Floridians Response to Russian Submarine off Coast
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KillerFord1977
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Columbian drug runners prob laughed knowing they have better subs 
TEXASforLIFE
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what better way to deliver tons of illegal product than be torpedo
Lexie__M
Custom
Question: did they run on the surface as they are doing now in Florida. Alaska, UK all at the same time
SimonRL
Hellcat
No. That’s why the subs in Florida are not a problem. The whole purpose of those subs is to operate anywhere on the globe undetectable. You can guarantee that we have subs shadowing them properly.Question: did they run on the surface as they are doing now in Florida. Alaska, UK all at the same time
Talyn
SAINT
SimonRL is correct.
Running on the surface is a show-of-force to send a message.
Aside from the sub going to Cuba, there are other Russian subs in the Atlantic & Pacific all the time.
And the so-called NATO fleet off St. Petersburg is the annual BALTOPS exercise in international (outside the 12-mile limit) and NATO member waters (within the 12-mile limit), throughout the entire Baltic Sea vs. hanging loose off St. Petersburg.
www.navalnews.com
news.usni.org
BTW - A Russian Su-24 violated Swedish airspace over Gotland that was conducting reconn on the BALTOPS exercise.
https://theaviationist.com/2024/06/15/russian-su-24-violates-swedish-airspace/
Running on the surface is a show-of-force to send a message.
Aside from the sub going to Cuba, there are other Russian subs in the Atlantic & Pacific all the time.
And the so-called NATO fleet off St. Petersburg is the annual BALTOPS exercise in international (outside the 12-mile limit) and NATO member waters (within the 12-mile limit), throughout the entire Baltic Sea vs. hanging loose off St. Petersburg.
NATO kicks off largest ever BALTOPS Exercise - Naval News
Twenty NATO Allies, more than 50 ships, more than 85 aircraft, & 9,000 personnel kicked off the annual exercise Baltic Operations BALTOPS 24
www.navalnews.com
NATO to Kick Off Largest Baltic Operations Exercise to Date - USNI News
The 53rd iteration of NATO’s Baltic Operations series of exercises is set to be the alliance’s largest amid the inclusion of new members and security concerns with Russia. Thirty warships from 20 nations have assembled over the past week at Klaipėda in Lithuania in preparation for NATO’s premier...
news.usni.org
BTW - A Russian Su-24 violated Swedish airspace over Gotland that was conducting reconn on the BALTOPS exercise.
https://theaviationist.com/2024/06/15/russian-su-24-violates-swedish-airspace/
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Lexie__M
Custom
Here is a list of submarines for 2024
Submarine Fleet Strength by Country (2024)
Ranking total number of submarine craft by country, from highest to lowest.
www.globalfirepower.com
Cedric
Custom
In my experience, and admittedly I've been out of the loop for a while, having numbers of certain ships is one thing; having a certain percentage of those ships operational is quite another. This was especially the case for Russia.
Talyn
SAINT
Correct.
Typically the "Rule of Threes" apply.
1/3 of ships are on active deployment, 1/3 are either coming-down or working-up from/for a deployment (Note: these can be surged back to/or forward in case of a critical need), and 1/3 are in various categories of maintenance and are un-deployable.
For those countries with poor fleet condition these ratios are different.
Even the US has "issues" regarding availability deployable units due to the degradation of the industrial base due to various factors, and the limited number of shipyards that build/maintain various types.
Cedric
Custom
And while I had access, Russia definitely leaned towards undeployable - bigly.
