Russian Anti-Submarine Destroyer "Vice-Admiral Kulakov". © Photo Press office of Russian Northern Fleet
Russia Forces US Submarine Out Of Boundary Waters -- RIA Novsoti
MOSCOW, August 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Northern Fleet's anti-submarine forces have detected and forced out a US submarine from Russian boundary waters, a high-ranking source in Russia's Navy told RIA Novosti Saturday.
"On August 7, 2014, the patrol forces of the Northern Fleet detected a foreign submarine, supposedly a US Navy Virginia-class one, in the Barents Sea. A seaborne anti-submarine group, as well as an anti-submarine airplane Il-38, was sent to the region to search and track it down," the source said.
The Russian navy forced the submarine out of Russian waters after a 27-minute contact.
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More News On Reports That The Russian Navy Chased Away A U.S. Submarine?
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Russia Says It Chases Away Apparent U.S. Submarine in Barents Sea -- WSJ
Russia claims its fleet chased away US submarine that entered northern boundary waters -- AP
US submarine located, ‘pushed out’ of border waters - Russian Navy’s General Staff -- ITAR-TASS
2 comments:
If true, that is really bad, bad, bad news for the US Navy.
The Virignia's are supposed to be ultra-quiet and difficult to detect. So either the crew bollocksed it up, or the tech sucks.
Orion
Good point Orion. They are not suppose to be noticed.
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