Event d4305f33-db6d-472d-a329-012e92cee132

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Uncategorized Country: Russia

Source: https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/new-head-command...

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: New head commander of Northern Fleet is master of Arctic underwater warfare

Short Summary: Russia appoints a submarine and underwater warfare specialist to lead the Northern Fleet.

Description

Konstantin Kabantsov, an expert in Arctic submarine and underwater warfare, is likely to take over as Head Commander of Russia's Northern Fleet, following his previous roles leading submarine divisions and White Sea naval forces.

Evidence

Quotes

Konstantin Kabantsov is likely to take over the top post in Russia's most powerful naval force, the Northern Fleet.

He will take over the top post from Aleksandr Moiseev, who is due to become Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.

Kabantsov has been connected with submarines and underwater warfare.

He was chief of a navigation unit and later head of the armament section before he became assistant and chief assistant to the nuclear submarine captain. In 2003, at the age of 36, he was himself appointed captain of an Akula III nuclear submarine and in 2006 moved on to become Deputy Commander of the 24th Submarine Division of the Northern Fleet.

This is a man that has spent most of his service in the submarine forces and is well known to the Northern Fleet officer corps.

Source

https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/new-head-commander-of-northern-fleet-is-master-of-arctic-underwater-warfare/165619