Russia Says It Chases Away Apparent U.S. Submarine in Barents Sea (*expand for more and more links) MOSCOW—Russian state news agencies said the countrys navy claims to have driven away a submarine believed to be American that entered Russias northern waters. The reports on Saturday cited an unidentified representative of the navys general staff as saying the incident occurred on Thursday in the Barents Sea, which lies off northwest Russia and is home to the navys Northern Fleet. The reports said the fleet sent several vessels and an anti-submarine Il-38 aircraft to drive the submarine away. online.wsj/articles/russia-says-it-chases-away-apparent-u-s-submarine-in-barents-sea-1407601335?mod=_newsreel_4 Russia Forces US Submarine Out of Boundary Waters MOSCOW, August 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russias Northern Fleets anti-submarine forces have detected and forced out a US submarine from Russian boundary waters, a high-ranking source in Russias Navy told RIA Novosti Saturday. On August 7, 2014, the patrol forces of the Northern Fleet detected a foreign submarine, supposedly a US Navy Virginia-class one, in the Barents Sea. A seaborne anti-submarine group, as well as an anti-submarine airplane Il-38, was sent to the region to search and track it down, the source said. The Russian navy forced the submarine out of Russian waters after a 27-minute contact. en.ria.ru/russia/20140809/191869986/Russia-Forces-US-Submarine-Out-of-Boundary-Waters.html Russian False Flag Op? Or could it be related to this?... Russian nuclear bombers were spotted flying near Alaska this week. The bombers were escorted by fighter jets, floating just outside of U.S. and Canadian airspace. This is the second such sighting since June, sparking the attention of American military jets. Major Beth Smith, of the U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), has said Over the past week, NORAD has visually identified Russian aircraft operating in and around the U.S. air defense identification zones. There have been about 16 Russian forays in the Alaskan and north Canadian area in the last 10 days. It is not entirely uncommon to see Russian planes in this airspace, however, the increased number of such planes seems to be triggering some concern amongst the aviation military community, particularly given the increased tension in Ukraine. Smith referred to this number of forays as a spike in activity. Smith noted that these were training missions, though a spy plane and anti-submarine plane were spotted among the bombers. However, another defense official told the Washington Free Beacon they believe this is more than just a training flight. The official stated trying to test our air defense reactions, or our command and control systems. These are not just training missions. thewire/global/2014/08/russian-nuclear-bombers-keep-roaming-closer-to-us-airspace/375791/
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