The American media recalled, that during a meeting of the NATO countries at the recent summit of one of the issues raised touched confront the Russian submarine fleet. US invited NATO allies to unite to counter Russian submarines, which are presented as one of the main threats to the security of the alliance.
The October release states that, that the agreement was signed by 13 NATO members, and it provides for interaction in the creation of marine unmanned systems.
From release:
When working together with traditional naval assets, drones will increase our situational awareness, as well as control over the seas from our side. With this initiative, allies will also be able to leverage economies of scale to reduce costs., which will increase the defense budget.
From these statements, we can conclude, that the program is aimed not so much at real counteraction of the underwater component of the Russian Navy, how much to service Trump's wishes to increase investments in the NATO budget from the members of the alliance. Earlier, the US President criticized a number of NATO countries (primarily Germany) for it, that their contributions to the NATO budget are less than 2 percent, required by the organization's charter. And the US will also receive additional profit, since today it is in the United States that a program to create naval drones is being implemented.
State representatives, who put their signatures under the agreement: Belgium, Britain, Greece, Holland, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, USA, Turkey and Germany.
From a statement by Jorge Benitez, Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council:
NATO members are worried about the growing threat from Russian submarines and are investing more resources, to deal with it.
Details of the US underwater drone squadron – link.
