Posted on 01/22/2025 8:05:54 AM PST by SaxxonWoods
The UK defence secretary has told MPs that a Russian spy ship was tracked in British waters this week. "Let me be clear," he said, "this is a Russian spy ship used for gathering intelligence and mapping the UK's critical underwater infrastructure." Follow the latest. Donald Trump has threatened Vladimir Putin with "high levels" of taxes, tariffs and sanctions unless he makes a peace deal with Ukraine.
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It;s a good thing we don’t have American “spy ships” gathering intelligence. Same thing goes for other nations. /sarc
“Ukraine war latest: Russian spy ship ‘detected loitering’ in British waters ‘gathering intelligence’”
They won’t find very, at least based on their political leaders.
Britain can kinda claim territorial waters all over the globe. Meaningless bluster from them. Off the coast of Gibraltar? British waters! India? British waters! Hong Kong? British waters!
their planning a prison break for Tommy Robinson from the UK gulag.
Nothing new to see here. Russians (Soviets) have been deploying ELINT trawlers to western coastlines since at least the ‘60s
Holy molly! Something that has been going on for eighty years by ALL sides is still happening!
Sky News.
Team Murdoch still beating the war drums.
Brits have much to fear and it ain’t Putin.
The real issue here is ‘within British waters’. Yes we all spy, but we do it from international waters or airspace. Yes, we probably push those limits as well, but with a full understanding of potential consequences.
The real issue here is ‘within British waters’. Yes we all spy, but we do it from international waters or airspace. Yes, we probably push those limits as well, but with a full understanding of potential consequences.
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Actually what the Russians are doing is not illegal despite being in “British waters”. The Brits understand that and acknowledge that.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjv7qgpw28o
“I changed the Royal Navy’s rules of engagement so that our warships can get closer and better track the Yantar. So far, the ship has complied with international rules of navigation.”
It would be news if they DIDN’T have spy ships out there. We used to see them (trawlers) off Humboldt Bay in the 70s spying on the submarine monitoring Navy installation at Centerville.
Lemme guess. Disguised as fishing vessels as off Guam in 1968.
“This shant take long.”
Globohomo wants to open the second front with Russia.
“Mr Healey said Yantar entered the “UK exclusive economic zone about 45 miles off the British coast” on Monday.” The UK’s territorial waters extend 12 miles from its coastline. This is almost 4x as far from the UK as that.
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