“This is the same if you were on guard and you see the intruder.
The first “shot in the air” is, in this case, the transmission of information to the submarine over communication that it has violated the territorial waters of Russia and is in a dangerous position,” Litovkin said in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel.
After that, the Russian military made it clear that they knew the exact location of the American submarine.
“For this, there are special bombing installations that launch grenades that show the submariners that they were, in fact, overlaid with red flags and, if they don’t make any decisions, the next step is the direct defeat of this object,” Litovkin explained.
On the eve of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that on February 12, a US Virginia-class submarine was discovered in Russian territorial waters near the Kuril Island Urup.
After the discovery of the submarine, her crew was ordered to "surface immediately."
The crew of the ship ignored the request, after which the Russian frigate used special means, and the submarine left the territorial waters of Russia at maximum speed.
In this regard, the US military attaché was summoned to the Russian Ministry of Defense, after which he was handed a note in connection with the corresponding behavior of the American submarine.