Russian Navy to Get 40 New Ships in 2014

[Purveyor]

MOSCOW, January 3 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Navy is expected to receive 40 new warships and auxiliary vessels in 2014, a high-ranking official said Friday.

In addition to surface ships of various classes, the navy will also commission the third Borey-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, the Vladimir Monomakh, and a Varshavyanka-class diesel electric submarine, Rear Admiral Viktor Bursuk, a deputy commander of the Russian navy, said.

Bursuk, who oversees weapons procurement for the navy, said that Russia will continue the repair and overhaul of the Admiral Nakhimov nuclear-powered missile cruiser and three nuclear-powered attack submarines this year.

The Kirov-class cruiser, known as the Kalinin until 1992, was commissioned in 1989 and mothballed in 1999. It has since been docked for upgrades at the Sevmash shipyard in the northern Russian city of Severodvinsk, on the White Sea.

The Admiral Nakhimov is expected to rejoin the Russian navy in 2018 with the most advanced weapons systems for its vessel type, the Sevmash shipyard said in June last year.

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[MADem]

1. Putin has been so anxious to get the Russian Navy back to their old USSR glory days.

He's been upgrading ports as well.

[Purveyor]

2. He is indeed putting the ole girl back together again and none to soon in my book. The world

needs a counter to the warmongering crusaders in the West.

[MADem]

3. Well, the Chinese are going to town, too.

We've been drawing down our Navy, but I guess you weren't aware of that.

So I guess you're a fan of military buildups...?