I have watched most of your video's and for "unscripted" you do an outstanding job. I'm just a retired firefighter so I have to take all your information at face value because I have nothing to judge it against. I throughly enjoy your presentations and appreciate the time and effort you put into it.

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks

@_John_P

Жыл бұрын

@@HISuttonCovertShores What conspiracy theories? We know it was Biden and it was well done -> kzread.info3uUol-YStyg

@_John_P

Жыл бұрын

@@HISuttonCovertShores You missed the underwater power cables, such as the Nemo link HDVC connection between the UK and Belgium.

@montys420-

Жыл бұрын

@E Van why is reddit to blame for that....?

@112chapters3

Жыл бұрын

@@HISuttonCovertShores yeah man, your content is great.

I can listen to a real expert speaking on just about any subject and find it interesting - the fact that subs are a particular interest of mine makes your videos irresistible! Also having an unscripted discussion leads to some fascinating diversions and asides that wouldn't exist otherwise. Thanks for taking the time to do this, much appreciated.

I was born and raised in sweden, I cant tell you how often we would see stories in the news about probable soviet/russian underwater incursions. Im sure everyone is familiar with the grounded sub in oct 81 but i dont think people understand how scared we were, someone was able to get close enough to the sub and scan it for signs of radioactivity and of course the soviets had a nuclear armed torpedo on board. Terrifying to say the least. The last incident I remember was somewhere between 2011-2013 when an emergency signal was thought to be coming from an underwater contact in the archipelago off the east coast of sweden. Nothing was ever found.

@Peizxcv

Жыл бұрын

You do understand a lot of those news are propaganda designed to scare you into voting / backing certain party / policy right? I am from Taiwan and we used to have bi-annual or even more frequent air raid drills. Nearly 30 years on I now know there were never any intend nor capability from mainland China to bomb Taiwan but those in power used those drills to get support for their pro-independence policy. Same situation in the US and maybe Sweden as well. Every election candidates accuse each other of being agent of Russia / China. Do you really think Obama, Hillary, Trump, Biden is actually taking money or is Russian / Chinese?

@silentone6411

Жыл бұрын

Russia was looking for any excuse to not supply Europe with gas this winter, they are trying to scare EUrope out of supporting Ukraine but it wont work, just another mis calculation by them, you can see all the people trying to peddle the narrative that the west did this in some weird act of self sabotage.

@Peizxcv

Жыл бұрын

@@silentone6411 cool story bro

@NickyDekker89

Жыл бұрын

Of course they had nuclear weapons on board. That's their role.

@foremasp

Жыл бұрын

Turned out to be sardines relieving air from their swim bladders in large schools, the Norwegians wrongly thought for years and years this was the sound of a submarine.

Well, thank you, Mr Sutton. Your videos are extremely interesting, highly informative and educational.

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

I participated in CSG'21 with the Americans last year, we had one of the Yantars trailing the task force just over the horizon the whole time. Our ship was the one tasked with running them off a couple of times, which was pretty neat. They had us close up action stations for exercise the first time, but it was just a bridge/Ops evolution for the others. Very informative and interesting video, thanks for sharing.

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Sounds fun, thanks

@beeble2003

9 ай бұрын

There's only one Yantar, isn't there?

H.I. Sutton posts new content and I can't help but drop everything and watch. I'd argue that nobody does it better - many thanks for another quite informative piece.

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

Your unscripted and unedited videos are delivered better than most youtuber's scripted ones

Long awaited post, thankyou.

hard to find similar content on youtube! your contribution to the platform is both novel, unique in its depth and interesting!

It is al always a glory day when you see a new HI Sutton video is uploaded!

Great video as always! Thanks for the content and taking the time to point out caveats to the information you provide.

I was working in Shetland at the time the subsea cables went down, and it's not often this happens but when France had the same problems too not looking good plus Russia had a spy ship in the same place the cables went down so the royal navy side and was a submarine off the east coast of Shetland Thursday morning it happened keep up with the good work 🇬🇧

This channel was a really great find. Thanks for doing these vids.

Thank you very much Mr Sutton. I hope we can see you in a live stream with the channel "Military and History". It's always nice to hear your voice and share your knowledge.

Excellent material on relatively unknown subject. Thank you very much for posting!

Have been looking forward to another of your videos Mr. Sutton. 😊

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it

Just discovered your page and man this is a gold mine of information.

Just phenomenal work, as always!

