Sweden Steps Up Search For 'Foreign' Submarine

Sunday, 19 October 2014





Sweden Steps Up Search For 'Crippled Russian Submarine' Making Mayday Distress Call Off Its coast -- Daily Mail



* Swedish ships, helicopters and troops are scouring waters off Stockholm

* Follows reports a Russian submarine ran into difficulties on secret mission

* Sources say a distress signal in Russian was intercepted

* Soviet submarine sightings caused security alerts in Sweden in the 1980s

* The Russian defence ministry denied the reports today



Sweden has beefed up its military presence amid reports of 'a crippled Russian submarine' off its coast.



In a throw back to the Cold War, Swedish ships, helicopters and troops are scouring the waters off Stockholm following reports that a Russian submarine might have had mechanical problems while on a secret mission in the archipelago.



The operation began after Sweden's ministry said it was given a reliable tip-off about 'foreign underwater activity' off the country's coast in the Baltic Sea.



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More News On Reports That Sweden Is Stepping Up It's Search For A 'Foreign' Submarine



Pictured: 'suspicious object' off Swedish coast -- The Local

Sweden hunts damaged Russian sub: report -- The Local

Sweden: 3 credible sightings in submarine search -- AP

Sweden says credible reports of foreign submarine in its waters -- Reuters

Swedish Navy Hunts for Source of Underwater Signals -- New York Times

Sweden steps up hunt for ‘foreign underwater activity’ in Baltic Sea -- Washington Post

Sweden searches for suspected Russian submarine off Stockholm -- The Guardian

Sweden hunts for suspected Russian submarine in Cold War-style drama -- The Telegraph

Sweden military operation to find ‘foreign underwater activity’ -- Euronews

Sweden announces three credible sightings in submarine hunt -- Al Jazeera

​Sweden deploys troops near Stockholm due to alleged underwater threat -- RT

No emergencies with Russian military ships - defence ministry -- ITAR-TASS

Russia denies submarine incident off Sweden -- BBC

Swedish military widen hunt for ‘damaged Russian submarine’, Moscow says all subs OK -- RT

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