Russian nuclear submarines pass UK waters on secret Atlantic mission to threaten US

Defence expert Justin Bronk of the Royal United Services Institute said deploying 10 submarines was a “very big and definite statement” about Russia’s growing naval capabilities. He said it also showed Russia’s ability to defend the Arctic “bastion” where its ballistic missile submarines form a key element of Moscow’s nuclear deterrence. Mr Bronk said: “The ability to put lots of boats in the way of any NATO forces coming up from the north Atlantic or the North Sea, it’s a big feature of Russian active defence capability.”