The U.S. Navy Is Trying to Track Down ‘Carrier-Killer’ Russian Nuclear Submarines in Mediterranean
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Report: Some of Russia's best nuclear submarines are in the 'Med'.
Dave Majumdar [2]
U.S. Navy and NATO force are attempting to track down one—possibly two—Russian nuclear powered submarines in the Mediterranean. At least one of the submarines is thought to be a Project 949A Antey—perhaps better known by its NATO codename Oscar II—guided missile submarine.
According to David Cenciotti—who founded The Aviationist blog [3]—a number of U.S. Navy and NATO maritime patrol aircraft including Boeing P-8 Poseidon are trying to track down the Russian vessels. “What makes the news even more interesting is the fact that the Russian Navy submarine would be an Oscar II Class, that is to say a ‘carrier killer’ sub, designed with the primary mission of countering aircraft carrier battlegroups. Among the NATO vessels in proximity of the Oscar II there is also the French Charles De Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier [4] and the USS Eisenhower is not too far away either,” Cenciotti writes. “Therefore a massive Cold War-style hide-and-seek in underway, keeping both sides quite busy.”
Source URL (retrieved on December 12, 2016):
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-us-navy-trying-track-down-%E2%80%98carrier-killer%E2%80%99-russian-18704
