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Iranian warship Sahand takes part in Russia Navy Day parade 2021, off St Petersburg

Introduction – July 25, 2021

At Russia’s request, two Iranian Navy vessels took part in Russia’s naval parade off-St Petersburg. The light frigate Sahand and the Makran, a logistics vessel that can also function as an expeditionary sea base, represent two of the Iranian navy’s latest and most advanced naval assets.

Although overshadowed by vessels from the Russian Navy their participation in the parade marks a new chapter in the growing military cooperation between Moscow and Tehran.

In recent months, the IRIN and Russian Navy have taken part in joint maneuvers in the Caspian Sea and the Indian Ocean.

Admittedly, this may seem an insignificant event given that the world is in the midst of a ‘pandemic’. But if the architects of the New World Order fail to subjugate humanity with a contrived pandemic then they will resort to a final option — global war. For the time being this is being kept on a back burner but if enough people wake up to the coronavirus scam then war with Russia, China and Iran will become a very real possibility. Ed.

Russian warships lined up off the historic Baltic Sea base of Kronstadt prior to the parade. Click to enlarge

Putin Touts Russia’s Hypersonic Nuclear Weapons at Naval Parade

Alexander Nicholson – Bloomberg July 25, 2021

President Vladimir Putin used a Navy Day parade to deliver his latest reminder of Russia’s military muscle, touting the nation’s hypersonic nuclear weapons at a ceremony in his hometown of St. Petersburg.

“Today the Russian navy has everything it needs to defend our homeland, our national interests,” Putin said in a speech in front of a monument to the fleet’s founder, Peter the Great. “We can locate any enemy, whether they’re on, under or above the water. And if required, deal them an unavoidable strike.”

More than 50 vessels and 4,000 troops took part in the parade ahead of the navy’s 325th anniversary in October. As well as destroyers, submarines and assault vessels, the Prince Vladimir, a Borei-A class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, was on display for the first time. The event took place without spectators as Russia wrestles with a new spike in Covid-19 cases due to the delta variant.

In his speech, Putin praised Russia’s rapid rise to naval power. From the rudimentary vessels of Peter’s day, the navy now possesses “the latest hypersonic precision weapons systems, that have no equivalent in the world, and which we constantly and successfully improve,” he said.

In June, Putin accused the U.S. and U.K. of staging a “provocation” in the Black Sea that saw Britian’s HMS Defender engaged in a stand-off with Russian ships and fighter jets off the coast of Crimea.

Russia said it used bombs and gunfire in “warning shots” to force the vessel to leave waters the U.K. and its allies don’t recognize as Russian territory after Putin’s 2014 annexation of the strategic peninsula from Ukraine.

Putin stoked fears of a new arms race three years ago when he unveiled new nuclear weapons in his regular state-of-the-nation address. At the start of 2021, the last remaining nuclear-arms treaty between the U.S. and Russia got a five-year extension, when Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed to prolong the so-called New START in their first exchange since Biden took office.

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