Current Events in Europe

Report: France to Keep Russian Mistrals In Planned $1.20 Billion Deal (USNI News)

Russian air force Tu-22M3 (NATO Backfire C) bomber overshoots the runway on takeoff from Shaikavka airbase during the Zapad-2017 exercise.

From Defense Aerospace [excerpt] And a pic from Aviation Week's Ares blog: CV32: Reference in there to a total of 19 torpedoes carried.

From Ares blog [excerpt]

Russian Sub to Feature Advanced Quiet Propulsion by 2016 (RIA Novosti)

Names for the S-80 class boats (in French), from Mer et Marine: http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=118768 Isaac Peral, Narcis Monturiol, Cosme Garcia and Mateo Garcia de los Reyes.

Dynamic Mongoose 2017, yearly ASW exercise, starts near Iceland (Even with participation of Icelandic OPV Tyr), from 26 June to 8 July 2017: http://navaltoday.com/2017/06/27/nato-submarine-drill-dynamic-mongoose-starts-in-iceland/

From RIA Novosti [excerpt]

From RIA Novosti [excerpt] CV32: "Flarecraft" is a reference to 'wing in ground effect' vehicles or 'ekranoplan'.

Russian nuclear submarine fire 'put out' in Arctic dock (BBC News)

Russian Navy to Get Dugon Landing Ships This Year (RIA Novosti)

Still very hypothetical, of course. UK MoD Releases First Images of Royal Navys New Boomers (USNI News)

S-400 Air Defense Regiment Takes up Duty in Russia's South Solidifying the grip on Crimea, no doubt.

Submarine activities increase near Norway: https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2018/01/nuclear-submarines-inshore-norway-3-4-times-monthly#.Wm1BV6xEaFZ.facebook

Canadians, French, U.S. Hunt For Submarine Off Scotland (Aviation Week)

From RIA Novosti [excerpt]

New Photos of Russian Planes intercepted by Norwegian Fighter Jets Notice the picture of an armed Tu-22M, carrying a Kh-22 (NATO AS-4 'Kitchen').

A very old system, indeed. Photos of the tests in Mer et Marine: http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/navire-du-futur-le-vn-partisan-va-tester-de-nouveaux-systemes-dautoprotection

From Aviation Week [excerpt]

U.S. Navy Ship Encounters Aggressive Russian Aircraft in Baltic Sea (Seapower)