Russian nuclear submarines no longer 'invisible' to the United States
Russian nuclear submarines are no longer "invisible" to the United States and can be easily detected by the U.S. military aircraft. The October 23-29 issue of the weekly Military-Industrial Courier newspaper published in Russia indicates that the U.S. "is actively working on new ways to detect Russian submarines."
According to the publication, during the recent naval exercises, officers from the submarine Severomorsk compared the flight trajectory of the American reconnaissance aircraft Orion with the route of the Russian submarines. "All ten turning points of the American aircraft matched exactly the locations of our ships," notes the article's author, Maxim Klimov.
He concludes that the American reconnaissance aircraft was not even searching for Russian submarines but was heading to specific known locations.
"The Orion flew to the exact locations of the Russian submarines, dumped the buoy and moved on to the next location, “ emphasizes the publication.
The publication also points out that the level of shipping noise of the Russian fourth generation submarines is higher than the U.S Navy multi-purpose atomic submarines by at least 10 decibels. At the same time, studies show that with the same noise level, the multipurpose submarines Severodvinsk and Kazan reach significantly lower speed than American submarines like Virginia and Seawolf.
"This is an extremely serious tactical flaw, the consequences of which are not fully understood by us," emphasizes the Military-Industrial Courier.