Swedish Ship Drops Depth Charges on Suspected Submarine
From Reuters
STOCKHOLM — A Swedish patrol ship dropped anti-submarine charges after suspecting foreign submarine activity in Swedish waters Friday, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.
He said the ship was taking part in an exercise in the Baltic archipelago off Stockholm.
“We are not sure there is a submarine down there but we thought it wise to take action first and analyze results later,” he said.
In 1981, a Soviet Whisky-class submarine ran aground off Karlskrona naval base in southeastern Sweden, an incident which Moscow blamed on a navigational error.
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