Sweden submarine hunt as it happened

Sweden submarine hunt as it happened

By trkingmomoe on Mon, 10/20/2014 - 10:14pm |

This has been the focus of Europe the last few days of a mysterious "whisky" in Sweden's waters. The Russians deny that the sub is theirs.

6.16 Just when the whole affair couldn't get any more 007, a rumour is now being circulated that the Russians were testing out a prototype mini-submarine known as the Triton NN.

Not much is known about it, but according to the website of the NIzhny Novogorod Lazurit design bureau, which claims to have designed it, a prototype underwent government testing in 2008. It is meant to combine the qualities of a speed boat and a submersile and may have been issued to navy special forces in Kaliningrad.

The article has a picture of the new Russian sub.

URL:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/11174169/Sweden-submarine-hunt-as-it-happened.html