The Varshavyanka submarines remained unnoticed by the British aircraft carrier strike group for 96 hours.

Russian stealth submarines of the Varshavyanka project fully justified their combat capabilities. So, according to the Chinese information publication "East Day", after China sent three diesel-electric submarines of the "Varshavyanka" project to track the British aircraft carrier strike group, the latter were fully detected only after 96 hours, although the submarines were in a threatening proximity to the aircraft carrier and ships that are part of the AUG.

According to the source, two submarines were discovered 72 hours later. Another submarine successfully hid from the British Navy ships for about a day, until it was discovered by another submarine.

It is reported that it was not possible to find Russian-made submarines even despite the fact that the latter were at a torpedo attack range. Only after it became known about the sending of submarines to escort the AUG, a thorough scan of the region made it possible to find the submarines.

Experts note that London made the only right decision to abandon any provocations against Beijing, since China would almost certainly have destroyed the violators of its waters.