Watching Russian Air & Sea Activity

[davidbfpo]

AdamG,

The lack of a response could presumably be due to a number of factors, from this "armchair" I'd suggest the weather and that the incursion into the ADIZ was short lived. Plus there's nothing like adding being unpredictable.

IIRC the UK ADIZ stretches out into the North Sea at least 200 miles and abuts the Norwegian ADIZ.

[AdamG]

In yet another sign of looming blowback from the past year of rising tensions between Moscow and the NATO states, a British fishing ship was almost capsized by a suspected Russian submarine at the end of April according to the New York Times.
The 80-ton trawler was fishing for prawns in international waters in the Irish Sea between Northern Ireland and Britain when an object believed to be a submarine became entangled in the ship's nets. The ensuing moments played out like a Hollywood scene as the submarine began to tow the trawler backwards, The New York Times reports.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/suspec...153700477.html

[davidbfpo]

A confidence building measure:

Russia is allowed to make two routine reconnaissance flights over Britain each year under the 2002 Open Skies Treaty, which was designed to increase confidence and build bridges after the Cold War. Britain conducted a similar flight over Russia on Saturday and will take part in three others this year.

Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ish-skies.html

[AdamG]

Russian Navy Su-24 jets forced US Navy destroyer USS Ross to go into neutral waters in the Black Sea, a source in Crimea's security forces told RIA Novosti.

The US Navy ship was noticed heading directly toward Russian waters after leaving the Romanian port of Costanta. The incident comes on the same day as fugitive Georgian ex-leader Mikheil Saakashvili's appointment as governor of Ukraine's Black Sea-bordering Odessa region.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/russia/201505...#ixzz3bdUMujIH

Workers laying a cable beneath the Baltic Sea are on the front line in Lithuania's struggle for energy independence from Moscow.

Their adversary: the Russian Navy.

No shots have been fired, but construction crews laying the NordBalt cable linking Lithuania and Sweden have received unwelcome visits in the last month from Russian warships probing into the construction area in the Baltic state's exclusive economic zone.

Frustrated that its diplomatic protests have had no effect, NATO member Lithuania says it will consider legal action if the Russian moves don't stop.

http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-.../26996165.html

[Bill Moore]

so far the only coverage is Russia news (propaganda), there are plenty of reports of the USS Ross doing an exercise in the Black Sea over the past few days. Could have happened, but wouldn't expect an official U.S. response for at least a few hours if it did.

[AdamG]

Northern Fleet Commander Adm. Vladimir Korolev said that Russia’s Northern Fleet’s Coastal Forces will receive new Bastion anti-ship missile complexes in 2015.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/russia/201506...#ixzz3bokNXy7A

Russia's Black Sea fleet is expected to receive two new Project 21631 (Buyan-M) corvettes, Zelenodolsk Shipyard's CEO Renat Mistakhov told RIA Novosti.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/military/2015...#ixzz3bokw0saL

[AdamG]

so far the only coverage is Russia news (propaganda), there are plenty of reports of the USS Ross doing an exercise in the Black Sea over the past few days. Could have happened, but wouldn't expect an official U.S. response for at least a few hours if it did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jno0...ature=youtu.be

[Bill Moore]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jno0...ature=youtu.be

From the same link.

USS Ross (DDG 71) observes the overflight by a Russian SU 24 aircraft while both were operating in international waters and airspace. Ross continued on her mission after observing the aircraft return to base. At no time did Ross act aggressively nor did she deviate from her planned operations. The conduct of her crew has been and continues to be professional. Ross' Sailors observed that the SU 24 carried no weapons - wings were "clean."

A non-event other than in the imagination of Russian propagandists. Thanks for sharing.