"Did The Russian Navy Chase Away A U.S. Submarine?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 Aug 2014 3:27 p.m. PST |
"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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| GR C17 | 11 Aug 2014 4:43 p.m. PST |
The Soviet and American subs played "hide and seek" for years. Seems plausible. |
| Dynaman8789 | 11 Aug 2014 5:11 p.m. PST |
yup, when the Russians manage to find a US sub and chase it away it is news. When a Russian sub manages to go undetected in US waters that is also news… |
| Lion in the Stars | 11 Aug 2014 6:03 p.m. PST |
Barents Sea, huh… If the surface ships fire off their active sonar, it's pretty much a guaranteed chase-away if the US sub isn't allowed to shoot. |
Toshach  | 11 Aug 2014 8:48 p.m. PST |
It's possible. But I think it is much more likely that this is a story cooked up by Putin et al. to feed the wave of Russian patriotism that he's stirred up by claiming military superiority to the U.S. Think of it as Putin taking his shirt off on the world stage. |
| Toshach | 11 Aug 2014 8:49 p.m. PST |
It's possible. But I think it is much more likely that this is a story cooked up by Putin et al. to feed the wave of Russian patriotism that he's stirred up by claiming military superiority to the U.S. It's his way of taking his shirt off on the world stage. |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 12 Aug 2014 10:33 a.m. PST |
even if it happened, we would deny it to protect the sub's location. |
| Mako11 | 12 Aug 2014 3:32 p.m. PST |
So, they found a decoy, and missed the other two, right? |
| Lion in the Stars | 12 Aug 2014 7:49 p.m. PST |
Could be, Mako.  |
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