The Finnish Air Force ordered AGM-158 JASSM missiles in March 2012 following approval of the sale by US DoD and Congress in November 2011. The contract is valued at 178,5 million euros but the number of missiles purchased will not be published.

There are lots of sources in Finnish, one I could quickly find in English is http://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newsus-to-supply-agm-158-jassm-for-finland/

Finland decided that whatever they will replace F-18 with, it is going to be one with single engine, they are done with the operational cost of twin engine.

Eh? And when was that decision made and by whom? Please educate me…?

I rather think they’re implementing a multi-armed, joint forces, common TEL and command vehicles, all dubbed as the “Iskander” system. The new missile appears to be a double-staged, “flat-flying” combination of Iskander and some GLCM, maybe even a re-staged “Relief” GLCM. Makes sense not to build a new TEL and service vehicle for every other missile system, as the SU did. On the other hand, all that adds to the impression that the INF is slowly but steadily being flushed down the tube.

RSM55, can you tell us anything more about this “Relief” GLCM? I don’t think I’ve heard of it before.

K-30

The Flanker X designations ended with the cold war. Only the Su-27K received an offical letter (D). All newer modells seem not to have such letters including Su-34/35/30MKI etc.. It’s due to the fact that the real designations are better known and the policy is more open now.

Not true. The FLANKER is at least up to H by now. I’m hoping SOC or TEEJ could drop in and confirm this (again).

This is Project 10210 Bison Large ASW ship, design started in 1977 and cancelled in 1983 (this answers your question about radar, Roel).
It’s a sceg air cushion ship so Bora is a close relative, nevertheless this baby is much larger at 5-6 kt. Top speed 50 knots.Interesting feature is the large helipad enabling both helicopters to operate simultaneously.

So what is this radar, it looks like a phased array?

Finally a pic of the Pr.11990. 🙂

But does anyone know anything about Pr.1293 (or 12930?), which was also supposed to be a nuclear-powered carrier escort?

Sorry Garry, but you have got it wrong. Please check how a Precision Approach Radar is used. Kuznetsov has separate and different looking radars for air surveillance etc. However, I’m not going to argue with you any further on this matter.