Swedish Corvette HMS Visby searching for submarines. Yahoo/Reuters.
Swedish military forces are on high alert after reports of underwater activity from an unknown foreign power. Yahoo/Reuters. The Swedes are unsure if the reports are of submarines or of frogmen using underwater vehicles. The incursions have been reported in "sensitive" areas. At least one sighting of a man in black wading in the waters have people speculating that the incursions may be from Russian special forces. The only indication of who may be responsible have been from intercepted radio transmissions from Russia indicating someone in distress. Russia, of course, denies these reports.
An amateur photo of the reported vessel. Yahoo/Reuters
My Comment:
Very interesting. It sounds like Russia is doing some high level surveillance of the area. It is possible that all this activity is related to some kind of underwater disaster that hasn't been revealed yet. Russia has a history of losing submarines and not being honest about it. Still, that seems a bit unlikely. It is much more likely that this is just Russia flexing it's muscles again. If it is true that Russian frogmen are running around in Sweden that is a major violation of Sweden's territorial boundaries. Russia has been testing all of its borders lately and has a reputation of flying near or in other countries territories. Most, if not all, of those incursions have been in the air though.
Still, it is possible that it isn't the Russians at all. America has a presence in the area as well, though they have no real reason to spy on Sweden. And it is possible that none of the reports are genuine. Civilians can't be ruled out either. It's not illegal or uncommon to have civilians swimming around. Either way though, if the truth ever does come out it will be interesting.
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