The Nato Spies and Chases the Russian Submarine Krasnodar to the West of Sicily, the Mission of the Poseidon on the Mediterranean

US Navy P-8A patrols the central Mediterranean after Russian submarine Krasnodar leaves Algeria, signalling renewed focus on Russian naval movements

This afternoon, a US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon was tracked departing western Sicily and flying west into the central Mediterranean, where it conducted a prolonged on-station phase over open waters. The mission comes one day after the Russian submarine Krasnodar and the tug Altay departed the port of Algiers, a timing that makes the patrol particularly noteworthy. The aircraft took off from NAS Sigonella and followed a direct westbound route befo…