Two American warplanes have been conducting operations in the north Atlantic this week, tracking a suspected Russian submarine off the coast of Scotland.<\/p>\n
The Independent reported on Thursday that the United Kingdom was forced to ask the US Navy for help because Britain does not have anti-submarine patrol aircraft.<\/p>\n
The US Navy P3 Orion planes were called in to fill what British experts called a \u201cgaping chasm\u201d in the country\u2019s anti-submarine capability, according to the report.<\/p>\n
A UK Royal Navy frigate has also been dispatched for the operation.<\/p>\n
Scottish National Party\u2019s defense spokesman Angus Robertson criticized the US deployment, saying that Britain had resorted to going to its allies with a \u201cbegging bowl.\u201d<\/p>\n
The UK Ministry of Defense claimed that a Russian submarine was in the area and it may have been trying to track Britain\u2019s Vanguard-class nuclear submarine near Faslane.<\/p>\n
The Faslane Naval base, at Gare Loch on the River Clyde, is the home of the UK’s ballistic missile submarines.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, sources said \u201cvisits\u201d from Russian submarines were \u201chappening quite often\u201d off the north and west coasts of Scotland.<\/p>\n
Press TV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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