An Undersea Game of Cat-and-Mouse Is Afoot off Syria as Air Strikes Loom
Russia’s naval task force in the Med is chasing off NATO submarines as massive strikes on Syrian targets appear imminent.
By Tyler RogowayNovember 10, 2016
Just as The War Zone predicted, reports are surfacing that Russia’s large naval flotilla, led by the carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, has already had a confrontation with a NATO submarine. Russia’s Ministry of Defense says that two destroyers chased away a Dutch attack submarine that was operating in the armada’s midst. The Russian task force had arrived off Syrian shores just two days ago.
The Kremlin claims the submarine, which is thought to have been a Dutch Walrus class diesel electric boat, maneuvered dangerously close to the Russian naval group’s operating area off the coast of Syria. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated:
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