NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte Says Russia’s Novorossiysk Submarine Was ‘Limping Home’ After Sighting Near France

NATO humor mixed with Dutch pragmatism! 😊

"... “What a change from the 1984 Tom Clancy novel ‘The Hunt for Red October’… Today, it seems more like the hunt for the nearest mechanic,” Rutte added, referring to the Cold War novel about a Soviet nuclear submarine that was later adapted into a movie starring Sean Connery. ..."

Rutte Says Russia’s Novorossiysk Submarine Was ‘Limping Home’ After Sighting Near France "The NATO chief and former Dutch prime minister mocked the Russian submarine after it surfaced off the coast of France and was later escorted by the Dutch navy."

Mark Rutte

Russian Kilo class submarine Novorossiysk being shadowed by a Nato naval unit on passage from the Mediterranean to northern Russia (Source)