Originally Posted by
A_Van
Imagine that a Russian sub appears near Falklands
There was almost certainly at least one Soviet submarine in the area in 1982. Doubt they'd bother now; if they want to look at British sheep, Wales is closer. Plenty of accounts of Russian subs lurking off Faslane though, wasn't one of them involved in a collision with a US submarine back in the day?
Come to think of it, Soviet "trawlers" used to pop up all over the place, I remember one being pointed out during a school trip to Culdrose.