Operation Atrina was a 1987 Soviet Navy submarine operation, during which five Victor-III class boats - K-244, K-255, K-298, K-299 and K-524[1] - were deployed from Zapadnaya Litsa base to the Atlantic shore of North America.
The March to May 1987 operation involved taking a longer path around Greenland instead of the usual route via GIUK gap to avoid SOSUS.[2] Developments in Soviet submarine technology - related, among other things, to spy activity[3] - further complicated the detection.[4]
Atrina remains a highly debated topic in Cold War history - while Soviet and Russian authors raise it to an almost mythical status,[1][5][6][7] Western sources claim complex yet successful tracking of at least four boats.[2][8][9]
Multiple media in both Russia and West made connections between Atrina and 2019 Operation Grom, saying the latter was a Russian attempt to break into Atlantics under disguise of Russian Northern Fleet naval training[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Операции "Апорт" и "Атрина"". 7 January 2007. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25.
- ^ a b c https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/october/russia-basks-cold-war-glory
- ^ https://news.usni.org/2014/09/02/john-walker-spy-ring-u-s-navys-biggest-betrayal
- ^ "REMEMBERING: THE SOUND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (SOS US)* Part I of II Parts". 21 December 2021.
- ^ https://dzen.ru/a/ZQvKNdqB0HHqQzJO
- ^ "Хэллоу, Америка: как СССР удалось скрытно разместить пять атомных подлодок у США".
- ^ http://музеймаринеско.рф/operacii-severnogo-flota-aport-i-atrina/
- ^ https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/october/sub-vs-sub-asw-lessons-cold-war
- ^ "The USSR Called Operation Atrina a Triumph. We Knew It Was a Failure". 24 January 2024.
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