United Kingdom stands in front of it Russia. The British army has decided to take a step forward in the quiet fight against the Kremlin. The presence of Russian submarines in waters near the island has prompted the Starmer government to take action and increase its defense capability against the threat of “Putin’s spy ships”. First, a large permanent operation in Norway was announced. The creation of a new coordination system for submarine warfare has now been confirmed.
The means of repelling or defending an enemy underwater are varied. With the development of technology and weapons, the use of Sensors, Radars either unmanned systems They are a constant. To this we must add the most common and at the same time still basic means such as warships and submarines.
All of this requires coordination, for which the “Atlantic Bastion‘. “The Ministry of Defense has announced this as a ‘response’ to Putin’s spy ship Yantar operating in British waters, mapping undersea cables and pipelines that power our economy and daily lives.”
The system is an innovative defense platform designed to protect critical undersea infrastructure such as communications cables and energy pipelines from the threat of submarines and spy ships. This program integrates autonomous ships of surface and unmanned submarines along with advanced sensors and a powerful network of artificial intelligence.
This hybrid force enables the detection, location and tracking of enemy activity under the sea through the automatic collection of acoustic and motion data that is analyzed in real time. The system connects these unmanned vehicles with manned warships And Patrol aircraftand form a collaborative defense network.
Through this multi-domain approach, the response to Underwater threats It is much faster and more precise because automated technology can identify enemy targets and act against them if necessary, without relying solely on human crews. For this reason, the “Atlantic Bastion” aspires to become a key system in the West’s maritime defense.
The government’s vision is to deploy the first systems in 2025, supported by UK technology talent and advanced digital infrastructure. In doing so, they want to fulfill a main axis of strategic national defense policy and reaffirm the leadership role of the USA United Kingdom in the context of European security.
It is not the first defense commitment the British Army has made in recent days. The UK and Norway have strengthened their maritime defense cooperation through a historic agreement to counter the Russian submarine threat in the North Atlantic. This pact, worth £10 billion, calls for the joint deployment of at least 13 Type 26 frigates, specifically designed for anti-submarine warfare, and assembled in the UK.
Both navies, members of NATO, will patrol strategic areas between Greenland, Iceland and the United Kingdom, protecting critical infrastructure such as undersea cables and pipelines. In addition, the agreement includes joint training in polar conditions and the development of advanced technologies for submarine warfare, strengthening security and cooperation in the face of increasing Russian activities in the region.
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