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August 29, 2012

Russia's Shot Across the Bow

James Lyons, Washington Times

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A Russian Akula-class cruise-missile attack submarine recently transited the North Atlantic and operated undetected in the Gulf of Mexico for an undeclared period of time. The United States did not find out until after it left. This should not have come as a surprise.

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