Russian Frigate Neustrashimy
Tims Times recently posted a bit about a recent pilotage experience on board the Russian frigate Neustrashimy. It provides an interesting snapshot inside the Russian Navy. He describes a warship without a modern navigational radar, erratic maneuvering, and an unsure draft. Certainly seems to reflect a Russian Navy that is low on resources, unorganized, and out of practice.
I came across this post over at the English Russia blog providing a great glimpse inside the nuclear icebreaker LENIN. I love finding detailed photos of unique ships like this on the web, and figured I’d share this one here. For a little history on the Lenin, it was the first nuclear powered surface ship [...]
In a relatively lightly published and un-noticed event, the U.S. flagged cargo ship M/V SAGAMORE was attacked and robbed on Aug. 8th by two men with AK-47s near the al-Basrah Oil Terminal, which lies about 19 miles from the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr. The SAGAMORE is operated by Sealift Inc., a privately held company [...]
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