Russian Naval doctrine
The Russian navy's next-generation reconnaissance ships, the Admiral Yury Ivanov-class, are capable of locating gaps in the US Aegis sea-based missile defence system, German newspaper Bild reported on August 6. The first ship was delivered to the fleet on July 26, Russia's Navy Day, at a ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees Russia's military-industrial sector. On the same day the government also released a revised Maritime Doctrine updating the original 2001 text, (revised slightly in 2011). The government is now developing new maritime legislation on the basis of the doctrine.
The new doctrine more explicitly describes NATO as a threat to Russia than previous published military doctrines.
Russia's military has reversed its planned East Asia pivot to reinforce its western and northern fronts with NATO.
Russia will remain primarily a regional naval power for at least the next decade.
