We need to be in the same ocean, and we are whats more the Russians have already copied and advanced a system similar to what we deploy currently and
It is widly known the russians do deploy a system of hydrophones on the sea bed in their waters and as far out as the EEZ, they can track us and we know that.
Considering the fact Severdvinsk the place that built the project 941 boats sits on the coast of the white sea and the white sea itself is a test area then yes plausable, but then the UK does this in the Irish sea which isnt deep its considered controlled waters.
The white sea is around 60 meters deep until you get to the mouth then its about 340/350 meters deep something like that.
These places are chosen for the tests because if anything goes wrong escape is possible.
As for a land line link to Moscow i dont see why they would put a link in there? the HQ of the submarine design station (CKB Rubin) is in St Petersburg, and in the 1980's the russians had satalite phones just like we did in the west.
Im not sure if he is getting confused with a submarine telephone which has been around since the 1940's
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