Play War Thunder for FREE! Register using and get a premium tank or aircraft or ship and thee days of premium account time. U.S. Northern Command and the Coast Guard have been tracking a Russian spy ship. The ship - Victor Leonov is equipped with electronic surveillance gear and has been lurking off the East Coast of the United States.
On 16th, the U.S Coast Guard sent out a Maritime Safety Information Bulletin warning boaters that Viktor Leonov operating in an “unsafe manner” off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia.
On 17th, the U.S Coast Guard said the Russian ship was operating in USCG’s Jacksonville, Florida, area of responsibility, which encompasses roughly 40,000 square miles of ocean and stretches nearly 190 miles of coast from Kings Bay, Georgia, to Port Malabar, Florida.
The Coast Guard posted on its bulletin,
“This unsafe operation includes not energizing running lights while in reduced visibility conditions, not responding to hails by commercial vessels attempting to coordinate safe passage and other erratic movements,”
It added,
“Vessels transiting these waters should maintain a sharp lookout and use extreme caution when navigating in proximity to this vessel. Mariners should make reports of any unsafe situations to the United States Coast Guard,”
In this video Defense Updates reports on Russian spy ship Victor Leonov operating recklessly off US coast.
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