Submarine hunt in UK

Royal Navy is hunting mysterious submarine. On 22nd November BBC has informed that Royal Navy's forces are conducting activities north of Scotland, where a submarine has been detected. ASW activities are being conducted for 10 days now. 10, freaking, days. According to BBC the sub is Russian. I would not be surprised if the sub was Russian as they say. First of all submarines are very distinguishable vessels. One can name or class them by just taking info consideration distinctive features they have. What is more Russians has recently invested a lot of money to revive their submarine forces. Some of their subs are now lurking out there somewhere spying, listening, taking pictures, or as it has recently came to light, mapping underwater Internet cables. Why? Simple. To know the spot to hit where it hurts the most. I personally think war is coming. The Second Cold War is already happening under the surface of the oceans and seas. Every country able to do it, invests in submarine forces. Even UK is planning to spend more money on their sub according to PM(link) Why? Because they are secret, quiet and can be anywhere in the world quietly lurking in enemy territorial waters, or simply sitting at the bottom of the sea near strategically important targets ready to strike. You may ask why the hell a sub is north of Scotland. Answer is simple HMNB Clyde. It is a homeport of UK's nuclear subs for a long time.

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BAE to build Anson

BAE is going to build HMS Anson, the fifth Astute-class Royal Navy's submarine. UK's Ministry of Defence has granted £1.3bn for the fifth vessel. Royal Navy has already got two boats in service, HMS Astute and HMS Ambush and the third is undergoing sea trails. HMS Artful is going to be delivered in 2015.

HMS Astute in the shipyard.

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Welcome back

A lot has changed. I moved to a different country and basically turned my life up side down. Hopefully will have more time to search and post submarine news and stuff.  Currently reading a very interesting book about life on a submarine. Book "Sub. Real Life on Board with the Hidden Heroes of the Royal Navy's Silent Service" was written by Danny Dabzinger and gives in depth view into the service on a Trafalgar-class nuclear sub. Really good read. Font is big, chapters aren't very long. I recommend it to all submarine loving freak. If any of you can recommend some interesting fiction as well as nonfiction books about submarines fill free to post any in the comments section below.