Exactly what I was waiting for. Thanks 😊

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

Thx a lot, interesting background info ! Btw no need to apologize for the “unscripted “ format…. you do what you feel like doing and we are happy with the infos we get !

Please feel free to make many more videos as frequently as possible. Thank you for the fantastic content.

Impressed, well done sir, informative, interesting and a distinct lack of drama or nonsense. Subscribed 👍

FWIW, I humbly implore you sir...PLEASE continue making your superb presentations in the 'unscripted' manner --- It is refreshingly conversational while still cogently organized and yet delightfully free of exraneous fluff and chatter. I have learned much from your diligent efforts..Thanks!,

In August 2000, the Kursk a Russian sub sank in the Barents Sea. The Russians refused help from the Royal Navy and attempted to save the crew using their own deep sea rescue subs. But because their equipment was so old and poorly maintained, they failed to rescue the men who were still alive. That was more than 20 years ago. Maintenance issues have only deteriorated in the Russian navy.

A really excellent yet also concise, relevant and extremely interesting briefing. Thank you mate I really enjoyed this one, the nord steam sabotages and submarine tech in general fascinates me so this was a treat. I’ll probably rewatch it this evening with a whisky on the rocks, cheers

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Love this stuff, no apologies needed. You're the man.

Excellent information... Cant wait for your next video!!

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Thank you for another very informative, very competent video explanation.

Absolutely peerless channel for more niche submersible knowledge.

Very cool vid...I did IUSS during my time in the Navy and "worked" with some of those.

The flagship of the Russian Black Sea fleet, the "Moskwa", has an incredible seabed capability. It has been operating there now for several months without surfacing a single time.

@roberterdei8627

Жыл бұрын

Right, how surprising a 1980's ship being hit and knocked out by several modern weapons systems... Sort of like a Chinook helicopter full of SEALS and Air Force being put in the dumpster by a couple 1970's RPG's... You are very clever and most likely highly intelligent...

@erikcrouch7881

Жыл бұрын

@@roberterdei8627 Salty, are we?

@sparkzbarca

Жыл бұрын

​@@roberterdei8627the moscova was upgraded and certainly expected to be able to launch anti missile missiles at incoming ones. I've no idea what happened on board Exactly but there's no reasonable excuse for it happening

@roberterdei8627

Жыл бұрын

@@erikcrouch7881 Not at all, I just think it's interesting that all the degenerates come out of the woodwork to insult the lives (and deaths) of fighting men, because they happen to be on the other side of the propaganda wall.

@roberterdei8627

Жыл бұрын

@@sparkzbarca How many decades ago was it upgraded again..? Following this logic, the same could be said for HMS Sheffield, or SR71 Blackbird or the entirety of the Vietnam war, trash logic is trash...

Excellent analysis!

This is exactly what I wanted to watch. Been waiting.

Don't apologize for the voice, you just sound like you've been at sea. Great video as always, thank you for the effort. Honestly though your voice sounds fine to me.

Very timely.

Very informative. Thanks very much

That pen for the Beluga Whales seems too small -- by my measure using Google Earth it's less than 16m across or about 50 feet. I would have expected something more like 100m. Not saying it isn't a Beluga pen, just that it seem really small for that purpose.

Great video and fantastic analysis. Thanks! 👍

Very interesting subject. Thanks for the insightful video.

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Excellent and Insightful video, will give this channel a follow

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard!

Thank you for staying away from the who did what and when and why debate. But it is nice to hear an informative and interesting discussion about Russian capabilities under the sea.

@EeeDee1

Жыл бұрын

There is no "debate" the US blew up Nordstream

great job Sir

Thank you Sutton

Very interesting and informative.

would be interesting to see what the USA can do ...

@albertoamoruso7711

Жыл бұрын

We've already seen it, ask the Germans...

@boek2777

Жыл бұрын

I was about to mention the same as the original poster. I won't 😂 I've seen several media channels claim that only Russia could have done it. That every country in the world have the capability is never mentioned (does however require access to the area). A retired Swedish military diver (he was the first to vaulantary go into the water when Estonia started sinking) said that the pipe was to large/wide to get such a clean cut with any equipment that can be bought for any amount of money. The explosives used could have been planted by anyone but only one country have the knowledge needed to build the things. Spoiler: it wasn't Russia or any other country that isn't situated in Northern America (don't blame Canada!).

