The commander of the Navy's newest fleet is warning about Russia's submarine threat
US Navy/Mass Comm. Specialist Seaman Joseph A.D. Phillips
The head of the Navy’s newly resurrected 2nd Fleet warned Wednesday of Russian submarine activity in the Atlantic Ocean, the latest senior military leader to sound the alarm in recent months.
“Let’s be frank, the Russian undersea threat is real,” Vice Adm. Andrew “Woody” Lewis said at a maritime security event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. “They are very competent.”See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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