Just offshore. What are Russian submarines doing in the waters of the Atlantic?

From NBC News world headquarters in New York.

A report surfaced this week that Russian submarines have been discovered

just about 200 miles off the east coast of the United States.

These sorts of submarine games were commonplace 다반사 back during the cold war.

Both superpowers did it. But why now?

Our report tonight from our Pentagon correspondent Jim Mcgoshopski.

In a startling throwback to the cold war and for the first time in 20 years,

two Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines like these have been lurking 잠복해 있는 off the US east coast.

The two Akula Class Subs have been patrolling in international waters this week about 200 miles offshore.

Although submerged, they were easily detected and tracked by US Navy warships and sensors on the ocean floor.

Though the appearance of the Russian subs came as a complete surprise,

the Pentagon today played down 경시하다 any potential threat.

“So while it is interesting and noteworthy 주목할 만한 that they are in this part of the world, um... it doesn’t pose any threat.”

A far cry ~와는 전혀 다른 from the perilous 위험한 days when the cat and mouse games between US and Russian subs were the stuff of Hollywood

including a classic cold war spoof 속임수, the Russians are coming.

“The Russians have landed. They’re here.”

But following the cold war, the soviet’s conventional military broken and out of cash fell into serious disrepair 파손.

Entire fleets of Russian warships were abandoned.

When the Russian Navy did venture from shore, it sometimes ended in disaster.

Nine years ago, an explosion aboard the Kursk sent the submarine to the bottom of the sea,

taking all 118 Russian sailors to their death.

Now flush with new found oil line, Russia is trying to regain that old superpower status.

“To establish themselves is a major voice in international relations.  And you do that with clearly some amount of military muscles!”

But Russian Prime Minister Bladimier Putin is flexing more than military muscle,

releasing still another set of male cheesecake photos this week.

Although this recent Russian submission poses no immediate military threat,

officials here are taking it seriously

and warn that once again the Russian military bears 의무 책임을 지다 watching.

Jim Mcgoshopski, NBC News, the pentagon.