@galdger

Жыл бұрын

Probably at least as much as the russians can

@MrDK0010

Жыл бұрын

Nice conspiracy theory.

@geddycurrent1174

Жыл бұрын

Logic would say it was the Americans. Either they did it themselves or had one if their proxies do it (England). 🕵️‍♂️👨‍🏫👨‍⚖️

Great analysis!

Very interesting topic, thank you for the video!

I have been watching your channel for sometime. I come out every time learning new things. Thanks for Sharing. My favourite submarine move is das boat. Second is u571.

Cheers! top notch video again.

I could actually hear you smile for the 'whisky on the rocks' line.

Another excellent and interesting video. Ta.👍

Another excellent video thank you

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

“Omg is that a war dolphin” - me 22 minutes ago.

Great content - you got yourself a new sub 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

Great video!

Your thoughts on the pipeline attacks will be of great interest. I hope you decide to do a video on that subject.

@misteryman5109

Жыл бұрын

Plus one on that. Of course if you are not outside of your comfort zone when it come to theory crafting on that particular subject.

@albertoamoruso7711

Жыл бұрын

He's pretty biased towards NATO, I doubt he will seriously touch that subject.

@shmeckle666

Жыл бұрын

@@albertoamoruso7711 ooohh wouldn’t that be nice…we can dream…

@paulroustan3643

Жыл бұрын

We all Know who did it, and HI Sutton knows who did it, but he won’t say, nobody will speak about it, especially if it’s not the main narrative being told.

@misteryman5109

Жыл бұрын

@@paulroustan3643Interesting. I personally don't know who did it for sure. Nor anyone who I have discussed this before. I of course have a very strong suspicion of who did it but this is not by any means the same of knowing who did it. We might never find out as the information could be classified and no released within our lifetimes.

As always top notch!

What an awesome video. I love learning about this. Good work.

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

WELL DONE! Precise, succinct, informative. Will be watching for more. Do you have any analytic interest in rapid insertion/ reactiin/ response forces either for littoral or deep area control functions?

Amazing brief as always, by far the best youtuber duding this kind of free lance intel!!!!!!

Excellent video! Great info. 👍👍👍👊😎

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Good info thanks

Great video and wouldn’t have a clue if it was unscripted or not! Thanks for sharing your knowledge

2:19 HI Sutton: sips Whiskey on the rocks

The Russian Navy has certainly invested heavily in undersea warfare. They have even gone so far as to develop an under water nuclear plant designed to power their version of the American SOSUS system. The United States has no equivalent.

@Argosh

Жыл бұрын

Neither do the Russians. They "have" this system the same way they "have" the SU-57. Four were built, one crashed, the surviving three are used in public display flights but so woefully undertrained and -equipped they cancelled the show because of the Ukrainian anti air threat.

@deanboy2416

Жыл бұрын

@@Argosh there are at least 10 flying prototypes (some converted to serial standard) + 6 serially produced and delivered machines... and they keep building them

@Argosh

Жыл бұрын

@@deanboy2416 and that is relevant because...? The Russians themselves claim the numbers I mentioned. To drive the point home: There are over 800 F-35, and almost 200 F-22. The US has 5th generation fighters. The Russians "have" "5th generation" fighters.

@deanboy2416

Жыл бұрын

@@Argosh the numbers you mentioned are outdated by about 3 years. Currently there are no F-35 that meet the original 2001 spec. On top of that 50% of them are currently grounded for an unknown amount of time. Of the 200 Raptors that were built, only 130 remain operational on a good day, and the combat readiness rate decreases every year. as for relevance... you are the one who brought it up in the first place. I could bring up hypersonics with the same effect. The Russians have them, use them, and the US does not, and never had them. Now what?

@shawnmiller4781

Жыл бұрын

@@deanboy2416 The US have had hypersonic rockets since t th hey captured V2 rockets after WWII. Hypersonic just means it is capable of M5 flight or faster

Thank you so much for this real insight, your content is so precise and founded. I have long stated that the new tech is the old tech done better, it is why TS content needs to be transferred safe-hand even today Polly's.

The "GUGI" divers were using Kirby Morgan dive helmets. Those are definitely American. Ans considered the gold standard for deep surface supported diving including saturation diving.

@lugerun

11 ай бұрын

Nah, definitely gucci 😂

Oh, hell yeah! Fresh Sutton!

Fascinating, thank you 👍

solid content, you should get well payed for it.

