Thursday, July 7, 2016

Russian Spy Ship Monitoring Navy Exercises Off Hawaii

Undated photo of Russian spy ship Pribaltika (SSV-80). Sources confirmed the ship is operating off the coast of Hawaii.

USNI News: Russian Spy Ship Now Off Hawaii, U.S. Navy Protecting ‘Critical Information’

Moscow has dispatched a specialized spy ship off the coast of Hawaii with the likely mission to monitor the U.S. Navy led Rim of the Pacific 2016 exercise, USNI News has learned.

A Russian Navy Bal’zam-class, “auxiliary general intelligence ship recently arrived in international waters off Hawaii where exercise Rim of the Pacific is taking place,” U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman Lt. Clint Ramsden told USNI News this week.

“The ship’s presence has not affected the conduct of the exercise and we’ve taken all precautions necessary to protect our critical information.”

While it wasn’t unusual at all in during the Cold War for Russian spy ships to linger off the coast of the U.S. to suck up signals intelligence information or monitor exercises like RIMPAC, the Russians have been lax in their surveillance until recently.

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More News On A Russian Spy Ship Monitoring RIMPAC Navy Exercises Off Hawaii

Russian spy ship appears off Hawaii during military drills for 26 countries -- The Guardian/AP
Russian spy ship lurks off Hawaii, monitoring RIMPAC -- Honolulu Star Advertiser
Russian Spy Ship Spotted off Hawaiian Coast During Military Drills -- Washington Free Beacon

4 comments:

James said...

Those russian "fishing trawlers" are looking slicker than they used to.

phill said...

Yeah I kinda like all the little flags too....fancy!

War News Updates Editor said...

I have been told that the reason for the bubbles on top of these ships is to get better Wi-fi and satellite reception.

Jay Farquharson said...

Nope, lazer light shows set to the tune of Gorky Park albums.