At the height of the operation, five aircraft from four different nations were working with Royal Navy ships in the search for the mystery vessel near Faslane, Scotland
Britain Calls On NATO Allies To Help In Submarine Hunt: Media -- Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - NATO allies sent patrol planes to help Britain scour the waters off its western Scottish coast after a submarine's periscope was spotted, in a search reminiscent of the Cold War, media reported.
Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it had received help from NATO allies in an operation, but declined to go into further details.
Reports that searches took place in late November and early December, which first appeared in Aviation Week, come amid growing tensions between Western powers and Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis.
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