Escalation: Five U.S. Warships Deployed Around the Russian Flotilla

The hunt for Red October in the US backyard: At 30 p.m. off the coast of Florida Russian frigate and submarine with guns in firing positions

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We have had a major US air force mobilization for several hours now as the Russian 22350 Admiral Gorshkov class frigate with Zircon supersonic missiles and the Yasen-M class nuclear powered submarine, Kazan, were found 30 and 80 nm respectively. off the coast of Florida in an unprecedented display of power in the USA's "backyard".

A KC-135 Stratotanker and two P-8 Poseidon aircraft were flying in the area searching for the Russian nuclear-powered submarine.

A total of five warships were deployed around the Russian flotilla, two American Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, one Canadian and one French.

US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker #AE05AA is in an unusual spot this morning, orbiting just southwest of where the Russian Flotilla and escorts are pinging on AIS.

According to the available data, the US naval forces were intensively searching for the Russian submarine yesterday, June 10.

Finally Kazan K-560 was spotted just today about 80 nm. off the coast of Florida. Some sources talk about the emergence of the submarine.

The US alert was due to the fact that the Russian vessels had activated all sensors and their weapons were in firing positions.

This is extremely rare and shows Russia's willingness to escalate.

Earlier, the Russian nuclear-powered submarine "Kazan" and the frigate "Admiral Gorskov" practiced the use of high-precision weapons in the Atlantic Ocean, the Russian Defense Ministry announced today.

The exercises included hitting targets from a distance of more than 600 kilometers and exercises with anti-aircraft fire.

In particular, according to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

"A mixed group of the Northern Fleet, consisting of the Project 885M nuclear-powered multi-role submarine Kazan and the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, began exercises using high-precision missile weapons (Zircon, Kalibr, Oniks) in the Atlantic Ocean.

As part of the exercise, the frigate and the nuclear-powered submarine practice firing high-precision missiles at virtual enemy ships located at a distance of more than 600 kilometers."

These exercises come just a few days after Putin announced that Russian weapons systems would be given "to the enemies of the West" in order for Western states to be "paid with the same currency", receiving blows inside their territory with Russian weapons!

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