Russian Claims It Captured Secret U.S. Military Equipment

Russian Claims It Captured Secret U.S. Military Equipment. A few miles off the Russian island of Urup, Russian sailors discovered a dummy submarine that a U.S. Virginia-class submarine launched on February 12 while trying to escape pursuit by the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov.
The US nuclear submarine hastily left for neutral waters.
The shot sonar countermeasure device imitated the course of a submarine, after which it sank. Some time later, the simulator flared up and was discovered by the Russian military.
According to experts, the technology used in the American device is not new, but certain parts of this equipment will allow Russian specialists to upgrade sonar systems to more accurately identify enemy underwater targets.
On February 12 at 10:40 Moscow time, in the area of ​​​​the planned exercise of the Pacific Fleet forces in the territorial waters of the Russian Federation near the Urup Island of the Kuril ridge, a Virginia-class submarine of the US Navy was discovered. In the mode of sound underwater communication, the crew of a foreign submarine was given a message in Russian and English: "You are in the territorial waters of Russia. Surface immediately!" The crew of the American submarine ignored the demand of the Russian side.