As a former USN submariner, I will say that this video is concise, and is well done. Nice effort on the Nordstream Hot potato topic. The 2 nations involved with that issue, will likely reap their reward, but the public will unfortunately be lead to miss label those events, as anything but retribution.

@wfwfewfds

Жыл бұрын

This is industrial terrorism and nothing more.

@cabriskus4700

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service, it’s been my dream since a child to be a submariner but I unfortunately have a illness that instantly disqualifies me from service :/

@Bassalicious

11 ай бұрын

Could you elaborate on that topic or more specifically your opinion on it? A few countries had motives to do it but I'm just not knowledgable enough to actually point a finger myself.

We need information on this topic.

Finally a quality source of information from someone whose passionate about the topic they're discussing.

thank you for worldly information about a world I know nothing about.

That was very informative. Thank you for sharing your expertise on the subject matter. Oh and I think you would very much enjoy the books of Jan Guillou. Especially the third one. 😉. I believe there are English translations available. (Original is Swedish.)

Nice watch

I was hoping that you would have mentioned the “Glomar Explorer “ Howard Hughes ‘ sub picker upper !!

Nice work, thanks. Whiskey on the rocks, that's a good one.

Another interesting video. In some respects, I'm just comfortable with nuclear subs, living in Scotland, Faslane, etc., but I'm old enough to have been "encouraged", as a school pupil, to get immediately off Holy Loch by the USN/USMC in 1982 as our school sailing lesson got too close. By their measure. Dunoon at that time, was "little America".

@boek2777

Жыл бұрын

You might be right BUT used so many local terms and shorts that i have no idea what you said (I'm a Swede you don't want to use such local shorts and terms!!!). I could obviously Google everything but doesn't have the time to find the "right" answer that doesn't contradict another answer. Remember that not everyone have your experience and local knowledge!

@ianstobie

Жыл бұрын

The key things about the nuclear submarine bases in Scotland is their location close to where masses of people live. Anything blowing up or releasing radiation would do so up wind of both nearby Glasgow and the wider Central Belt, a densely populated zone running eastwards to Edinburgh, only about 50 miles away. This is still a live issue as one of the bases, Faslane is still operating and is home of the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine fleet, including both the Trident missile subs and the hunter killers. Faslane is located on a deep inlet called Gare Loch on the north side of where the wide river Clyde flows down to the sea. It is close to Helensburgh, an upmarket suburb of Glasgow. Also on the north side of the Clyde, but two lochs further along towards the sea is Holy Loch, a small, deep inlet. This is where the US based its nuclear subs in Scotland during the Cold War. It closed in 1992. The town of Dunoon is close by. I can remember as a child seeing submarines passing by when visiting relatives in Helensburgh. Presumably these were British subs. It's a live political issue now because Faslane is a major base and the British nuclear deterrent is based there. Any future independent Scottish government might want this big potential target and hazard relocated a bit further away from where most of the Scots people live. Somewhere in England perhaps!

Thank you.

Excellent

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Very great explanation. If i may ask, would you like to enable auto captions on your videos? I am not a native speaker, so sometimes i need caption to understand the topics better. Thank you in advance

@ianstobie

Жыл бұрын

These are on now. I think the Google algorithm needs some time after the video is uploaded to process it and start displaying the auto captions. I've found this delay on other channels too - can be several hours.

Thank you

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

Was the Yantar the Russian ship that spent some time sitting on a communication cable off the Irish coast?

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

yes, among other places

Another fine chat, thank you very much. How do they deploy the marine mammals, what kind of "range" can they be considered to operate in?

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Not very long ranged, so Ru dolphins and I expect seals get carried in a small boat, like a RIB. Belugas would be harder but they do somehow

@danielmartin7838

Жыл бұрын

@@HISuttonCovertShores Fascinating. Thank you for your time and the insight

@jhonbus

Жыл бұрын

He has another video worth checking out, about Russian use of marine mammals in a naval context generally (rather than specifically for seabed warfare). Just make sure to remember: _It's very dangerous to give a dolphin the ability to kill_ Actually, I'm wondering what use they put these animals to for seabed warfare. I imagine they'd be good at detecting/locating cables, etc so the submersibles can get to work quickly and stealthily.

Shared.

Red October: "Perhaps in the future the technology for a more thourough investigation will be made available" intensifies

Good Video

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Every country in the world will have these capabilities, mystery whodunnit?

