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==Soviet Harassment of US Search and Rescue Efforts==

==Soviet Harassment of US Search and Rescue Efforts==

[[Image:Soviet boats stalking.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Petropavlovsk & Narragansett.  Sea of Japan.  The fleet tug USNS Narragansett (T-ATF-167) is shadowed by the Soviet Kara class guided missile cruiser Petropavlovsk (565) during salvage operations for downed Korean Air Lines Flight 007.  Official U.S. Navy photo by PH2 Paul Soutar (Released)]]

[[Image:Soviet boats stalking.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Petropavlovsk & Narragansett.  Sea of Japan.  The fleet tug USNS Narragansett (T-ATF-167) is shadowed by the Soviet Kara class guided missile cruiser Petropavlovsk (565) during salvage operations for downed Korean Air Lines Flight 007.  Official U.S. Navy photo by PH2 Paul Soutar (Released)]]

[[Image:Soviet destroyer.jpg|27 September - The Kashin class destroyer no. 660 interfered with the flight of a U.S. Navy helicopter. Radar lock-ons of U.S. Navy ships by the Kara class guided missile cruiser Petropavlovsk and the Kashin class destroyer Odarennyy.An Act of War. Official U.S. Navy photo by PH2 Paul Soutar (Released)|left|thumb|200px]]

[[Image:Soviet destroyer.jpg|27 September - The Kashin class destroyer no. 660 interfered with the flight of a U.S. Navy helicopter. Radar lock-ons of U.S. Navy ships by the Kara class guided missile cruiser Petropavlovsk and the Kashin class destroyer Odarennyy.An Act of War. Official U.S. Navy photo by PH2 Paul Soutar (Released)|left|thumb|200px]]

'''“Moreover, the Soviet Navy and auxiliary vessels committed many serious violations of the 1972 Incident at Sea Agreement… such as attempted ramming of several U.S. and allied ships, presenting false flag and fake light signals, locking on the radar guidance of their weapons… sending an armed boarding party to threaten to board a Japanese auxiliary vessel chartered by the U.S. They engaged in a naval live-firing exercise northwest of Moneron Island, and sent Backfire bombers armed with air-to-surface nuclear-armed missiles to threaten the U.S. Navy search task force… move(d) U.S. sonar markers… manipulated the U.S. Navy search efforts into searching for decoy “pingers” on the sea bottom in very deep, international waters.”'''

'''“Moreover, the Soviet Navy and auxiliary vessels committed many serious violations of the 1972 Incident at Sea Agreement… such as attempted ramming of several U.S. and allied ships, presenting false flag and fake light signals, locking on the radar guidance of their weapons… sending an armed boarding party to threaten to board a Japanese auxiliary vessel chartered by the U.S. They engaged in a naval live-firing exercise northwest of Moneron Island, and sent Backfire bombers armed with air-to-surface nuclear-armed missiles to threaten the U.S. Navy search task force… move(d) U.S. sonar markers… manipulated the U.S. Navy search efforts into searching for decoy “pingers” on the sea bottom in very deep, international waters.”'''

[[Image:Soviet intelligence ships.jpg|Conserver, Narragansett, Alpinist, Moma.  Sea of Japan.  A Soviet Alpinist class intelligence ship and a Soviet Moma class intelligence collection ship shadow the fleet tug USNS Narragansett (T-ATF-167) and the USS Conserver (ARS-39) during salvage operations for downed Korean Air Lines Flight 007.  Official U.S. Navy photo by PH2 Paul Soutar (Released)|right|thumb|350px]]

[[Image:Soviet intelligence ships.jpg|Conserver, Narragansett, Alpinist, Moma.  Sea of Japan.  A Soviet Alpinist class intelligence ship and a Soviet Moma class intelligence collection ship shadow the fleet tug USNS Narragansett (T-ATF-167) and the USS Conserver (ARS-39) during salvage operations for downed Korean Air Lines Flight 007.  Official U.S. Navy photo by PH2 Paul Soutar (Released)|right|thumb|400px]]

==American response==<!-- I think there are tense problems with this paragraph, but I leave it to writer's discretion -->

==American response==<!-- I think there are tense problems with this paragraph, but I leave it to writer's discretion -->