Foreign submarine in Swedish waters

1) How can an above-water ship be mistaken for a submarine?

Easily. And frequently. A submarine on the surface actually is an 'above water ship' so it technically doesn't even have to be mistaken for one.
 
:rotfl: Thank all the mods for this thread not being RD.
 
A sub is not out to get them, but there's been too many flyovers from Russian aircraft to say that everything is well and quiet, eh?
There's been a lot of flyovers from NATO aircraft too, but I don't see messages about mysterious events explained as Americans are plotting against us. Ironically, after Chelyabinsk meteorite explosion, there were accusations against Russian army which allegedly self-destructed malfunctioned missile.
 
I thought that CFC had already established that the so-called 'meteorite' was really proof of extraterrestrial invasion attempts.
 
Starting invasion from a place full of angry Siberians would be a really bad idea.
May be mysterious object in Swedish waters was their second attempt? :)
 
Starting invasion from a place full of angry Siberians would be a really bad idea.
May be mysterious object in Swedish waters was their second attempt? :)

Well, fish would be easier to subjugate than Siberians, I would guess.
 
Not those fermented fish the Swedes tend to throw at their guests, I think.
 
FWIW, now the Swedish navy is saying "we´re still certain there was a foreign sub, just that one sighting was actually of something else".

@alien invasion through Siberia:


Evening in a remote Siberian taiga. A flying saucer quietly lands on a clearing.
Small, grey humanoid climbs out and heads towards a nearby logging camp, where loggers are sitting around a fire and having their evening drink.

Not wishing to upset them, he timidly steps into the light and says: "Hello, people!".
"Hello!", responds a chorus of voices, and a glass of vodka is immediately passed to the humanoid. Otherwise, nobody raises an eyebrow.

Humanoid respectfully finishes the vodka, decides the encounter is going well and continues: "My name is Sirius!". "Hello, Sirius!" responds a chorus of voices and the glass gets an immediate refill.

Humanoid, by now slightly surprised of being taken so in stride, decides to get some more attention. "People, I come to you from the stars, from another galaxy!".
Brief moment of silence. Then, a deep voice declares: "All right guys. No more vodka for Sirius tonight!".
 
Sounds like a reasonable response.

Interestingly, there's a Russian fleet (the Northern Fleet is the Baltic one, right?) passing through the Channel and in November they were escorted by a patrol boat, but this time around they are escorted by a frigate.
 
Ah. It appears that things are never northern enough in Russia.

Well, anyway, the UK is sending something of a message. :rolleyes:
 
And that thing in the Crimea…
 
They are everywhere!

British fishermen caught another submarine in North Sea.
Submarine was Russian of course, no need to even mention that.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3005849/Questions-MoD-skipper-says-dragged-submarine.html

I propose to declare a month of Russian submarine hunt.
Everyone should catch a Russian submarine, or at least declare that it was caught.
...it was that... no, THAT big! :)

Okay, this part is too funny:

The Fisherman said:
He added he was told by the coastguard that there was no Nato submarine activity in the area where the incident took place.

I was on a NATO submarine and I wasn't cleared for submarine location data. Submarine location data is, as far as I know, the very top link in the world of "top secret" classifications. I would be surprised if the Commandant of the Coast Guard is on the need to know list for submarine location data, and I flatly guarantee that anyone in the Coast Guard that some fisherman could get hold of is not.
 
I thought the baltic and arctic fleets were jointed?
It's unfeasible, just look at the map.

I was on a NATO submarine and I wasn't cleared for submarine location data. Submarine location data is, as far as I know, the very top link in the world of "top secret" classifications. I would be surprised if the Commandant of the Coast Guard is on the need to know list for submarine location data, and I flatly guarantee that anyone in the Coast Guard that some fisherman could get hold of is not.
That was the special coast guard, who knows locations of all NATO submarines and also can identify Russian submarine without seeing it :)
 
Yea you're right, I checked. I just thought I had read those two were unified for some reason.
 
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