"Andrei, you've lost another submarine?"
Posted on 08/27/2010 5:07:35 PM PDT by Nachum
A specially upgraded Russian Akula class submarine has been caught trying to record the acoustic signature made by the Vanguard submarines that carry Trident nuclear missiles, according to senior Navy officers.
British submariners have also reported that they are experiencing the highest number of "contacts" with Russian submarines since 1987.
If the Russians are able to obtain a recording of the unique noise of the boat's propellers it would have serious implications for Britain's nuclear deterrent. Using its sophisticated sonar, the Akula would be able to track Vanguards and potentially sink them before they could launch their Trident D4 missiles.
The Daily Telegraph has learnt that, within the past six months, a Russian Akula entered the North Atlantic and attempted to track a Vanguard. The incident has remained secret until now.
It is understood that the Russians stood off Faslane, where the British nuclear force is based, and waited for a Trident-carrying boat to come out for its three-month patrol to provide the Continuous At Sea Deterrent.
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"Andrei, you've lost another submarine?"
They'd be remiss if they didn't.
I’m surprised they have been absent for 27 years. Why keep submarines if you are not constantly trying to find your opponents boomers?
In Russia sub follows you!
You can bet the USN does as much of that as they can. Or, at least they did, prior to the regime of Commissar Obama.
Would have been easier to just ask Obama.
Yah... Why the fuss? Of ~course~ they want sigs of everybody’s boats. So do we. Its all part of the game.
Exactly. this article was written by a reporter who doesn’t even know what anechoic means.
I am pretty sure the reporter could not name off the top of his head each of the operational classes of submarines, and their main missions in life. One of the worst submarine articles I have ever read. I should know, I I used I used serve on a few of them.
And this is news because....
As I recall, we’ve got attack subs doing the exact same things to Russian “boomers,” and they’ve been doing the same with ours.
There’s a reason they call it “cat and mouse.”
Mark
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Ahh, Faslane, I remember it well. I still feel bad about our Master Chief puking down the hatch of one of their boats.
And you can bet the USN is listening to the Chinese subs....
There’s a good reason not to put all your eggs in 1 basket such as submarines. The brits were fools to get rid of their bomber force.
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