![]() ![]() The officials did not provide the name of the Russian submarine. and Canadian interceptor jets were scrambled to meet the Russian bombers during the flights last summer. military spokesmen sought to downplay the threat posed by the air incursions, apparently in response to the Obama administration’s conciliatory "reset" policy of seeking closer ties with Moscow. ![]() West Coast that a Russian strategic bomber had flown since the Cold War when such flights were routine. Then on July 4, in an apparent Fourth of July political message, a Russian Bear-H flew the closest to the U.S. borders last summer, including the transit of two Bear-H strategic bombers near the Alaska air defense zone during Russian strategic bomber war games in arctic in late June. The submarine deployment followed stepped-up Russian nuclear bomber activity near U.S. Los Angeles-class attack submarine, Russia is building a new class of attack submarines that are said to be comparable to the latest U.S. While the Sierra-2 is comparable to the U.S. naval deployments from Norfolk, Va.," Fisher said in an email. nuclear missile submarines deploying from Kings Bay, Ga., and to monitor U.S. "As was their primary mission during the Cold War, Russian SSNs would likely be trying to track U.S. Richard Fisher, a military analyst with the International Assessment and Strategy Center, said Russian submarine patrols in the Atlantic have been reduced but remain "regular." Today the number is fewer than 10 patrols. By 1984, the Soviet Union was declining but its naval forces conducted 230 submarine patrols. 3.ĭuring the Cold War, Moscow’s submarine forces carried out hundreds of submarine patrols annually to maintain its first- and second-strike nuclear capabilities. Vladimir Vysotsky was quoted as saying Feb. "On June 1 or a bit later we will resume constant patrolling of the world’s oceans by strategic nuclear submarines," Russian Navy Commander Adm. Naval analyst Miles Yu, writing in the newsletter Geostrategy Direct, stated that Russia announced in February it is stepping up submarine patrols in strategic waters around the world in a throwback to the Soviet period. The official said the deployment appeared to be part of efforts by the Russian navy to re-establish its blue-water naval power projection capabilities. The submarine is currently believed to be in international waters several hundred miles from the United States. Navy deploys a series of underwater sonar sensors set up at strategic locations near the United States that detected the submarine sometime late last month. "While I can't talk about how we detected it, I can tell you that things worked the way they were supposed to," the second official said, stating that the Russian submarine "poses no threat whatsoever."Īccording to naval analysts, the Russian attack submarine is outfitted with SS-N-21 anti-submarine warfare missiles, as well as SS-N-16 anti-submarine warfare missiles. official, referring to the designation for ballistic missile submarines, SSBN. ballistic missile submarine bases-Kings Bay-is reminiscent of Cold War activities of the Soviet navy tracking the movements of our SSBN's," said a third U.S. "A Russian AGI and an SSN in the same geographic area as one of the largest U.S. A Jacksonville Port Authority spokeswoman had no immediate comment on the Russian AGI at the port. The Russian AGI ship, or Auxiliary-General Intelligence, was allowed to stay in the port to avoid the superstorm that battered the U.S. Meanwhile, the officials also said that a Russian electronic intelligence-gathering vessel was granted safe harbor in the commercial port of Jacksonville, Fla., within listening range of Kings Bay. The submarines are known to be a target of Russian attack submarines. Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, north of Jacksonville, Fla., is homeport for two guided missile submarines and six nuclear missile submarines. aircraft carrier strike group that was conducting exercises in the eastern Atlantic. ballistic and cruise missile submarines based at Kings Bay, Georgia.Ī second official said the submarine did not sail close to Kings Bay and also did not threaten a U.S. One defense official said the submarine was believed to have been conducting anti-submarine warfare efforts against U.S. coast, said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of anti-submarine warfare efforts. It was the first time that class of Russian submarine had been detected near a U.S. The submarine was identified by its NATO designation as a Russian Seirra-2 class submarine believed to be based with Russia’s Northern Fleet. ![]()
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