"There have been no irregular situations and, even less so, accidents involving Russian naval vessels," the ministry said in a statement.
The Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet reported Saturday that the country's military intelligence had intercepted radio signals between an area off the coast of Stockholm and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
"It was transmitted on a special frequency, used by Russia in emergency situations," it said, citing unnamed Swedish military sources.
Erik Lagersten, a spokesman for the Swedish Armed Forces, said the forces "are not in a position to deny or verify media news or speculations recently published about a missing foreign submarine."
"At the moment we are conducting an intelligence operation in the archipelago of Stockholm with optical reconnaissance as well as with naval vessels equipped with qualified underwater sensors ... to establish if there are or has been foreign underwater activities in the area," he said.
Nine countries have access to the Baltic Sea, namely Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Finland and Estonia. Only Germany, Poland, Russia and Sweden have their own fleets of submarines.
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19/10/14
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Sweden says credible reports of foreign submarine in its waters...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - Sweden released on Sunday a grainy photo of a mysterious vessel in Stockholm's archipelago, as the military hunted for a foreign submarine or divers in the country's biggest such mobilization since the Cold War.
The search in the Baltic Sea less than 30 miles (50 km) from Stockholm began on Friday and reawakened memories of the final years of the Cold War when Sweden repeatedly sought out suspected Soviet submarines along its coast with depth charges.
The military showed one picture of what appeared to be a craft surrounded by white ripples. The witness who took the photograph said the vessel then submerged -- one of three sightings that the military said were credible reports..............http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/19/us-sweden-deployment-idUSKCN0I80T320141019?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
19/10/14
Swedish forces have “established contact with something” and are lowering equipment into the water near the island of Ingaro outside of Stockholm where the search for an alleged foreign submarine is currently underway, local media reported Tuesday....
ReplyDelete"I can also see that they are lowering some equipment, but I do not have information about this. We are not commenting on the operation in detail," a spokesman for the Swedish Armed Forces is quoted as saying by the Aftonbladet newspaper.
According to the Swedish Dagens Nyheter newspaper, Swedish forces have "established contact with something”. Three military ships, including the HMS Stockholm corvette, a patrol boat and a minesweeper, have reportedly gathered in a small area in Ingarofjarden in Stockholm’s archipelago and monitoring devises are being lowered into the water.
Swedish forces first launched a major operation off the coast of Stockholm on Friday after receiving information, reportedly from a civilian, about the presence of an unknown underwater object in the region, suspected to be a foreign submarine........http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20141021/194382486/Swedish-Forces-Establish-Contact-With-Unknown-Watercraft-Reports.html
21/10/14
Sweden May Use Military Force Against Alleged Submarine: Armed Forces Chief ...
ReplyDeleteSweden may resort to the use of force against the alleged foreign submarine in the Stockholm archipelago, Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces Sverker Goranson said on Tuesday.
"If someone is in Swedish internal waters. . . I find it entirely appropriate to also use military force," Goranson is quoted as saying by the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper.
He noted, however, that if a watercraft is found, Swedish forces would try to move it up to the surface without causing damage.
Goranson again stated that it is "likely that there is or has been underwater activity in Stockholm's archipelago", but refrained from elaborating due to operational security reasons..............http://en.ria.ru/world/20141021/194397890/Sweden-May-Use-Military-Force-Against-Alleged-Submarine-Armed.html
21/10/14
Swedish Armed forces are ready to use force if they detect any foreign submarine in the waters of the Stockholm Archipelago, the supreme commander general said as the operation in search of the underwater threat entered its fifth day....
Delete"Our aim now is to force whatever it is up to the surface... with armed force, if necessary," Sverker Göranson said, as cited by the Local.
He added that "the most important value of the operation - regardless of whether we find something -- is to send a very clear signal that Sweden and its armed forces are acting and are ready to act when we think this kind of activity is violating our borders.”
According to Göranson, submarines are “extremely difficult” to detect and Sweden has never managed to find them in the past..............http://rt.com/news/198036-sweden-sub-search-force/
22/10/14
Sweden Hasn't Asked US to Help Find Submarine: Pentagon ...
ReplyDeleteSweden has not asked the United States for assistance in finding an alleged submarine in the Stockholm archipelago, Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said.
“I am not aware of any outreach by the Swedish government for assistance and let me take that for the record nothing has certainly been made to me in terms of any request that they may have made,” Kirby stated Tuesday..............http://en.ria.ru/russia/20141022/194412974/Sweden-Hasnt-Asked-US-to-Help-Find-Submarine.html
22/10/14
Während die schwedische Marine in der Ostsee nach einem mysteriösen U-Boot sucht, beobachtet die Nato den Luftraum darüber. Dort gab es bereits zweimal einen Vorfall mit einer russischen Maschine....
