Russia PROKNOW

What is President Putin's main goal in terms of global int'l relations?

Reassert Russia as a great power on the global stage and to restructure an international order that the Kremlin believes is tilted too heavily in favor of the United States at Russia's expense.

Russia is one of 5 permanent members on this governing body

One of five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council

Until 2014, Russia was on this economic panel

G8 (removed due to invading Crimea in 2014)

What is Russia a world leader in?

Oil and gas exporter and the second largest major weapons exporter in the world.

Which election did Russia try to influence?

2016 Presidential election

President Clinton and Boris Yeltsin forged what kind of partnership?

Strategic Partnership

How many sanctions has the U.S. imposed on Russia since 2014?

520

How much money has the U.S. committed to helping Ukraine fight Russia?

$75 billion in aid as of May 2023.

Russian Military alterations

-Russian special forces, elite airborne troops, and naval infantry effected a swift and bloodless seizure of Crimea in March 2014.

-The subsequent Russian involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine highlighted the practice of "hybrid warfare", centered on the use of irregular "separatist" forces covertly backed by the regular military, along 170 with an information and propaganda campaign orchestrated to create misdirection and spread an alternate international narrative

- The campaign in Syria, in addition to serving a number of broader Russian interests and diplomatic objectives, has allowed Russia to test and display how various components of its military work together in an expeditionary setting.

-The Syria operation has demonstrated noteworthy capabilities, such as the launch of long-range cruise missiles from naval vessels in the Caspian Sea and the deployment of Russia's most modern combat aircraft. It also has highlighted the Russian military's ability to effect "area denial" with an air defense "bubble" of overlapping advanced missile systems.

- At the same time, Russia has been upgrading or constructing new facilities in the Arctic and reactivating Soviet bases in the Arctic that fell into disuse with the end of the Cold War. In December 2014, Russia launched a new Arctic Joint Strategic Command. In addition, Russia has been forming two new brigades specializing in Arctic warfare

- Over the past several years, Russia also has adopted an increasingly aggressive posture with its air and sea patrols and military exercises.

What program did Russia initiate in 2010 for weapon modernization?

State Armaments Program (SAP)

Remember 2-3 weapon platforms they modernized

Why has the Russian economy been dropping since 2014?

Falling oil prices and international sanctions

Russia Navy Organization

Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command (OSK)

Northern Fleet

Western Military District/(OSK)

Baltic Fleet

Eastern Military District/(OSK)

Pacific Fleet

Southern Military District/(OSK)

Black Sea Fleet and Capsian Flotilla

Surface ships

Admiral Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carrier

Features: Ski-jump catapult deck, 1001 feet long, mission is to defend missile subs, carries 18 SU-33 jets and helicopters

Sovremenny Class Destroyer

Features: The two four-cell anti-ship missile launchers installed port and starboard of the forward island and set at an angle about 15°, mission is anti-ship warfare, carries 1 helicopter

Admiral Grigorovich Class Frigate

Features: The black search radar located behind the main super structure., 409 feet long, mission is air defense and ASW, carries 1 helicopter

Submarines

Borei Class Strategic Missile Submarine

Crew: 107 total Propulsion: Nuclear

Yasen Class Attack Submarine

- Newest and most advanced Russian nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines

- It is projected to replace Russia's Soviet-era nuclear attack submarines.

- Crew: 64 total Propulsion: Nuclear

Akula Class Attack Submarine

- Incorporates a double hull system composed of an inner pressure hull and an outer "light" hull

- Allows more freedom in the design of the exterior hull shape, resulting in a submarine with more reserve buoyancy than its western analogs

-The distinctive "bulb" or "can" seen on top

- Crew: 73 total Propulsion: Nuclear

Varshavyanka Class Patrol Submarine

- Can displace 3,100 tons, reach speeds of 20 knots, and can dive to 300 meters.

-Mainly intended for anti-shipping and anti-submarine operations in relatively shallow waters.

- Crew: 52 total Propulsion: Diesel-electric

Aircraft

Su-35 Flanker-E

- Single-seat, twin-engine, and supermaneuverable aircraft. - -The Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E is the top Russian air-superiority fighter

- Distinguished by its unrivaled maneuverability, most of the Su35's electronics and weapons capabilities have caught up with those of Western equivalents, like the F-15 Eagle.

- Most common Russian fighter to conduct intercepts against U.S. Military reconnaissance aircraft conducting operations in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea

SS-N-26 Strobile missile

Advantages:

- Over-the-horizon (OTH) firing range

- Full autonomy of combat use ("fire and forget")

- A set of flexible ("low-profile sea-skimming", "high-low") trajectories

- High supersonic speed in all phases of flight - Full harmonization for a wide range of platforms (surface ships, submarines and land-based launchers)

- Possible use of the missile in electronic countermeasures environment and under enemy fire

SS-N-27 Sizzler missile

-Can be launched from a surface ship using a Vertical Launch System (VLS).

- It has a booster with thrust vectoring capability.

- The missile launched from a submarine torpedo tube has no need for such an addition but has a conventional booster instead.

-The air launched version is held in a container that is dropped as the missile launches, detaching from the container

Did Russia say they will base their troops in Syria permanently in 2017?

Yes

What is the name of 1972 agreement between the U.S. and Russia regarding the seas?

"Agreement on the Prevention of Incidents on and Over the High Seas"

Incidents (When it happened and what happened)

A Russian Sukhoi SU-27 "Flanker" fighter jet came within five feet of an EP-3 Aries before crossing through the U.S. aircraft's flight path, forcing the EP-3 to fly through the SU-27's flight wash.

January 2018

A Russian fighter jet flies dangerously close to a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane on Monday over the Black Sea. A Navy EP-3E Aries II reconnaissance aircraft was flying in international airspace when it was intercepted by a Russian Su-27 fighter in an interaction that lasted about 25 minutes.

November 2018

A Russian Sukhoi SU-35 fighter jet harassed a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol plane over the Mediterranean Sea.

June 2019

On 7 June 2019 the USS CHANCELLORSVILLE (CG 62) came close to a collision with the Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov. United States Seventh Fleet stated the Russian destroyer came within 50 to 100 feet of USS CHANCELLORSVILLE and did not adhere to proper "rules of the road"

June 2019 (bruh again?)

Multiple Russian SU-24 "Fencer" fighter jets and an Il-38 sub-hunting quad-engine aircraft buzzed the U.S. Navy destroyer USS PORTER (DDG 78) in the Black Sea.

February 2017

A pair of Russian Su-24 fighter jets performed several low-altitude passes on the USS DONALD COOK Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer while the ship was conducting exercises with a Polish helicopter in international waters in the Baltic Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) off Kaliningrad.

April 2016