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Russian Sub Skirts Coast
freebeacon.com ^ | November 5, 2012 5:05 pm | Bill Gertz

Posted on 11/06/2012 9:48:22 AM PST by BenLurkin

A Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine cruised within 200 miles of the East Coast recently in the latest sign Russia is continuing to flex its naval and aerial power against the United States, defense officials said.

The submarine was identified by its NATO designation as a Russian Seirra-2 class submarine believed to be based with Russia’s Northern Fleet. It was the first time that class of Russian submarine had been detected near a U.S. coast, said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of anti-submarine warfare efforts.

One defense official said the submarine was believed to have been conducting anti-submarine warfare efforts against U.S. ballistic and cruise missile submarines based at Kings Bay, Georgia.

A second official said the submarine did not sail close to Kings Bay and also did not threaten a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group that was conducting exercises in the eastern Atlantic.

Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, north of Jacksonville, Fla., is homeport for two guided missile submarines and six nuclear missile submarines. The submarines are known to be a target of Russian attack submarines.

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 Russian AGI ship, or Auxiliary-General Intelligence, was allowed to stay in the port to avoid the superstorm that battered the U.S. East Coast last week. A Jacksonville Port Authority spokeswoman had no immediate comment on the Russian AGI at the port.

“A Russian AGI and an SSN in the same geographic area as one of the largest U.S. 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. official,

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KEYWORDS: billgertz; coldwar2; eastcoast; russiansub
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To: null and void
They’re doing their part, are we doing ours?

Since we know about the presence of the Russian boat, we obviously are doing our job. It was likely tracked and followed since it left its' home port.

This is nothing new. Back during the cold war whenever we left port, there was a Soviet trawler out in international waters watching us leave and reporting our movements. It's part of the game.

What is surprising is that this info was leaked...I don't understand what's to be gained by telling Ivan that we know their boat is there. Now that they know that we know, they know our ASW capabilities are superior to their stealth capabilities. Why hand them that info?
21 posted on 11/06/2012 10:19:27 AM PST by rottndog (Be Prepared.....for what's coming AFTER America.)
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To: cripplecreek

Didn’t russians play a game with their bombers, where they flew them out in a hostile fashion, then play a game of chicken? Was it Iceland they flew at, then turned around?


22 posted on 11/06/2012 10:20:52 AM PST by Professional
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To: dfwgator

Threadwinner!


23 posted on 11/06/2012 10:28:21 AM PST by Seruzawa (Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for good a blaster kid.)
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To: BenLurkin

Get Your Daily Dose of Rejuvenating Manly Radiation Every Day - Join the Russian Navy.


24 posted on 11/06/2012 10:29:14 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: BenLurkin
officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of anti-submarine warfare efforts

OK, so lets blab about it to the press, by all means.

25 posted on 11/06/2012 10:41:09 AM PST by Nevermore (...just a typical cracker, clinging to my Constitutional rights...)
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To: BenLurkin
Not a big deal, we do this sort of stuff all the time, and the Russians do it as much as they can, which will be steadily more.

This is intelligence and training not threatening or or Sabre rattling. Rarely have mistakes been made and the Russians have moved away from their communist cold war paranoia, so more are less likely.

26 posted on 11/06/2012 10:43:52 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: rottndog

“Back during the cold war whenever we left port, there was a Soviet trawler out in international waters watching us leave and reporting our movements. It’s part of the game.”

Yes, I remember this, Many times coming into and out of
Chesapeake we would see these Russian trawlers with a lot of radio antennas. Strange thing was, for being a fishing boat, you didn’t see any sea gulls around it.


27 posted on 11/06/2012 10:49:40 AM PST by navyblue (<u>)
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder what they picked up.


28 posted on 11/06/2012 10:54:24 AM PST by GBA (Vote as if your Freedom depends on it...)
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To: navyblue
Strange thing was, for being a fishing boat, you didn’t see any sea gulls around it.

Isn't seagull a Russian delicacy? Gotta eat something...
29 posted on 11/06/2012 10:54:36 AM PST by rottndog (Be Prepared.....for what's coming AFTER America.)
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To: BenLurkin

30 posted on 11/06/2012 10:56:06 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: BenLurkin

“Emeeeeergency, everybody to be getting from street.”


31 posted on 11/06/2012 11:33:20 AM PST by NonValueAdded ("Change your clocks today and your President on Tuesday")
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To: NeverForgetBataan
“Andrei... you’ve lost another submarine?”

Maybe they were looking for 'Horrywood'!


32 posted on 11/06/2012 11:49:52 AM PST by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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