Posted on Oct 25, 2023
NATO ally upgrades helicopters to hunt Russian submarines at night
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Sweden is rolling out new technology in its military across the Baltic Sea, in a move that could up the Nordic country's—and NATO's—ability to track Russian submarines close to the alliance's territory.
Earlier this month, Sweden's military announced that its navy had carried out drills using helicopters able to detect submarines at night or during poor weather conditions. The exercises were held around the Stockholm archipelago and the Gotska island in the Baltic Sea for a week from October 11, and "the new capability was included for the first time in a larger exercise," Sweden's armed forces said.
Earlier this month, Sweden's military announced that its navy had carried out drills using helicopters able to detect submarines at night or during poor weather conditions. The exercises were held around the Stockholm archipelago and the Gotska island in the Baltic Sea for a week from October 11, and "the new capability was included for the first time in a larger exercise," Sweden's armed forces said.
NATO ally upgrades helicopters to hunt Russian submarines at night
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..."Since it became obvious in the early 2010s that there will be nothing like a peaceful co-existence with Russia and that Russia emphasized its subsea assets for strategic signalling against NATO and its partners, Western navies [have been] struggling hard to regain their ASW skills," added Johannes Peters, who heads up the Center for Maritime Strategy and Security at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University, Germany.
Russia's fleet in Kaliningrad is able to leverage long-range precision strikes and ASW capabilities against NATO in the Baltic Sea, he told Newsweek, with seabed warfare of "particular interest in confined areas like the Baltic Sea, where every point at sea can be attacked from land."
In September, NATO carried out military drills in the Baltic Sea with around 30 warships and more than 3,200 personnel from 15 countries.
"Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine has radically altered the security situation in the Baltic Sea, and NATO has substantially increased its defensive presence in the region at sea, on land and in the air," said acting NATO spokesperson, Dylan White. "Exercises like these send a clear message that NATO stands ready to defend every inch of Allied territory."
Update 10/25/2023 at 11:55 a.m. ET: This article was updated with additional comments from Johannes Peters and Jimmie Adamsson."
..."Since it became obvious in the early 2010s that there will be nothing like a peaceful co-existence with Russia and that Russia emphasized its subsea assets for strategic signalling against NATO and its partners, Western navies [have been] struggling hard to regain their ASW skills," added Johannes Peters, who heads up the Center for Maritime Strategy and Security at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University, Germany.
Russia's fleet in Kaliningrad is able to leverage long-range precision strikes and ASW capabilities against NATO in the Baltic Sea, he told Newsweek, with seabed warfare of "particular interest in confined areas like the Baltic Sea, where every point at sea can be attacked from land."
In September, NATO carried out military drills in the Baltic Sea with around 30 warships and more than 3,200 personnel from 15 countries.
"Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine has radically altered the security situation in the Baltic Sea, and NATO has substantially increased its defensive presence in the region at sea, on land and in the air," said acting NATO spokesperson, Dylan White. "Exercises like these send a clear message that NATO stands ready to defend every inch of Allied territory."
Update 10/25/2023 at 11:55 a.m. ET: This article was updated with additional comments from Johannes Peters and Jimmie Adamsson."
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