US EditionNATO Patrol Aircraft Chase Russian Sub as U.S. Carrier Operates Off Norway
NATO forces deploy multiple submarine-hunting aircraft and naval assets to monitor increased Russian submarine activity amid ongoing regional tensions, with over a dozen sorties conducted recently.
- From August 24 to 27, 2025, NATO forces including the UK, US, Norway, and France conducted a major hunt using maritime patrol aircraft to track a suspected Russian submarine near Norway while USS Gerald R. Ford operated with Norwegian allies in the North Sea.
- This operation followed increased Russian submarine activity amid President Putin's decade-long fleet expansion and rising tensions since Russia's 2014 Crimea invasion and the 2022 Ukraine war.
- The two-day search involved 27 sorties flown from bases in Scotland, Norway, Iceland, and France to provide persistent coverage over thousands of square kilometers of the Atlantic and Norwegian Sea.
- Former Royal Navy officer Tom Sharpe warned a Russian sub close to USS Ford could gather vast intelligence on its acoustic signature and electronic emissions, highlighting NATO's ironclad commitment to European security.
- This episode underscores ongoing NATO-Russia submarine cat-and-mouse games, showcasing NATO's readiness despite Britain's limited fleet and Russia's substantial naval buildup centered at Severomorsk.
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The Norwegian authorities have confirmed that a Russian submarine in the Norwegian Sea "threated" last Sunday to the American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the flagship of the United States Navy and the largest in the world of its kind, with a "potentially hostile incursion" in a strategic area of the Norwegian Sea. The maneuver provoked a coordinated military response by NATO and combat aircraft from the United Kingdom, the Unit…
A Russian submarine is said to have threatened the US aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford in the North Sea. According to consistent reports, NATO forces have launched a large-scale hunt with Poseidon surveillance aircraft.
Sydney Morning Herald
The AgeChance detection triggers real-life Hunt for Red October
When an unknown Russian submarine was discovered closing in on a major American warship at the weekend, the UK, US and Norway began a “highly unusual operation” to track it down.
Norwegian, British and American forces have sent a large number of reconnaissance aircraft to the Norwegian Sea.
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