Newsweek: US sends submarine hunters to Russian borders MAP

Satellite images have spotted American P-8 Poseidon aircraft near Russia’s borders in the Baltic Sea.

The planes are capable of hunting submarines and conducting reconnaissance, according to Newsweek.

The U.S. Navy operates the P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft, designed to combat submarines, surface targets, and carry out intelligence missions.

Its presence in Northern Europe is linked to NATO’s bolstered defensive posture in the Baltic region amid threats to undersea cables and gas pipelines from Russia, as well as suspicious drone activity reported in Poland, Denmark, and Norway.

As part of NATO support, the United States had already deployed military assets near Russia’s Arctic region back in August.

OSINT analyst Osinttechnical noted that satellite images from September 23 showed two to three P-8 aircraft stationed at the military terminal of Oslo Gardermoen Airport.

One of them, according to flight tracking systems, headed toward the Baltic Sea near Kaliningrad — a key Russian military outpost.

By Khagan Isayev