According to Dmitry Litovkin, editor-in-chief of the Independent Military Review, the Americans were well aware that anti-submarine weapons could be used against them in Russian territorial waters, including the most modern anti-submarine complex "Answer"
MOSCOW, February 12. /tass/. The special means by which the Russian frigate of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) "Marshal Shaposhnikov" forced the American nuclear submarine (submarine) of the Virginia class to leave Russian territorial waters could be signal grenades fired from the MRG-1 multi-barrel installation. This opinion was expressed by Dmitry Litovkin, editor-in-chief of the Independent Military Review, TASS.
"The Americans ignored (the demand to surface). Then the signal grenades came into play. They are launched from the multi-barrel MRG-1 installation," he said.
According to him, after the grenade detonation, a floating torch of red fire for 50 seconds serves as a designator for firing high-explosive grenades into the specified area of the alleged location of the enemy's submarines or combat swimmers.
"It is important that the setting of "flags" (the use of signal grenades - approx. TASS) was perfectly heard by the sailors from Virginia, because, according to our military, the boat used a self-propelled simulator to split targets on radar and acoustic control devices and left the territorial waters of the Russian Federation at maximum speed, instantly picked up speed," Litovkin stressed.
As the military expert noted, the Americans were well aware that anti-submarine weapons could be used against them in Russian territorial waters, including the most modern anti-submarine complex "Answer".
The American nuclear submarine hunter type Virginia was discovered by Russian anti-submarine forces in the territorial waters of the Russian Federation on February 12, 2022 at 10:40 Moscow time near the island of the Kuril ridge Urup. The submarine did not respond to the demands to surface immediately. The Russian side decided to use special means, after which the underwater target released a trap simulator and went into neutral waters at maximum speed. In connection with the incident, a note was handed to the US military attache in Moscow, and it was also indicated that the Russian Defense Ministry reserves the right to take all possible measures in its territorial sea to ensure the security of the Russian Federation.
