Sweden: Soviet sub was actually a taxi boat

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Sweden: Soviet sub was actually a taxi boat
By Malin Rising - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday May 19, 2008 16:40:21 EDT

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Sound recordings long believed to have indicated the presence of a Soviet submarine in Swedish waters most likely came from a taxi boat, a military research agency said Monday.

The recordings were made by the Swedish military during a submarine hunt in the Stockholm archipelago in 1982, a year after a Soviet sub ran aground near a naval complex in southeastern Sweden.

The military believed the noise came from the propeller of a submarine, and the recordings strengthened suspicions that Soviet subs were intruding in Swedish waters. Sweden later lodged a diplomatic protest with Moscow.

However, a new analysis by the Swedish Defense Research Agency found that the noise recorded Oct. 12, 1982, most likely came from the propeller of a surface ship.

“Our conclusion is that it probably came from the taxi boat Amalia, which was in the area on that day,” the agency said in a statement.


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