Current Events in Europe

Russian Tu-22 bomber scares NATO air defenses flying at supersonic speed over the Baltic Sea for the first time (The Aviationist blog)

The Eyes of the Future RN Carrier Strike Force (Defense Update) excerpt Something I haven't seen modeled in any sim/game.

I don't need a news source for this one... an act of utter evil.

Russian air force takes first modernised Tupolev bombers (Flight Global)

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').

Kingdom of Denmark Strategy for the Arctic 2011 2020 (pdf)

Royal Navy Subs To Get Upgraded Spearfish Torpedo (DefenseNews)

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

Crimea and Russias Strategic Overhaul (Parameters)

New S-400 missiles to protect Kola Peninsula (Barents Observer)

Russia flies first radar- and avionics-upgraded Tu-160 bomber (Jane's)

'Conclusive proof' of foreign vessel in Sweden (The Local) See the recently released HCE scenario (by broncepulido) on this subject!

CNO Greenert: Russian Navy Very Busy in the Undersea Domain (USNI News)

Delivery of the first FREMM frigate (Defense Aerospace)

A series of articles and discussions about Tu-22M (NATO Backfire) strategy and tactics. Kamikazes - The Soviet Legacy (Naval War College Review, Winter 2014) Deception and the Backfire Bomber: Reexamining the Late Cold War Struggle Between Soviet Maritime Reconnaissance and U.S. Navy Countertargeting (Information Dissemination) Deception and the Backfire Bomber, Part II (Information Dissemination) Deception and the Backfire Bomber, Part III (Information Dissemination) Deception and the Backfire Bomber, the Finale (Information Dissemination)

Improved Russian Nuclear Attack Submarine Kazan to Deliver in 2016 (USNI Blog)

A-7 Corsair II finally retires from service (Jane's)

France Floats Out First Russian Mistral Warship (RIA Novosti)

Navy to commission missile defense base in Romania (Stars and Stripes)

DGA Receives the First Retrofitted Navy Rafale (Defense Aerospace)