Russian attack submarine sailed in Gulf of Mexico undetected for weeks, Silent Sailin
Russian attack submarine sailed in Gulf of Mexico undetected for weeks, Silent Sailing...
Posted by Michael CHILDS, Admin II on August 15, 2012 at 12:15pm in Patriot Action Alerts
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Russian Akula Submarine / AP August 14, 2012
A Russian Nuclear-Powered Submarine said to have long range missile capabilities was strolling the waters in the Gulf of Mexico recently. The Russian Sub. went undetected for weeks.
Washington Free Beacon has learned.This is only the second time this has happened since 2009 when the same type of Russian Submarine was trolling the waters off the east coast of the United States.
Earlier this year(June & July) Russia was spotted doing fly by's off the coast of Alaska and California.
The underwater incursion in the Gulf took place at the same time Russian strategic bombers made entrance into restricted U.S. airspace near Alaska and California in June and July.
This highlights a growing military assertiveness by Russia.
The Navy is in charge of monitoring submarines, especially those that enter waters near U.S. nuclear missile submarines, and uses undersea sensors and satellites to locate and track them.
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The nuclear-powered Akula-class attack submarine, one of Russia’s quietest submarines.
“The Akula was built for one reason : To kill U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarines and their crews,” said a U.S. official.
“It’s a very stealthy boat so it can sneak around and avoid detection and hope to get past any protective screen a boomer might have in place,” the official said, referring to the Navy nickname for strategic missile submarines.
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What is the purpose for these incursions? What reasoning does our POTUS have for allowing the Russians to fly or stroll the waters so closely to the US.
“Sending a nuclear-powered ballistic attack submarine into the Gulf of Mexico region is another way of President Putin demonstrating that Russia is still a player on the world’s political-military stage,” said naval analyst and submarine warfare specialist Norman Polmar.
These underseas patrols raised concerns at a time a new Russian military assertiveness toward the United States is taking place, according to the New York Times, which first reported the 2009 Akula submarine activity.
The newest underseas incursion in the Gulf of Mexico also plates the failure of the Obama administration’s “reset” policy of conciliatory actions designed to develop closer ties with Moscow. Oh, we have closer ties with Russia, and the ties are around our hands.
Russia under President Vladimir Putin, an EX-KGB intelligence officer who has said he wants to bring back Russia’s Soviet communist past, has adopted growing hardline policies against the United States.
If this is true, a lot of people blew it. Back in the cold war days, we knew when every ship/sub left port, where is was headed and every effort was made to keep track of that ship/sub. If we lost track of that ship/sub location, every asset was out hunting for it and it was found.
According to a blog down thread Clinton turned " off " the IUSS, this isn't true. The rating " Ocean Systems Technician", my old rating BTW 78-82, was merged with the " sonar technician" rating in 2005, under Bush Jr. The " Sonar Technician " rating is either STG or STS, ship or submarine.
Passive hydrophone array detection, or IUSS, was transiting away from its traditional shore based facilities when I was active duty. Technology made the necessity for large permanent fixed displays obsolete and created methods of transferring this data anywhere in the world in a secure manner with minuscule time delays.
If you watch the History channel, or even a USN commercial they show this technology in use.
Three or four sailors monitoring " waterfall" displays. These displays are the data collected from passive sonar, the presentation of the data is identical to the old fashioned paper displays I was trained and proficient in reading. These " waterfalls" are now linked with the " audible sound collection " " Sonar & IUSS"...
"undetected" or invited without public knowledge by Obama?
Russia is patrolling off our coasts, and Obama is cutting almost a trillion dollars for the Department of Defense. Is he trying to get us taken over by our enemies? He hates America and wants Americans brought to their knees for our so called "arrogance".
Why are the voters of America even considering reelecting this Socialist? Has the MSM finally been able to brainwash the population of this country? The alphabet media are Obama's cheerleaders and protecters and are determined to make sure that he stays in office. I wonder what they will think when he takes over America by Presidental Proclamation?
Obama is a military and political weakling. Especially internationally. His Secretary of State is the laughing stock of the world. If you walk around openly showing that, you can be guaranteed someone will throw a punch at you eventually.
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http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-russian-nuclear-attack-sub-p...
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