Russian Subs Patrolling Off East Coast of U.S.

[Kapitan]

Yes back when akula II's come out they did have problems trailing them thier signature is a tad better than that of a 688i and this also goes for akula i improved also but the akula II is a bit quieter, the yasen is quieter still but i would speculate still not as quiet as a virginia astute or even a seawolf.

Given the fact the akulas have been around now for what 25 years so they are getting old and sonar tech has some what advanced since the 90's, besides how do we know its an akula?

The russians do have other types of submarine they can use they still have victor III's a sierra II hell even an Oscar II without knowing the platform i guess we can only speculate.

There was an instance in the 1980's i did read this from a few american captains sort of biographys from i think it was norman polmar who wrote the book, but there was one particular captain he commanded a victor III submarine and every time a western submarine found him he would quickly disapear and be lost for good, but the thing is i would like to meet that captain to see how he did it because yes the russian boats are technologically inferior to the west but thier weapons are not i mean SS-N-19 has no comparison in the western world exocet doesnt even come close and harpoon pfft forget it.

There was another incident regarding the kursk in 1999 when she deployed to the med the amerians pulled thier ships from the med and tried to chase her down, she was only spotted on the surface some 400 miles from the coast of canada some three weeks later, which would have ment she went into the med and out and across the pond undetected.