Russia sent Kilo attack submarine toward Irish Sea twice, Bloomberg News reports

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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-sent-kilo-attack-submarine-toward-irish-sea-twice-bloomberg-news-reports-2024-07-01/

Russia sent Kilo attack submarine toward Irish Sea twice, Bloomberg News reports

By Reuters
July 1, 2024 6:45 PM EDT Updated 12 hours ago

July 1 (Reuters) - Russian attack submarines have conducted missions around the Irish Sea twice since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing three people familiar with the matter.

The first deployment of a Russian Kilo-class submarine close to the Irish Sea, happened around 18 months ago while the second occurrence took place more recently, the report added.

The extent of the submarine movements went beyond what British officials had previously seen, it said.

U.S. officials were aware of the sub movements, the report further said citing two people familiar with the matter.

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[OnDoutside]

1. We'll have to send our trawlers out to them again.

[mn9driver]

2. Kilos are old cold war subs.

They aren’t much capable of being anything but targets.

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3. Yes, although it may have been an "Improved Kilo".

I don't know much about them except that they're still in production, but I assume they're a bit more capable than the original.