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In recent years, they have increasingly had to rely on the US and other NATO allies to help search for rising numbers of Russian submarines said to be watching for Royal Navy ballistic missile boats exiting from the naval base at Faslane, Scotland.\u00a0<\/span> <span face=\"Times New Roman,serif\">\u00a0<\/span> <span face=\"Times New Roman,serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move closer on North Atlantic surveillance is part of an expanding effort to counter a growing Russian submarine threat said by analysts and others to be approaching Cold War levels.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span face=\"Times New Roman,serif\">The increase in North Atlantic cooperation is not just confined to the UK and US either.\u00a0<\/span>Late last year, Norway and Britain signed an agreement to work closer on training and sharing P-8A capabilities. 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