“Defense Officials: Russian Subs Patrolling off East Coast of United States”
SNIPPET: “Defense officials say two nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines have been patrolling in international waters off the East Coast for several days.”
AP
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
WASHINGTON
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124943689273806633.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
AUGUST 5, 2009
“Russian Subs Seen Off U.S. East Coast”
By PETER SPIEGEL
SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON — Two Russian attack submarines were detected patrolling the waters off the East Coast of the U.S. in recent days, including one that came as close as 200 miles offshore, according to U.S. military officials.
Although Pentagon officials monitoring the subs’ movements didn’t consider them threatening, one senior military official said the patrols were unusual, given the weakened state of the Russian navy and the failure of Moscow to conduct such missions in years.
“Is it unusual? Yes, but we don’t view it as provocative at all,” the official said, adding that both subs remained in international waters at all times. The patrols were reported on the Web site of the New York Times.”
Thanks Cindy. This is more of the reversion to cold war tactics. We saw this earlier with the Bear bomber incursions into Alaskan/Canadian airspace, as well as buzzing our fleet in the Pacific.