Nuclear Powered Submarines US and Russia play Cat and Mouse Game

 

US and Russian nuclear submarines are playing a cat-and-mouse game in Cuba; He is playing against a Russian nuclear submarine that surfaced at Guantanamo Bay days after docking in Cuba. It seemed that the US Navy was operating as usual.

The USS Helena ship arrived at the US base in Cuba. The day before, the Russian Navy flotilla, consisting of a frigate, a nuclear submarine, an oil tanker and a rescue ship, arrived in Havana Bay for sailing. to save. to exercise. US Southern Command described it as a "port visit".

Before this visit, U.S. Navy and Royal Canadian Navy warships had barely pursued the Russian fleet, while submarine hunters P-8s had been flying overhead tracking Russian submarines.

Cuban Missile Crisis After 62 years, the Russian nuclear submarine Kazan visits Cuba. The Russian fleet, led by the frigate Admiral Gorshkov and armed with Zircon hypersonic missiles, is tracked by NATO air and ground assets from Norway to Cuba.

Both submarines are important military equipment, but their functions and capabilities are different. Helena is primarily an attack submarine, while Russian Kazan focuses on navigational capabilities. USS Helena

is a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine (SSN) of the United States Navy. It was released in 1986. Los Angeles-class submarines are known for their versatility, stealth, and ability to perform a variety of missions, including anti-submarine warfare, intelligence gathering, and attack. USS Helena is armed with torpedoes and Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles.

The Russian Cauldron worries the US and Western military due to its stealth and offensive capabilities. Russian submarines are equipped with weapons and can attack land and sea targets.

The deployment of nuclear submarines so close to each other by Russia and the United States is likely to increase in the future. He answered Sen's questions. Rep. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, on the threat posed by Chinese and Russian cruise missile submarines operating near the U.S. mainland, VanHerck said Russia has deployed Yasen-class nuclear cruisers several times in recent years.

"[The risk] has increased. Last year Russia also deployed them (Yasen) to the Pacific," he said. “Now that we have them not only in the Atlantic but also in the Pacific, it is only a matter of time – maybe a year or two – before they become a 24-hour-a-day systems threat that affects decision-making.” During the crisis, senior national leaders

Nuclear Weapons Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis, the 13-day conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, and the Cold War intensified. In October 1962, Soviet submarines caused a headache for US President John F. Kennedy. The United States and its allies took action to prevent Soviet ships from transporting troops and weapons to Cuba.

What is important is that no nuclear powered submarines are deployed in the Caribbean. But Soviet diesel-electric submarines showed that they could operate far from home and influence world events.

U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, the President's brother, later said: "Then disturbing reports came from the Navy that a Russian warship was moving into space between two ships, the White House agreed that the Navy would give the submarine a sonar signal. If the submarine refused, small explosives were delivered

Robert Kennedy recalls his concerns about the Foxtrot submarine: “I think this is an alarming moment for the President for a few minutes. . . . I heard the President say: "Is there no way to avoid our first encounter with Russian submarines, where there is almost nothing else?" Missiles. The sinking of a Soviet submarine would have been more devastating because a torpedo launched from a submarine could have hit a nearby US Navy ship. It was later revealed that the Soviet submarine, detected between two commercial ships, was also carrying a nuclear-tipped torpedo. The same goes for other Soviet submarines in the area.

A Game of Cat and Mouse

The submarines of the two arch-enemies played a dangerous game of cat and mouse for years during the Cold War. This led to multiple collisions between the submarine giants.

When Soviet submarines are lifted too far away, it is common for American "seeker" submarines to follow them. From time to time, Americans saw the "blind eye" of Soviet submarines. After the Soviet submarine, the submarine sonar was blinded due to the noise of the propeller. American submarines will follow them closely to avoid being seen.