The Russian spy ship stalking Europe’s subsea cables
Last November, a distinctive blue and white vessel set sail from a secluded inlet of Russia’s Kola Peninsula on a three-month voyage. The ship, seemingly a civilian craft, sailed around Norway, down the English Channel and up into the Irish Sea, before looping southwards to the Mediterranean and east towards Suez.But this was no pleasure cruise of Europe’s Atlantic coastline: Moscow’s military spy ship Yantar, kitted with a full armoury of surveillance equipment, was on a mission to map and pote...
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