Woo-ho! In Russia it's called "to create an elephant out of a fly".
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/345996-russian-sub-uk-media/But back to this week’s version of the “Hunt For Red October.” Even the UK Defense Secretary, Michael Fallon, got involved. He remarked: “This shows that the Navy is maintaining a vigilant watch in international and territorial waters to keep Britain safe and protect us from potential threats.”
Meanwhile, the commander of the British ship apparently “shadowing” the sub, one Daniel Thomas, claimed that “locating this submarine was a combined effort with NATO allies and shadowing such units is routine activity for the Royal Navy.”
“Once again, an effective, skilled, and technologically advanced Russian submarine force is challenging us,” Vice Admiral James Foggo III, commander of the US 6th Fleet, wrote in the June issue of the US Naval Institute’s magazine, Proceedings. “Russian submarines are prowling the Atlantic, testing our defenses, confronting our command of the seas, and preparing the complex underwater battlespace to give them an edge in any future conflict.”
However, that's how it was sailing in the international waters:
What actually happened was that the Russian vessel was traveling “up top” (ie. not hiding, but fully visible) and in international waters. In other words, a small child with binoculars traveling by ferry could spot it, without “a combined effort with NATO allies,” or even “Action Man” figures for that matter. Which makes one wonder about the competence of Officer Thomas and how such an obvious nincompoop ever achieved such a high rank in the British Navy. Unless The Sun fabricated the quote, of course, which wouldn’t be a huge surprise, given their past form.
To make things even easier for NATO’s super sleuths, the Russian sub was accompanied by a tug boat. On Wednesday, Moscow’s Defense Ministry released a statement confirming that the vessels were moving from the Arctic to Russia’s Black Sea base in Sevastopol. Anyone with access to a map and a pencil could easily figure out that passing the English Channel, which is perfectly legal, is the fastest route.
The top-notch new Frigate Admiral Grigorovich arrived to Sevastopol after a month at sea from its construction and testing site in Baltics.
Article:
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2763582Video:
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2763566Among the first to come aboard was the great-grand-daughter of the last Naval minister of the Russian Empire, whose name the Frigate carries.
During the whole voyage, the Frigate was escorted by the British HMS Iron Duke and the American USS Donald Cook (aka Donald Duck), as well as by Polish, French and Spanish vessels. (Curious, are we?)
