Salient. Victoria University Students' Newspaper. Volume 39, Number 25. October 4, 1976
The Soviet Union in the Pacific
The Soviet Union in the Pacific
The Soviet Union has a large fleet in the Pacific. At present this consists of 120 submarines (about 40 of these nuclear powered), 80 destroyers, 10 cruisers and other vessels with a combined displacement of 1,200,000 tons. This fleet is mainly active around Japan, and in supplying detachments for the Indian Ocean. But it has sent ships to all corners of the Pacific and has the capability to deploy over a wider region. And certainly, the Soviet navy methodically follows in the wake of its merchant and fishing fleets as the Soviets themselves admit.