I miss Russia, Russia, Russia.
And Stormy Daniels.
And Avenatti.
Cohen in Prague.
Steele and pee-pee tapes.
Those were simpler times.
From Naval News, August 19:
Russia's secretive special survey ship Yantar raises eyebrows when she appears off Western shores. She has previously been noted conducting operations off Syria, in the Persian Gulf and off Americas. And elsewhere. Now she is off the coast of Ireland, loitering in the vicinity of underwater internet cables.
The Russian Navy related ship Yantar has turned up off the Atlantic coast of Ireland. An Irish Defence Forces spokesperson said that the Irish Navy is aware of the ship.
The ship carries a range of deep-diving submersibles and sonar systems and has been suspected of operating on undersea cables before.
Yantar took up a stationary position between two undersea internet cables on Tuesday morning. According to AIS (automated identification system) positions collected by MarineTraffic.com, the ship moved into a position between the cables around 4am local time. She has remained there for most of Wednesday before resuming her journey southwest....
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