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A FARTING whale is thought to have sparked fears that Russian drones were targeting UK nuclear subs. The suspected blow-offs were picked up twice by Navy sensors scanning the area for signs of enemy activity. It raised concerns that one of Vladimir Putin’s drone subs had dropped a listening device on to the seabed between the Isle of Raasay and Applecross in North West Scotland. But a Naval official told The Sun: “We have been analysing the sounds and now believe it was a marine mammal. A whale.” However, another source said they were still worried, adding: “We are taking...