Or else it could be one of the Russian Navy’s latest Severodvinsk class SSGNs – a modern cruise missile capable of both anti-ship and land-attack missions. It may also be an Oscar-II class cruise missile submarine (SSGN), which are armed with 24 powerful Granit (SS-N-Shipwreck) supersonic anti-ship missiles. The main type in Russian service is the Akula class, but there are also Sierra-I/II and Victor-III classes.
It may be a nuclear powered attack submarine (SSN). The intelligence portal listed three general types of submarines which could result into the one that is currently between Malta and Sicily. In the past, Russia deployed nuclear powered submarines to the Mediterranean. The type of submarine is not yet known, however, according Naval News is “confident” that it is nuclear powered. The Ustinove is sailing provocatively between the United Kingdom and Ireland. Last week, a Russian naval team – the Marshal Ustinov, the fighter Admiral Kulakov and a supply ship – crossed Gibraltar and headed to the Atlantic, under strict control of NATO frigates and corvettes. It was only in the evening, that the “hunt” was interrupted. The aircraft took off from Sigonella base and chased the submarine for hours, first south of Malta and then in an area between the island and Capo Passero, in Sicily. The jets flew over it in concentric circles. Benjamin Brimelow Russian Navy diesel-electric attack submarine Magadan during a launch ceremony at Admiralty Shipyard in St. “In a sense, the cruiser is providing a distraction.”Īccording to La Repubblicaa patrol aircraft of the US Navy and two Boeing P8 jets followed the submarine on Friday. While Ustinov is sailing provocatively between the United Kingdom and Ireland, the submarine may have slipped into the Med.” “The most straightforward explanation is that it deployed there to replace the Slava class cruiser Marshal Ustinov which left the Mediterranean on August 24. However, it is not clear for how long it has been operating. The intelligence news portal reported that it has seen strong indications that a Russian attack submarine or cruise missile submarine is operating near Italy. Naval News – a naval intelligence publication – reported that while the Russian Navy is building up forces in the Black Sea – a fact which is well known, it seems that it has started building up forces in the Mediterranean. It turned out a Russian Sierra-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, the B-276 Kostroma, had attempted to surface underneath the American submarine. Russia has twelve Akula I, II, and III-class, three Victor III class, and four. A Russian attack submarine or cruise missile submarine is thought to be operating in the Mediterranean sea between Malta and Sicily. Unlike the United States, Russia has both nuclear-powered and diesel electric-powered attack submarines.
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