Droxford Maritime could find no evidence of problems with B-261 & concurs with BSF HQ.

🔺GUGI vessel activity - Update GUGI owned & operated OIS “Yantar” VISID in Severomorsk, possibly around 6 October 2025 timeframe. Yantar is seen likely receiving fuel suggesting she could deploy for an OOA mission, autumn 2025. H/t @mrfrantarelli.bsky.social & A. Gurten

🔺Northern Fleet - Heads up! 🚀 There is a realistic possibility Russian Navy Northern Fleet Pr.22350 SKR-456 “Admiral Golovko” will conduct a certification firing of the 3M22 Zircon hypersonic missile system (over max range at a littoral target ) on 12 October 2025.

...continuing to transit north/northeast in the North Sea

...transiting northeast into the North Sea h/t @te3ej.bsky.social

...Novorossiysk near France x.com/NATO_MARCOM/...

...transiting northeast in the English Channel

...day 5 of lingering in the Bay of Biscay

...traveled ~120nm to the north over past 24 hours, but still remains within Bay of Biscay

...lingering in Bay of Biscay since 1 October...

...transiting north in the North Sea h/t @te3ej.bsky.social

After a brief return to the Mediterranean Sea, RF Navy Baltic Fleet Goryn-class salvage/rescue tug Yakov Grebelskiy (likely with Black Sea Fleet Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine Novorossiysk) is now heading north in the Atlantic Ocean

Russians are showing off their new expensive anti-drone electronic warfare system.

"The majority view in Paris is that German rearmament will raise these questions of “industrial balance” long before it raises issues of “political balance” within the EU." Sure. But frankly, the "industrial balance" issue is far more alarming for France. www.politico.eu/article/germ...

#SubThursday #Submarines "Survey of the K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine lying on the bottom of the Norwegian Sea" by Prokhor Vechkanov

Something happened during Kim Jong Un's visit to the new destroyer make Defense Minister No Kwang-chol (노광철) strip off his uniform. Maybe he was planning to shotgun a Taedonggang beer.

FYI @covertshores.bsky.social @mikeplunkett.bsky.social @thelookout.bsky.social

...Severomorsk + Aleksandr Otrakovskiy) departed Dudinka by midday on 1 October (day 53 of deployment)

RF Navy Northern Fleet ships (Severomorsk + Aleksandr Otrakovskiy) arrived in Dudinka today (day 48 of deployment) - ships to be open to public on 27-30 September, then depart on 1 October; - Pamir + Sergey Osipov likely remain near Dikson

Kurily (SSV-208) returned to Vladivostok on 30 September after 41-day patrol (20 August-30 September) - previously conducted 77-day patrol (1 June-16 August 2025)

...Kurily (SSV-208) conducted a northeast transit of the Tsushima Strait on 23-24 September

RF Navy Pacific Fleet Vishnya-class intelligence collection ship "Kurily" (SSV-208), which departed Vladivostok on 1 June, conducted a south-to-north patrol along the west coast of Japan before heading east through the La Perouse Strait on 8 June bsky.app/profile/spec...

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."