Interfax: American vessel with submarine tracking system entered the Mediterranean 
American vessel equipped with SURTASS-E , entered the Mediterranean Sea. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the international ship tracking system.
It is noted that the operator of the vessel is a private company Hornbeck Offshore, which usually provides services for the oil and gas industry. Previously, she signed a contract with the US Navy for the provision of tracking services for potential enemy submarines. The total amount of the contract is about $ 40 million.
On November 1, the flagship of the Sixth Fleet began passage to the Black Sea. Its task will be to coordinate the actions of the fleets of the United States and its NATO allies during joint military operations in the Black and Mediterranean Seas.
The National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation assured that the Russian military would follow the actions of the flagship, which entered the water area The Black Sea. At the same time, Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed during a military meeting in Sochi that Moscow has the opportunity to look at an American ship that entered the Black Sea through binoculars or through the sight of defense equipment.