Current Events in Europe

Super Étendard Attack Jets Make Their Last Carrier Catapult Launches Ever (Foxtrot Alpha)

Russian Navy receives first Admiral Grigorovich class frigate (Jane's)

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/russia-bringing-back-worlds-largest-193949617.html

Navy returning to former Cold War base in Iceland (Stars and Stripes)

If Russia Started a War in the Baltics, NATO Would Lose — Quickly (Foreign Policy)

'Mini Red Octobers:'Russia to Push on With Stealth Submarine Program (The Diplomat)

Russian Sierra II SSN returns to the fleet (Jane's)

Russia receives its first ordered MiG-29SMTs (Jane's)

The Russian Navy - a Historic Transition (pdf, ONI) Lots of charts, maps and other OOB information.

Upgraded Tu-95 Strategic Bomber Joins Russian Air Force (Defense World)

BBC News article Key Harpoon relevant points: UK to order 9 P-8 Poseidons to replaced scrapped Nimrod fleet Fewer Type 26 frigates OSD for Typhoons extended to 2040, new ground attack capabilities and what sounds like AESA radar 138 F-35Bs, 24 by 2023 (up from 8 originally) 'Successor' sub i.e. Vanguard SSBN replacement cost to go up to £30bn

Russian Navy To Replace Flagship Cruiser With Nuclear Guided Missile Cruiser By 2020 (Defense World)

Link to the report here (pdf)

MH17 – The Open Source Evidence (Bellingcat, pdf)

Russia details ambitious effort to modernise nuclear-powered submarines to bolster order of battle (Jane's)

Short but interesting comments: http://blogs.cfr.org/davidson/2015/09/30/vladimir-putins-naval-ambitions-have-only-begun/

Ukraine To Scrap Cruiser, Buy New Vessels (DefenseNews) The cruiser is the Project 1164 Atlant (NATO Slava) class guided missile cruiser Ukrayina (ex Lobov).

Probably five ships, to be delivered from 2022, not clear 76 or 127mm gun, to replace all the six ships of the Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)/Santa Maria (F-80) class frigates(in Spanish): http://abcblogs.abc.es/tierra-mar-aire/public/post/fragatas-f110-vehiculos-18859.asp/ http://abcblogs.abc.es/tierra-mar-aire/public/post/f-110-la-fragata-del-futuro-de-la-armada-espanola-16803.asp/

Maneuvering Russian Satellite Has Everyone’s Attention (Space News)

And Daily Mail "unveils" a "great" Russian technical "achivement" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3150228/Russian-air-force-puts-strength-amazing-aerial-stunts-including-helicopters-jets-parachutists-airshow.html