Posted on 01/19/2023 10:45:37 AM PST by EBH
The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday said officials have been tracking a suspected Russian spy ship off the coast of Hawaii for weeks.
While foreign military ships are allowed to move through U.S. waters, the Coast Guard said in a press release that it is monitoring the vessel and sharing updated information with the Department of Defense to “appropriately meet presence with presence to encourage international maritime norms.”
Cmdr. Dave Milne, the chief of external affairs, said the Coast Guard tracks “all vessels in the Pacific area through surface and air assets and joint agency capabilities.”
“The Coast Guard operates in accordance with international laws of the sea to ensure all nations can do the same without fear or contest,” Milne said in a statement. “This is especially critical to secure freedom of movement and navigation throughout the Blue Pacific.”
The Coast Guard on Wednesday also shared a video clip of the vessel, which it called an intelligence gathering ship, when it was moving through the waters off Hawaii on Jan. 11.
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Russian ‘fishing trawlers” loaded with antennas would stand off of the coast behind point-to-point microwave shots and capture our signals since the 1980’s.
Wow! Gee! That’s never happened before. I somehow remember Russian subs off the coast of San Francisco in 69 and nary a peep out of the press.
It is so sad, because we could have been allies with Russia to stand against the Globalist Oligarchs and Chinese Hegemony. Instead, we will both crash into ruin.
What gets to me is that this development has all been discussed about or planned for decades. Science Fiction authors have been for decades writing about a future with our English language peppered in Chinese words and phrases as if we at some point had been subjugated by them.
Try to remember the Star Trek episode "The Omega Glory" where the Chinese "Kohms" lived in peaceful villages and the "Yangs" were barbaric savages living off of the land. Their struggle had been going on for thousands of years.
We saw them when we were fishing out in outer Santa Monica bay in the late 70 s early 80s we would bring them fresh fruit and snacks
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