NATO and Russia Over Russian Submarine in Atlantic
French frigate tracked the submarine.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet said Novorossiysk surfaced during transit.
Russian media reported diesel leak and technical issues.
Novorossiysk is a Project 636.3 Improved Kilo II-class submarine.
Submarine has 3,100-tonne displacement, 74m length, 6 torpedo tubes, 45-day endurance, 300m dive depth.
NATO is ready to defend the Alliance.
Secretary General Mark Rutte mocked the submarine as 'a lone and broken Russian submarine limping home from patrol.'. Dutch authorities reported the submarine under tow in the North Sea.
US aircraft trailed the submarine off Gibraltar.
Russian tug Yakov Grebelskiy shadowed the vessel.
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