From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/7/2005 1:12 AM Aug 6 2005 8:34PM Russian admiral slams appeal to NATO for help in rescuing sub
MOSCOW. Aug 6 (Interfax) - A former commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet said it was a mistake to ask NATO countries for help in rescuing the crew of the Russian mini-submarine stranded on the Pacific floor since Thursday because "this region is stuffed with [Russian military] secrets."
The region hosts "the main base for the strategic nuclear submarines of the Pacific Fleet, which NATO itself has nicknamed a wasps' nest. A secret cable runs through the area and a foreign submarine detection system is located here too," Hero of the Soviet Union Adm. Eduard Baltin told Interfax.
He expressed surprise that the Pacific Fleet command had said openly that the sub had got caught on an underwater antenna instead of "an underwater object." "This antenna is one of the main components of an active system for the long-range detection of submarines," he said.
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