Navy battleship spotted on Scots Loch amid fears of Russian subs sneaking in

A Royal Navy battleship which hunts enemy Russian submarines was spotted on a secret operation in one of Scotland’s biggest lochs.

Defence expert Philip Ingram said: “It could be the Royal Navy have indications that a submarine from a hostile country has entered the area and they were actively hunting it. Top news stories today The mission draws similarities to spy thriller The Hunt for Red October, starring Sean Connery as a Soviet submarine captain who heads for US waters.

Ingram, a former British military intelligence colonel and commentator on defence issues, said: “The threat from Russia is 100 per cent real. They probe us all the time. They try to get in and out without being detected and continuously upgrade their submarine technology to make them more silent. The stretch has previously been designated by the Ministry of Defence as a restricted area. It is also a submarine and surface vessel turning point.“Their primary role is to try and identify and track the Russian ballistic missile submarines and Russian hunter killer submarines.”

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