“There is no doubt, we have excluded all other explanations. Swedish territory has been seriously and unacceptably violated by a foreign power,” said Supreme Commander Sverker Göranson in a statement.
The statement did not disclose the nationality of the submarine, but it is widely believed to have been Russian, a theory that was fueled by local news reports that Swedish military intelligence intercepted radio signals off the coast of Sweden to Kaliningrad, home to much of Russia's Baltic fleet, and that they were transmitted on a special emergency frequency.
Russia denied one of its vessels was involved.
The hunt for the submarine, which was first spotted on Oct. 17, was the biggest mobilization of Swedish military forces since the Cold War, and included 200 men, stealth ships, minesweepers and helicopters. The search lasted a week.
Swedish military officials called the evidence they collected highly credible, and included a photo of an object taken by a “member of the public” that showed an object moving at a speed of 1 knot. The photo, they said, showed a spray of water characteristic of submarine movement.
Another civilian observed “an underwater body with distinctive features,” the statement said.
Swedish armed forces also collected data that they said generated a pattern confirming “a foreign power has violated Swedish territorial integrity.”..................http://www.voanews.com/content/sweden-confirms-submarine-presence/2520413.html
14/11/14
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