"You lost another submarine?"
Posted on 07/27/2015 12:45:04 PM PDT by Thistooshallpass9
A wrecked mini-submarine was found last week in waters off of Sweden’s eastern coast, media in Sweden reported on July 27. Authorities believe it is a Russian model, primarily because of Cyrillic letters on the hull. They have not disclosed the exact location of the wreckage, but say it is around 1.5 nautical miles from the Swedish coast.
“We are 110 percent sure that it is within Swedish waters” said Dennis Åsberg, a member of Ocean X Team which made the discovery.
Reports say the sub is some 60 feet long and 10 feet wide, and holds a crew of three to six men.
Since the hatches are unopened, experts believe the crew perished inside the vessel sometime after it crashed. “The submarine is completely intact, has no visible damage to the hull and the hatches are closed. Therefore do we fear that the crew members were not able to save themselves when the sub went down,” said Ocean X diver Stefan Hogeborn.
Security consultants say the submarine has not been crashed long, and speculate that it was part of an unsuccessful secret test or mission. “I imagine it has been tested and failed,” said security consultant Joakim von Braun.
The report comes during a time of increasingly provocative behavior from Russia toward Sweden. In September, Russian fighter jets crossed into Sweden’s airspace. Shortly after, a Russian military aircraft with its transponder switched off flew dangerously near to a commercial jet in the south of Sweden. Sweden also says Russian naval forces entered its waters last fall, which prompted a sub hunt that became Sweden’s most involved military operation since the Cold War. Last week, Russia warned that if Sweden joins nato, Russia would “have to resort to a response of the military kind.”
Hmmmmm
It doe’s not say how deep of water it is in. I can’t wait to see the pictures.
I am wondering how they came across it..
Many, many moons ago I was training certain maneuvers in a fixed wing prop plane, very low over the ocean.
I spotted what we thought was a wreck on a sandbar, but turned out to be a very, very, small submarine. As in, I doubt it was as big as the one in the story.
I could see tank treads on the bottom, clearly visible from the air (they were on the sides, like a tank). Men were scurrying around on top. They were clearly having some kind of difficulty and were not happy to see me.
We alerted the Navy, and I don’t know what happened after.
I’ve always assumed it was some kind of Soviet submarine, but I’ve looked for versions on line without ever having success.
"You lost another submarine?"
Ping.
The Putinistas will be along soon to denounce Sweden for its aggressive acts against Putin’s peaceful nation.
Supposedly, the Swedes have found ‘tank tread’ tracks on the ocean bottom in their territorial waters. You’ll only need one guess as to who they suspect is responsible.
“I spotted what we thought was a wreck on a sandbar, but turned out to be a very, very, small submarine. As in, I doubt it was as big as the one in the story.
I could see tank treads on the bottom, clearly visible from the air (they were on the sides, like a tank). Men were scurrying around on top. They were clearly having some kind of difficulty and were not happy to see me.”
Was it these guys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TszIJX-F4U
Emergency, everybody to get from street
lol
Could this be the mystery sub that was in Swedish waters last fall?
I guess the Russians don’t want Sweden joining NATO.
They probably noticed it just before they fired on it and sunk it.
Where did your encounter take place?
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