ReplyDeleteIn den vergangenen beiden Tagen haben Nato-Flugzeuge zweimal russische Flugzeuge über der Ostsee abgefangen. F-16-Jets des Bündnisses hätten am Dienstag ein russisches Iljuschin-20-Überwachungsflugzeug aufgehalten, teilte die lettische Armee über Twitter mit. Die Nato bestätigte, dass es einen Vorfall mit einer russischen Maschine gegeben habe, konnte aber noch keine Details nennen.
Bereits am Montag sei ein russisches Flugzeug in internationalem Luftraum geflogen, habe aber kein Gebiet eines Bündnismitglieds verletzt, teilte Oberstleutnant Robert Gericke von der Nato mit. Seinen Angaben zufolge starteten zwei kanadische F-18 Hornet-Jets vom Luftwaffenstützpunkt Siauliai in Litauen und verfolgten das russische Flugzeug rund 15 Minuten lang. Sie seien zur Basis zurückgekehrt, nachdem die Identifizierung erfolgreich abgeschlossen worden sei, hieß es in einer Erklärung der Nato................http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/internationaler-luftraum-nato-faengt-russische-flugzeuge-ueber-der-ostsee-ab/10871502.html
22/10/14
Swedish Submarine Search Entering ‘New Phase’: Armed Forces Spokesperson...
ReplyDeleteSweden’s search for an alleged foreign submarine is entering a “new phase” and will continue for as long as it is needed, the Swedish Armed Forces said Wednesday.
“The Armed Forces can now say that the operation enters a new phase. The tactical commander has decided to relocate his units. Some of the vessels that have been to sea have been moved to land. Crews will remain on these vessels and will be on high alert,” the Swedish Armed Forces’ spokesperson Erik Lagersten told reporters..............http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20141022/194439347/Swedish-Submarine-Search-Entering-New-Phase-Armed-Forces.html
22/10/14
Sweden said on Wednesday (Oct 22) it was pulling back part of its navy which has been searching for a suspected Russian submarine off the coast of Stockholm for nearly a week with no vessel found...
ReplyDeleteBattleships, minesweepers, helicopters and more than 200 troops have scoured an area about 30 to 60 kilometres from the Swedish capital since Friday following reports of a "man-made object" in the water.
"Some of the ships have returned to port," armed forces spokesman Erik Lagersten told reporters, adding that it was a "new phase" and not a scaling down of the operation. "Ground and airforce units as well as some naval units are staying in the area."..............http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/sweden-pulls-back-ships/1429836.html
22/10/14
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ReplyDelete"Операция продолжается. Район поисков остается тем же, по-прежнему задействованы все силы", - отметил Энандер. Военные, как и ранее, не раскрывают деталей.
"Мы подчеркиваем, что речь не идет о поиске подлодки, несмотря на сведения в СМИ", - добавляет Энандер.
В минувшую пятницу шведские военные начали усиленные поиски иностранной подводной лодки в акватории Стокгольмского архипелага. Местные СМИ утверждали, что объектом поисковой операции может быть российская подлодка. В частности, газета "Свенска дагбладет" предполагает, что субмарина может находиться в аварийном состоянии.............http://itar-tass.com/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/1526604
23/10/14
Sweden's submarine search heats up tension in Baltic region — Russian Defense Ministry...
ReplyDeleteThe expansion of the zone of the search for “foreign submarine activity” by Sweden is heating up tension in the Baltic region, spokesman for the Russian Defence Ministry Major General Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Friday.
On Thursday, the General Staff of the Swedish army said the operation to search for “foreign submarine activity” in the Stockholm archipelago water area continues. The operation details were not disclosed. Swedish media say it is the search for a Russian submarine.
“Such unjustified actions of the Swedish Defence Ministry, backed by cold war rhetoric today only exacerbate tension in the region. They may result not in the strengthening of a separate country’s security, but in undermining of the foundations of marine economic activity in the Baltic Sea region,” Konashenkov said...................http://en.itar-tass.com/world/756183
24/10/14
The Swedish Navy has halted its search for an alleged foreign submarine in the country's territorial waters near Stockholm, The Local cited the Navy as saying Friday....
ReplyDelete"At 8 a.m. local time (06:00 GMT) a major naval operation, launched in the area of the [Stockholm] archipelago last Friday, has completed," the Navy said in a statement broadcast by the local television.
No reason was given for abandoning the search.............http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20141024/194521122/Sweden-Calls-off-Hunt-for-Foreign-Submarine-in-Territorial.html
24/10/14
Sweden submarine search called off ...
ReplyDeleteThe Swedish military has called off its week-long search for a suspected submarine in the sea south of Stockholm, officials say.
Naval vessels and planes have been searching the Stockholm archipelago for the last week, amid suspicions a Russian submarine was in trouble there.
Russia's defence ministry denied any of its ships were involved.
The vessel, whatever it was, is now believed to have left Sweden's territorial waters.
The Swedish operation was reported to have been the country's biggest military mobilisation since the Cold War.................http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29752368
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