Posted on 04/11/2017 7:15:06 AM PDT by C19fan
The idling presence of anti-submarine military crafts hovering off the United States' West Coast has prompted concerns of a possible threat to national security.
Concerns have circulated that a foreign submarine from North Korea or Russia could be the reason for the unusual military activity off the coast of California.
Three low-lying military aircraft were reportedly seen in the area using flight-tracking software, despite it not being a normal area of surveillance.
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When hasn’t there been a Russian sub off our coast?
This shouldn’t be news to anyone over 40. There have ALWAYS been enemy subs off both coasts.
I think for a long time after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russians never really operated their nuclear subs very far beyond their 200-mile Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ). It’s only in very recent years that the Russian Navy finally got the money to properly maintain and upgrade their submarines so they could operate much further from Russian waters.
What is a low-lying military aircraft ?
There’s a Russian sub lurking in Long Beach harbor right now...
Since the Russians developed their Typhoon-class boats with their long-range SLBM’s the usual deployment has been to keep them close to home or arctic waters where they could be protected or get lost under the ice. It was basically an admission that there was always a NATO fast attack tailing them.
A plane that has landed. :)
If so, is Army Air Corp Captain Wild Bill Kelso tracking it ready to destroy???????????
NOBODY wears their dress uniform underway. Russian subs are filthy and they wear overalls. Hollywood.
maybe the meteorite we saw last night splashed?
maybe debris from Japan?
maybe aliens?
probably not a sub unless they’re bringing the boys some fresh cases of Stoli - that’s a possibility
does North Korea even have a sub?
For Anti Sub warfare, probably the P3 Orion. There is also quite a few Navy choppers that can be used to locate subs. Interesting question, thanks
Imagine being stuck on one of those for a couple of months. I’d lose it!
In the first place, an EP-3 is not an anti-submarine plane it’s an electronic warfare plane. In the second place, North Korea doesn’t have a submarine that could stagger all the way to the west coast undetected. Since a CP-140 from Comox was involved I suspect it’s a U.S. sub that happened to be passing through the area and they were taking the opportunity for some ASW practice.
They’re really working one particular area over. About a 100 miles west of San Diego. From another article about this here are the following aircraft involved-
“Navy EP-3E Aries II, which is used for electronic surveillance, a Navy P-3C Orion, which is used for submarine spotting, and a Boeing P-8 Poseidon used for anti-submarine warfare.”
The Navy looks for boring dead pan lifeless types with no personality to man their subs. It’s a job qualification.
We were stationed at MCAS Cherry Pointe in the 70’s, and were told not to talk about exercises and things on the phone. They have always listened.
You’re telling me! I’m ex-Air Force and know the stereotypes fit...but those ex-Navy guys are generally nutty and fit the stereotypes all too well!
Hurry up California and secede. That way we won’t have to defend you.
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