London Army Concerned: Russian Submarine Passes British Nuclear Base

The London army is worried
Russian submarine passes British nuclear weapons site

June 17, 2024, 10:10 pm

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In early June, Moscow sent some ships from the Northern Fleet to Cuba. On its way to the Caribbean, the Russian submarine “Kazan” moves along the Irish and Scottish coasts. In London, this route causes alarm.

According to a media report, the Russian nuclear submarine “Kazan” temporarily triggered a security alert in Great Britain on its way to Cuba. According to a Daily Mail report, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Defense Secretary Grant Shapps were briefed on the situation in a secret briefing following the discovery of Kazan on the west coast of Scotland.

Accordingly, “Kazan” was located on June 5 by the British Boeing P8 Poseidon submarine hunter and tracked off the Irish coast to Scotland. The Russian submarine also passed the British nuclear weapons site at Faslane-on-Clyde on the Scottish west coast, but without entering British waters. The base houses the majority of the UK’s submarine fleet, including the latest generation of hunting submarines. The majority of the kingdom’s nuclear weapons are also stored there.

“Ireland, the Achilles heel of the British Isles”

According to the Daily Mail, British military officials were worried they might be looking for vulnerabilities in the Kazan area. “Ireland is the Achilles heel of the British Isles,” says retired Lt.-Col. D. Stuart Crawford quoted in that paper. “They have virtually no military capability to monitor or deter such Russian advances, and that is not lost on the Kremlin.”

The “Kazan” arrived at the port of Havana last Wednesday with the frigate Admiral Gorshkov. According to Cuba, the trip from June 12 to 17 has historical friendship between the two states. Media reports suggest that Russia is also planning military exercises with ships and aircraft in the Caribbean. This is the first exercise of its kind by the Russian military in the Western Hemisphere in five years.

According to a senior US official, Moscow wants to send a message to Washington with the move near the US. “Russia has shown that it is still capable of demonstrating a certain level of maritime prowess,” the official told the Miami Herald last week.