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Russia Submarine Activity Earns Top US General's Attention—'Stark Reminder'

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U.S. General Charles Q. Brown : "We want to be so good at what we do that every day our adversary wakes up and says, 'Not today '" Russia 's Northern Fleet operating out of the Kola Peninsula is an "acute threat" in the Arctic , the inhospitable region now being reshaped by climate change.

Washington is trying to "signal to Russia that this is not a Russian zone, it's international waters," an expert says.

There is a general sense of a return to Cold War attitudes coming through, said Volker .

Russia appears to have "determined that that's what they want to do," he added.

Russia 's increased activity should be "a further spur towards increased investment in subsea and ASW [anti-submarine warfare] capabilities," said Salisbury .