NATO Secretary General Promised to Protect the U.S. from Russian Nuclear Submarines

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated that Russian submarines operating from the Kola Peninsula pose a direct threat to the security of the United States, particularly to its coastline. He made this remark on November 11 during a speech at the Atlantic Future Forum. According to Rutte, NATO members are working together to ensure that Russian submarines never break into the North Atlantic. "And it is worth remembering that the target of Russian nuclear submarines operating from the Kola Peninsula will not be its immediate neighbors, but the East Coast of the United States," he said. The Secretary General recounted that at one meeting, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre explained to U.S. President Donald Trump that Russian submarines are concentrated near the Kola Peninsula not to attack Norway, but to attack the U.S. "We will not allow them to do that. That is what NATO is all about in action," Rutte emphasized. Earlier this winter, the German Navy received the first batch of 30 new anti-submarine warfare helicopters. The United Kingdom and Norway decided to combine their naval efforts to monitor Russian submarines.