The U.S. Navy Searched For Weeks And Failed In Finding A Russian Sub Off The East Coast

The Yasen Class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines (SSGN) represents the most modern and potent Russian submarines are and widely regarded as being similar to the latest Western submarines

Daily Mail: The real hunt for Red October: Major US operation to track deadly Russian subs lasted for weeks off the East Coast but found nothing as US Navy warns the waters are no longer a 'safe haven'

* There is major concern over the rise in the number of increasingly deadly Russian submarines and spy ships patrolling the U.S. East Coast
* Major operation launched last year to track Russia's most deadly subs and ships
* The Project 885 Yasen class guided missile submarine Severodvinsk remained undetected despite mission by U.S. Navy lasting weeks to track it down
* Navy resurrected its 2nd Fleet in 2018 which had been decommissioned in 2011
* In December, Russian intelligence ship Viktor Leonov was a few hundred miles off the coast and operating without its lights or responding to radio calls
* Commander of the United States Second Fleet Vice Admiral Andrew 'Woody' Lewis warns naval crews to be on guard from the moment they leave port

The U.S. Navy has spent weeks trawling the North Atlantic in the hunt for a deadly Russian submarine that was known to have deployed into the waters off the East Coast of the United States.

The Project 885 Yasen class guided missile submarine Severodvinsk is built from the very latest in Russian technology and was thought to be just a few hundred miles away from the North American coastline in the fall of 2019.

Such was the worry of the U.S. military, the search involved a large number of Navy submarines, ships, and maritime patrol aircraft, all of which proved fruitless after the sub remained undetected throughout, according to The Drive.

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Update #1: DEADLY GAME Weeks-long ‘Red October’ style hunt for Russian subs off East Coast FAILED as Navy warns waters no longer ‘safe haven’ (The SUN)
Update #2: Admiral Warns America's East Coast Is No Longer A "Safe Haven" Thanks To Russian Subs (Warzone/The Drive)

WNU editor: Was the Russian sub really there?

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