Might the sea floor capabilities of Belgorod be intended for potential recovery of Poseidon that are launched but aborted mission and not sent to target or test fired or malfunctioned?

@HISuttonCovertShores

Жыл бұрын

Interesting thought although I don't think so. Other Poseidon-carrying submarines do not have this capability.

@Saberjet1950

Жыл бұрын

I still think Poseidon is cover for adding some kinda of seabed warfare to more subs.

@Highendaudio1

Жыл бұрын

Deam on it doesnt exist

@Saberjet1950

Жыл бұрын

@@Highendaudio1 Poseidon? you got anything to back that claim up?

@Highendaudio1

Жыл бұрын

@@Saberjet1950 haha, please. Don't be as gullible even the Russian Submariners laugh at this. Your clearly a gamer like Sutton. who started this whole story. Sutton. Who's never been on a submarine in his life Sutton, you tell me where the submarine keeps it and how it fires it if it was real. Thats another thing. You don't understand water ram discharge do you? This submarine is a bog standard SSGN. With non of this BS. The CIA and MI5 confirmed this ages ago. Nuclear powered weapon haha. 😂

It would be nice if you could do more KZread content like this - it's become really really hard to dicpher content and i've been following you long before this mess began so at least you're a reliable OSINT source. Surely you can increase the frequency of these vids? lot's of objective value away from the bs online.

5:54 GUGI GANG GUGI GANG GUGI GANG GUGI GANG Sorry, couldn't help it.

The us started this stuff with the sosus line and tapping Russian cables and listening to military communications

~Leans over and whispers loudly~ *_"I THINK THEYRE SPYING"_*

I was waiting for an official analysis of the Nordstream pipeline sabotage but I guess your not going to get into it. I can understand why but you are the authority on this kind of warfare and as you correctly stated have been working on the issue of seabed warfare technology for many years. I value your analysis a lot and, hopefully, you will get into an analysis of Nordstream in a future video. Thanks H.I. Sutton!

Let’s go baby, new underwater tin can video

I wonder if Russian (and previously Soviet) RTG tech has continued for long duration payload deployments. Kinda like the US tap in operation Ivy Bells but more modern. Just gave most major undersea pipelines and cables “mined” for a better word awaiting a signal. Would explain the cat and mouse in the North Sea

@victorzvyagintsev1325

Жыл бұрын

There are pictures of a NATO "lost" selfpropelled mine that Russians found sitting beside the Nord Stream pipeline...Needless to say it would be good practice to inspect all the pipelines, who knows what other lost munitions one can find.

@termitreter6545

Жыл бұрын

@@victorzvyagintsev1325 Lol, are you talking about the mine in 2015, which Sweden removed (working together with Gazprom) and neither West nor Russia commented on further? Yet in 2022, after invading Ukraine, Gazprom suddenly claims it was a western mine, right. Talk about misinformation ;)

@victorzvyagintsev1325

Жыл бұрын

@@termitreter6545 Gazprom released photos of the mine, and it is indeed a very rare NATO munition. Wiki claims only 25 made.

@termitreter6545

Жыл бұрын

​@@victorzvyagintsev1325 Ive actually looked it up and LOL, this is so obviously bullshit: So they claims its a SeaFox. But you know whats funny? A SeaFox isnt a munition, its actually a mine disposal vehicle. That thing is completely useless for sabotaging pipe lines. The idea that it was there to attack the pipeline is pure propaganda, and youve fallen for it. Congratulations.

@victorzvyagintsev1325

Жыл бұрын

​@@termitreter6545 Its a 1.4 kg shaped charge munition. You can call it a godzilla backscratcher if you want, it will still be a shaped charge munition. Set one off on the pipeline and the overpressure from the pipe will do the rest.

It would be nice to compare the size with the NR-1

I would love to learn more about what the beluga’s do. Is there evidence of how they have been effective currently?

@luctous

Жыл бұрын

Not exactly what you've asked, but he has a video here kzread.info/dash/bejne/l6CLqs6TeZjdg6Q.html for dolphin work with the russian navy

Russia does not operate extensive underwater cable systems and therefore does not operate specialized cable ships which of course capable of underwater warfare as well as their ordinary commercial operations . Modern cable ships carry deep diving submersibles as well as traditional cable equipment such as grapnels. In 1939 on the outbreak of war a British cable ship cut the German telegraph cables to South America in the English Channel.