MOSCOW, March 3. The Russian submarine fleet could sink ships transporting the American army to Europe in the event of a hypothetical conflict between the two superpowers, former Pentagon adviser Douglas McGregor said in an interview with journalist Stephen Gardner.
“Everyone must understand that <…> «Russia has a submarine fleet capable of sinking ships that are sent to fight with it. We simply will not be able to transfer our ground forces to Europe, because submarines in the Atlantic Ocean will sink everything that goes there from North America,» the expert said.< br>
Russian nuclear submarines today are much more lethal and effective than their predecessors in World War II, the colonel noted. According to him, in modern naval combat there are only two types of ships — a submarine and its military target.
Russia has repeatedly pointed out the absence of aggressive intentions towards other countries, including the states of the North Atlantic Alliance . President Vladimir Putin, during his address to the Federal Assembly at the end of February, called the assertions that Russia is planning to attack Europe nonsense.
At the same time, the Kremlin has repeatedly noted that NATO, on the contrary, is behaving destructively and is striving for confrontation. According to presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, the bloc is aimed at expansion into the post-Soviet space, which cannot bring greater security to the region.