The United States and its NATO allies are currently experiencing heightened anxiety over the increasingly advanced Russian submarines, which have improved their stealth capabilities, raising concerns in the Pentagon, according to "Business Insider."
This has prompted the U.S. Navy to conduct maneuvers in the North Atlantic, training in anti-submarine warfare after Russian submarines conducted exercises at the end of 2019, which tested their ability to reach the North Atlantic undetected, according to American sources. The U.S. Navy has deployed anti-submarine warfare assets to seas close to Russia.
The commander of the U.S. submarine fleet, Admiral Daryl Caudle, expressed concern over the possibility of Russian submarines reaching American shores to strike them with missiles. The American commander stated in comments made last September, when U.S. naval units conducted their exercises in the North Atlantic, that "our homeland is no longer a safe haven."
In the same vein, an American newspaper previously revealed that Russian nuclear submarine missiles now pose a serious challenge, capable of rendering the United States "uninhabited" since the first strike. The newspaper added that during the Cold War, Russian submarines "were noisier," making them "more vulnerable." Since the 1980s, Russia has recognized this issue and has imported technology from Japan and Norway to address it, enabling it to match the acoustic stealth of American submarines of the "Los Angeles" class, which form the backbone of the U.S. naval fleet.
