Russia sends its highest number of submarines to the Scottish and Scandinavian coastlines for 20 years as Putin flexes his muscles and challenges US and Nato
Russia increase attack submarine patrols in Scandinavia and Scotland
Patrols up by almost 50 per cent in the past year, US Navy says
Russia now has the most submarines in the area in two decades
By REGINA F. GRAHAM
DAILYMAIL.COM
21 April 2016
Russian attack submarines are increasingly patrolling the coasts of Scandinavia and Scotland, the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic, a US Navy chief has said.
Vladimir Putin’s recent boost to the submarine fleet means Russia now has the most underwater attack vessels in the area in two decades.
Adm Mark Ferguson, the US Navy’s top commander in Europe, said that patrols had increased by almost 50 per cent in the past year, citing a Russian Navy official.
‘For the period from January 2014 to March 2015 the intensity of patrols by submarines has risen by almost 50 percent as compared to 2013,’ says Navy Commander Admiral Viktor Chirkov said in April last year.
Analysts told the New York Times that the tempo ‘has not changed’ in the past year, and Russia now has the most attack submarines in the area in 20 years.
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