Sweden suspects that a Russian submarine has illegally entered its waters and says it is prepared to force the craft to reveal itself.
“Our aim now is to force whatever it is up to the surface … with armed force, if necessary,” Supreme Commander General Sverker Goeranson said Wednesday of the unidentified vessel, International Business Times reported. The submarine is believed to be submerged in the Baltic Sea less than 30 miles from Stockholm.
Russian media assert that the submarine likely belongs to the Dutch Navy, IBT reported. Sweden has said that intercepted radio transmissions sent on an emergency frequency suggest that is not the case, the paper reported.
The Swedish military has used over 200 troops and a variety of military assets to try and locate the submarine.
“This will continue until we consider that we are done,” Jesper Tengroth, press officer for the Swedish military, told reporters Oct. 18, IBT reported.
• Douglas Ernst can be reached at dernst@washingtontimes.com.
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