Valiant Shield - attack submarine USS Houston (SSN 713)-periscope reading on the SS Petersburg. Photo from Wikimedia
From New Wars:
That was the attitude lately when two Russian nuclear powered Akula subs cruised off America’s coastline, an alarming reminder of old Cold War tensions. With the Navy mostly concerned with carrier warfare and shooting down the occasional ballistic missile fired by rogue states like North Korea, we should be alarmed that for the third time in a century they are ignoring the threat of the Evolutionary Submarine, as we detailed in this post from 2007:
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My Comment: Another informative and enjoyable post from New Wars. Please keep up the good work .... every post is an education to me.