The Russian Navy's use of trained dolphins, seals and beluga whales, is well established.
A Beluga Whale site in Sochi, on the Black Sea, retains an air of mystery...
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Russia Forced To Reduce Navy In Mediterranean As Ukraine War Drags On
One of Russia’s two SLAVA class cruisers deployed to the Mediterranean has left the sea. The Marshal Ustinov was seen sailing out through the Straits of Gibraltar today.
This may be a sign that the Russian Navy forces in the Mediterranean, beefed up to support the invasion of Ukraine, are being forced to withdraw key assets...
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OSINT: Ukrainian Drone Took Inland Approach To Attack Russian Navy Headquarters At Sevastopol
Sevastopol harbour, the main naval base for Russia’s Black Sea fleet (BSF) has, until now, been largely unaffected by the sharp end of the Ukraine War. Butthe past week or so has seen Ukraine bring the war to Crimea.
On August 20 a drone hit the navy headquarters, in broad daylight. Interestingly, the drone approached from inland...
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OSINT: Russian Navy Base At Sevastopol Defended By Inflatable S-400 Missiles
Russia's main naval base in the Black Sea, Sevastopol, is guarded by the latest S-400 air-defense system.
The real S-400 missiles have recently been moved from their permanent launch site however. Russian TV has shown inflatable replacements at the site.
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Idea - OSINT organization
Western governments should set up dedicated information and analysis units using open source intelligence (OSINT) and commercially sourced imagery to monitor and record 'areas of interest'. This is to win the information war with facts.
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End Of The TYPHOON Era: World's Largest Submarine Retires
The last Pr.941 TYPHOON Class boat, Dmitriy Donskoy (TK-208), is reportedly no longer in active service. The world's largest submarine, the undisputed king of submarines, is finally being decommissioned.
Regardless of your politics, there has always been a air of respect for the gigantic Russian submarine in defense circles.
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Russian Navy Also Deployed Trained Dolphins To Novorossiysk In Black Sea
The revelation, based on analysis of open source intelligence, that the Russia has deployed dolphins to guard Sevastopol, brought marine mammal programs into focus.
As part of the research into this I also discovered that the dolphins have previously been deployed to Novorossiysk.
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OSINT: Indications That Russian Navy Has Shifted Focus In Black Sea
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) increasingly suggests that key elements of the Russian Navy have changed their patrol areas. Remaining warships, notably the Project 11356R Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates, are patrolling off the southern tip of Crimea.
One theory is that this is to protect the Kerch Bridge....
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OSINT: Unusual Mini-Submarine Seen In Sevastopol, Black Sea
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A major naval base supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Sevastopol in Crimea is a hive of submarine activity.
Now There is an unusual mini-submarine in Sevastopol...
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DCS Next: Return Of The U.S. Navy's ASDS Submarine
The U.S. Navy is a world leader in special forces submarines. The latest DCS (dry combat submersible) must be the envy of even the best equipped NATO partners.
But already the Navy & SOCOM are already planning a follow-on submarine...
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