American ships will be deployed to tail Russian warships and a nuclear submarine off the coast of Cuba this week, CBS News reported on Monday, citing US officials.
A Russian naval detachment consisting of the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, oil tanker Pashin, and salvage tug Nikolay Chiker, will pay an official visit to Cuba from Wednesday until next Monday, Havana’s Foreign Ministry announced last week.
Two US Navy destroyers and two vessels towing sonar equipment behind them are following the Russian submarine, CBS wrote, citing an unnamed US official. Another destroyer and a US Coast Guard cutter are shadowing the rest of the Russian Navy detachment, they added.
Moscow will launch a series of air and naval exercises in the Caribbean in the weeks following the visit, in the first set of simultaneous air and sea drills Russia has carried out in the region since 2019, another US official told the news network. The maneuvers will take place over the summer ahead of a worldwide naval exercise in autumn, they wrote.
@ThriftyL3gis1ativeForward2mos2MO
That sub ain't hiding. The systems on ours likely include modern detection methods that no one else can defeat.
@GatoradeGregForward2mos2MO
Probably nothing gonna happen, but it's still a remarkable event.
@VenisonJuliaLibertarian2mos2MO
So what you’re saying is…. We know it’s there and could sink it…. Instantly…..
The same kaliber missles that haven’t allowed Russian forces to defeat a much weaker and smaller country? Somehow that’s an issue?
@AmiableKnowledgeNo Labels2mos2MO
Russia has 4 Active Yasen class, 5 others in construction. Kazan is not equiped with Zircon/Tsirkon Missiles. Severodvinsk is. Severodvinsk is at Home Port... Even when "escalates", Russia is escalate with caution!
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