Russian submarine activity in Atlantic highest since Cold War

Russia has quietly but significantly increased its submarine presence throughout the North Atlantic, leading to a return of Cold War levels of tension.

 

NATO Vice Admiral Clive Johnstone, speaking to IHS Jane’s 360, said that Russian increase has once again made the North Atlantic a primary area “of concern” to the military alliance.

 

Additionally, the admiral warned that such levels of Russian activity are nearly unprecedented.

 

There is now more reported “activity from Russian submarines than we’ve seen since the days of the Cold War,” Johnstone told Jane’s.

 

And it is not just the number of Russian submarines in a previously uncontested area that has NATO concerned. Although Russia’s navy suffered strongly after the fall of the USSR, Moscow’s submarine forces continued to stay effective.

 

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