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Russia has quietly relaunched an upgraded Tarantul-class corvette after years of delays, converting a 1990s hull into a modern coastal strike ship armed with Kh-35 “Uran” anti-ship missiles. The vessel—now sailing as Strelok under Project 12418—represents a low-cost way for the Russian Navy to add missile punch to littoral patrol forces while the country’s new-build shipyards struggle to keep pace.

The world’s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, sailed into Norway’s Oslofjord. The deployment comes after a surge of mysterious drones over military bases and airports across Europe, incidents Western officials believe point back to Moscow.

Russia is scrambling to defend its fuel industry after a relentless wave of Ukrainian drone strikes crippled refining operations and triggered the country’s worst gasoline shortage in nearly three decades.