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The Vishnya class (NATO reporting name) (also known as the Meridian class), [2] Soviet designation Project 864, [2] are a group of intelligence collection ships built for the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. The ships continue in service with the Russian Navy. [3] The Russian Navy operates seven of these ships. [2]
Jane's Fighting Ships has noted in one of its 1999-2000 editions that some ships have little capability, but remain flying an ensign so that crews are entitled to be paid. [ 1 ] Jane's Fighting Ships online edition, dated 8 March 2010, added "There are large numbers of most classes 'in reserve', and flying an ensign so that skeleton crews may ...
The history of the creation of the Russian Navy intelligence dates back to the end of the 19th century, but was part of Military Intelligence. The Navy's independent intelligence service was established on February 16, 1938, as the NKVMF intelligence department.
In Service with Russia Aleksandr Shabalin Ropucha-class: 1985 1985–Present In Service with Russia (SDK-64) BDK-64 Tsezar Kunikov 158: Ropucha-class: 1986 1986–Present In Service with Russia (SDK-46) BDK-46 Novocherkassk 142: Ropucha-class: 1987 1987–Present In Service with Russia Yamal Ropucha-class: 1988 1988–Present In Service with ...
Also included are the Second World War intelligence and espionage organisations, their sub-units and unit personnel involved in espionage or military intelligence, their equipment, and counter-intelligence operations such as strategic, deception and field intelligence.
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
World War II submarines of the Soviet Union (5 C, 56 P) Pages in category "World War II naval ships of the Soviet Union" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
GRU Official emblem (until 2009) with motto engraved: "Greatness of the Motherland in your glorious deeds" The first Russian body for military intelligence dates from 1810, in the context of the Napoleonic Wars raging across Europe, when War Minister Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly proposed to Emperor Alexander I of Russia the formation of the Expedition for Secret Affairs under the War ...