[jriemer]

March 20, 1993. USS Grayling with a Russian sub in the Barent's Sea.
I guess traffic is better....no collisions in over a decade?

Considering the Soviets had their coup August 1991 and military spending was already in a free fall well before that, if there's fewer subs on patrol there's less of a chance of a collision. Most of their subs now are causing an environmential problem as they rust in port.

[SS Guy]

Most of their subs now are causing an environmential problem as they rust in port

I've been aboard a Russian sub in Long Beach Ca. What a piece of junk. Our WW II boats weren't even this crude. I looked around and my impression was "how did they get away with so few losses". You could never get me to dive on one.

SS Guy