Growing Submarine Threat in the Black Sea

[rangerrebew]

Growing Submarine Threat in the Black Sea
By George Vișan
January 22, 2018

In the four years that have passed since Russia annexed Crimea, the number of Russian submarines active in the Black Sea has grown from one to seven. These submarines pose a grave threat to the security of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) eastern flank. And together with the Kremlin’s military buildup on the occupied peninsula, they have shifted the balance of forces in the region in Russia’s favor.

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2018/01/22/growing_submarine_threat_in_the_black_sea_112936.html

[Joe Wooten]

So?

Who really cares about the Black Sea? It has been and always will be a Russian (or Turkish) lake. Let 'em have it.