{"id":197238,"date":"2019-11-01T15:40:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T15:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=197238"},"modified":"2019-11-03T08:52:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T08:52:09","slug":"russia-subs-to-test-they-can-strike-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=197238","title":{"rendered":"Russia Subs to Test They Can Strike North America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian nuclear submarines sailed past UK waters on secret mission into the Atlantic to prove they can strike the United States in largest operation since the Cold War<\/h3>\n

Chris Pleasance \u2013 Daily Mail Oct 31, 2019<\/h1>\n
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Russian navy launches cruise missiles from a ship in the Caspian Sea at Islamic State militants in Aleppo, Syria. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Russian submarines are conducting a secret mission to sail into the North Atlantic and threaten the US East Coast, according to Norwegian intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ten submarines, at least eight of them nuclear-powered, set sail from the port of Murmansk early last week before some of them passed through the Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap, skirting British territorial waters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those submarines are now heading out into the North Atlantic with the goal being to pass west of Greenland and as far into the North Atlantic as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mission, the largest fielded by Russia<\/strong><\/a><\/span>‘s Northern Fleet since the Cold War, is designed to prove that Moscow has the ability to strike the US East Coast, Norway’s intelligence service said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ten Russian submarines, at least eight of them nuclear-powered, set sail from Murmansk early last week. Six of them are taking part in defensive and testing missions around the Barents and Norwegian Sea, but another four are on a mission into the North Atlantic. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0It is also designed to test NATO’s ability to track and respond to such an operation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moscow has made at least part of the mission public, reporting that submarines are taking part in defensive and testing operations in the Barents and Norwegian sea.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Norway’s intelligence service revealed the second, secretive, part of the mission to public broadcaster NRK<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Norway’s E-Service, Oslo’s term for the intelligence services, said they are monitoring the submarines and have ‘reasonably good control’ of their locations at the current time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two submarines are known to be sailing to the west of Bear Island, located between Svalbard and northern Norway, near the Greenland Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another two are known to be located to the south and east of the island, guarding the eastern entrance to the Barents Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile two Sierra-Class submarines, Russia’s most technologically advanced subs with titanium hulls, are carrying out deep-dive and weapons testing in the Norwegian Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The missile flew more than 3,500 miles before accurately striking a target on a testing range in Kamchatka, the Russian Defence Ministry said. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

That leaves another four vessels unaccounted for, meaning they are potentially participating in the Atlantic mission.<\/span><\/p>\n

A spokesman for Norway’s E-Service said: ‘Russia wants to say that “this is our sea”, we can do this. We are able to reach the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘That is what Russia wants to tell us. They want to test the West’s ability to detect and handle this.’<\/span><\/p>\n

The existence of the mission was revealed at the same time Russia announced it had tested a new type of nuclear-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia’s defence ministry released footage of the Bulava missile being launched from the nuclear-powered submarine Prince Vladimir.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ‘successful’ test launch from the northern White Sea hit a target 3,500 miles away in Kamchatka on the country’s Pacific coast, the Russian military said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The state-of-the-art submarine is expected to enter active service in December.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Knyaz Vladimir is the first upgraded 955A model to be produced in the Borei class of Russian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines.<\/span><\/p>\n

It will enter service with Russia’s Northern Fleet at the end of this year once it has completed trials including weapons tests, the fleet’s commander said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Bulava – or Mace – is seen as a cornerstone of the Russian military triad comprising sea, land and air launched weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n

The launch was carried out with a dummy payload and reached a test site in the far east of Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n

On top of that, flight tests on Russia’s new Sarmat ballistic missile are expected to begin early next year, according to Russian media.<\/span><\/p>\n

The hypersonic missile, also known as Satan-2, is due to be deployed in 2021 after Vladimir Putin hailed progress on its development.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moscow says Satan-2 can evade the United States’ defence shield and is capable of destroying an area the size of England and Wales – or Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n

The weapon is seen as a crucial part of Russia’s ongoing push to modernise its nuclear arsenal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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