Russian spy ship spotted off the coast of Delaware, officials say
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[QUOTE]A Russian spy ship was spotted patrolling off the East Coast of the United States on Tuesday morning, the first such instance during the Trump administration -- and the same day it was learned the Kremlin had secretly deployed controversial cruise missiles inside Russia and flew within 200 yards of a U.S. Navy destroyer, U.S. officials told Fox News.The Russian ship was in international waters, 70 miles off the coast of Delaware and heading north at 10 knots, according to one official. The U.S. territory line is 12 nautical miles.
It was not immediately clear where the ship is headed.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]The ship, the SSV-175 Viktor Leonov, last sailed near the U.S. in April 2015, an official said. It was also seen in Havana in January 2015.
Capable of intercepting communications or signals, known as SIGINT, the ship can also measure U.S. Navy sonar capabilities, a separate official said.
The Russian spy ship is also armed with surface-to-air missiles.
“It’s not a huge concern, but we are keeping our eyes on it,” one official said.
This action by the Russian military follows recent missile test launches by Iran and North Korea.
In the past, Russian spy ships have loitered off the coast of Kings Bay, Ga., home to a U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine base. During the Cold War, Russian intelligence gathering ships routinely parked off U.S. submarine bases along the East Coast
In September 2015, another Russian spy ship was spotted near the U.S. outside the submarine base in Kings Bay.
Outside of U.S. intelligence gathering satellites monitoring the Russian spy ship’s voyage north, there are several airborne platforms along the East Coast that could be used by the U.S. military to monitor the Russian ship, according to one official.
Currently there are four U.S. Navy warships in the Atlantic off the coast of Norfolk participating in normal training, but none have been tasked with shadowing the Russian spy ship.[/QUOTE]
[URL]http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/14/russian-spy-ship-off-east-coast-us-officials-say.html[/URL]
I want to post more sweating nervously emoticons but at the rate these threads are churning out it would become spam
Did heaven elect Tom Clancy as fucking god?
Seriously what is happening. I swear everything looks more grim every day.
Delawhere?
Before jumping to irrational fear, is this the first time this has happened? If not, how common it is?
[QUOTE=Rastadogg;51824196]Before jumping to irrational fear, is this the first time this has happened? If not, how common it is?[/QUOTE]
Business-as-usual since the start of the cold war level. I mean usually it's a sub carrying nuclear SLBMs but I suppose a spy ship sounds more click baity.
[QUOTE=Ta16;51824243]Business-as-usual since the start of the cold war level. I mean usually it's a sub carrying nuclear SLBMs but I suppose a spy ship sounds more click baity.[/QUOTE]
Well article is from Fox News so a course it sound clickbait
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[QUOTE=Rastadogg;51824196]Before jumping to irrational fear, is this the first time this has happened? If not, how common it is?[/QUOTE]
THIS. I mean try living in the UK with the daily fucking mail.
[QUOTE=Meester;51824133]Delawhere?[/QUOTE]
You'd be surprised how many Americans don't know where we are.
[QUOTE=Jonii;51824492]You'd be surprised how many Americans don't know where we are.[/QUOTE]
ive met people as close as new jersey that didnt know where we were
[url]http://www.wfsb.com/story/34509209/russian-ship-spotted-off-ct-coast[/url]
Been spotted off the Subbase here in Connecticut. So literally where my campus is.
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