[Felix The Assassin]

Originally posted by johnny: quote: Also, I find your implication that the US Navy destroyed a Russian nuclear submarine in a time of peace insulting, both to my intelligence and to the Russian military.

Is that so ? There is next to nothing known about what happened underneath the surface of the oceans, but you can be sure that the cold war wasn't just cold in the world of submarines. We'll never know the truth about it, because the Russians would never admit losing a sub in an assault, especially not when the sub was poking around in places he shouldn't be. Same goes for the Americans and everyone else. Every time you hear about an accident with a submarine, i have a gutfeeling they don't tell us the whole truth. The deep blue see is the only place where you can sneak up on a target unseen and unheard, assuming that this never happened in times of peace would be slightly naive. [/QUOTE]To add to what Johnny has so well said, the US Navy did openly confirm there were 'TWO' US submarines "over-watching" the Russian drills. One of those submarines made an un-scheduled "Port-of-Call" into a friendly port. Sources kinda get astray from their, but the words used were similar to "with the language conversion, we did not really say repair, we said refit". The reality is only known by a chosen few, who like others, will take it to their grave.