NATO chief warns the Russian’s submarine activity is the highest he’s seen since the Cold War

Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) cautioned the world to keep a close on Russia as their activity in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean are the highest he’s seen since the Cold War.

According to an interview in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Stoltenberg has seen 13 additional subs since 2014, Politico cited.

“Russia has massively invested in its marine capability, especially in submarines,” he continued. Their “submarine activity is now at its highest level since the Cold War.” He also noted that the subs are moving “closer to our shores.”

It causes a problem for the trans-Atlantic military alliance trying to subvert the relationship between European and North American allies.

“We’re a transatlantic alliance, and for that reason we have to be able to transport troops and equipment across the Atlantic,” he said. “For that, we need secure and open sea routes.”

Russian spy ships were spotted patrolling off the east coast of the United States in February. The position at the time was off the coast of Delaware but it then drifted closer to Connecticut. That was when Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) sounded the alarm, asking President Donald Trump morning focus more attention on national security and less on Twitter.

“NATO has reduced its marine capabilities after the end of the cold war, especially to fight submarines,” Stoltenberg said.

After President Trump was inaugurated in January, he said that he wants the U.S. Navy to have more submarines.

“We’re lacking submarines, and we’re going to build new submarines, but the price is too high so I’m cutting the price way down,” he said in an interview with Fox News. However, the Pentagon’s budget passed in 2016 allocated $13 billion in funds for new submarines over the next five years.

Trump said during 2016 that NATO was “obsolete.” funds. He quickly changed his tune after taking office.

“I said it was obsolete,” Trump proclaimed at the White House. “It’s no longer obsolete.” The only thing that changed between those two statements was that Trump was elected.

A Swedish peace group reportedly used a singing gay man broadcast on a sonar device as a defense mechanism to scare away previous Russian submarines. The United States has not yet deployed such a device, that we know of.

Original Article
Source: rawstory.com
Author: Sarah K. Burris