Following the September 11 attacks in 2001 , he directed the UK submarine response in the campaign against terrorism when UK submarines engaged terrorist targets in Afghanistan with Tomahawk cruise missiles . For a time he was responsible for developing the strategic goals and produced operational deployment , corporate resource and output plans for the UK fleet . He led the UK effort to rescue survivors from the sunken Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea in 2000
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
David Russell (Royal Navy officer)