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August 11, 2014

Moscow says chases US sub away
Moscow (AFP) Aug 09, 2014
Russia said Saturday that it had chased away a US submarine that had approached its territorial waters in the Barents Sea. A representative of the naval headquarters told Russian news agencies that what was believed to be a Virginia class fast attack submarine was discovered close to Russian territorial waters on Friday. Thanks to "active measures by the Northern Fleet's anti-submarine forces, the submarine was 'pushed away'" from the area near Russia's territorial waters in the Arctic, the nava ... read more

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