Norwegian and Dutch submarines have sailed into a naval base in Scotland on Sunday. J une 26, 2017, the German MOD officially informed the relevant Parliament Committees about the agreements between the MODs of Germany and Norway for the common development and production program of the submarines class U 212 CD. Even in such a large submarine the entire crew are living in each other’s pockets. Coronavirus can reach even the depths of the ocean. So at this stage it seems that the quarantine is precautionary. The Dutch submarine, in the foreground of the photo below, has since been sent home because at … Up to 700 marines today serve in Norway, many of them in the northern parts of the country. ‘They used to be Vikings’: Norwegian PM & ministers earn praise & ridicule for festive dance videoCoronavirus scares Finnish military away from joint NATO drills in Norway The Barents Observer, a media outlet specializing in the Arctic region, Submarines cannot be at sea forever. When the Olavsvern base in Tromso was sold to private investors in 2009, pressure mounted from NATO to find an alternative point of arrival for reactor-driven vessels, other than Haakonsvern in Bergen, which is currently the only approved port in the country.Military spokesman Brynjar Stordal told the newspaper that the forces had been given Local politician and chairman of the board of Tromso Harbor company Jarle Heitmann said having the submarines dock there is Tromso has been strong-armed into accepting the nuclear subs, believes Frode Pleym, leader of Greenpeace Norway.Moscow was also less than enthused by the decision to allow NATO submarines to stop at Grotsund when the plan was first announced last year, with Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova saying that the move was Unfortunately for locals who are against the plan, the Tromso municipality is bound by the Port Act, which means it has a duty to receive all types of war vessels.© Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, 2005–2020. She is based at Zapadnaya Litsa, a remote ‘closed city’ in Russia’s Arctic north. Submarines do social distancing really well.

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14 torpedo that was used, it had a tendency to make a circular run and come back to strike the sub that fired it.

Norway said it has discovered 10 submarines of the Russian northern fleet heading toward the Atlantic Ocean in the biggest such operation since the Cold War. “This is about the fact that the government and parliament do not dare to say no to the US… 11:32. And even submarines make port calls, sometimes in other countries. Due to issues with the early Mk. Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you H I Sutton (original photo US Navy) USS Colorado (SSN 788) is the 15th Virginia Class submarine, and the fifth of the enhanced Block-III model. The dangers of a coronavirus outbreak aboard a submarine while it is on patrol can only be speculated about. They had been in contact with somebody who was later confirmed to have the virus. At least one submarine, the USS Tang, was sunk this way. The force has rotated on a 6-month basis. At the same time, an additional two boats -- the nuclear-powered Sierra -class attack submarines Pskov and Nizhny Novgorod -- sailed into roughly the same waters for tests and training. It was not reported whether the boat was still in port when the discovery was made. The Greatest Innovations In Formula One - Duration: 12:00. Sixth Fleet, in charge of ships in European waters, posted a series of photos to the Website Flickr depicting the U.S. ambassador to Norway, … Very few people can come and go to that location, but it only takes one person. “Allowing nuclear-powered submarines in Norwegian ports and waters is playing Russian roulette with people and nature. Norwegian and Dutch submarines have sailed into a naval base in Scotland on Sunday. Dark Docs 1,398,253 views. It is a major shift in US security relations with Norway, that inevitably will affect the military situation in the region. The eight submarines, including six nuclear-powered ships, sailed from their bases in northern Russia into the cold waters of the Barents and Norwegian Seas. So it feels that there is no place on earth truly safe from the virus, not even a submarine.Using OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) to get to the stories first. Author of several books on Submarines, Special Forces and Narco subs. All rights reserved. This class of sub has a crew of over 100 people, similar to equivalent U.S. Navy boats. "U.S. Submarines since 1945, Revised Edition by Norman Friedman is a must read for all professionals, designers and scholars of modern submarines." And today a Dutch submarine has reportedly suffered a similar fate, called back to base because eight of the crew have the virus.

Apparently another submarine nearby and the crew of a floating workshop have also been quarantined. They touch the same hand rails and holds as they move about the boat, and spend much of their time less than 6 feet from the next person. If one person goes to sea with it, the chances of it spreading seem pretty obvious. I mostly write about submarines and the world's more secretive navies.Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own., citing a Russian-language news publication, B-port.
(No doubt precautions are being taken, but the idea that submarines are the safest place to be in clearly only partly true. And while the crew are of a relatively low risk demographic (Russian crews tend to be a bit older than their Western counterparts, but nowhere near old age), the risks of serious cases seem clear.

From late fall this year, only about 20 US marines will be left in Norway. Orel (K-266), the Russian Navy submarine which has been quarantined due to Coronavirus. There is currently a large NATO exercise taking place in the Atlantic.