A Russian spy ship was spotted patrolling off the East Coast of the United States on Tuesday morning, the first such instance during the Trump administration -- and the same day it was learned the Kremlin had secretly deployed controversial cruise missiles inside Russia and flew within 200 yards of a U.S. Navy destroyer, U.S. officials told Fox News.
The Russian ship was in international waters, 70 miles off the coast of Delaware and heading north at 10 knots, according to one official. The U.S. territory line is 12 nautical miles.
It was not immediately clear where the ship is headed.
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Later Tuesday, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News that Russia had deployed ground-launched cruise missiles
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Navy sonar capabilities, a separate official said.
The Russian spy ship is also armed with surface-to-air missiles.
“It’s not a huge concern, but we are keeping our eyes on it,” one official said.
This action by the Russian military follows recent missile test launches by Iran and North Korea.
In the past, Russian spy ships have loitered off the coast of Kings Bay, Ga., home to a U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine base. During the Cold War, Russian intelligence gathering ships routinely parked off U.S. submarine bases along the East Coast
In September 2015, another Russian spy ship was spotted near the U.S. outside the submarine base in Kings Bay.
Outside of U.S. intelligence gathering satellites monitoring the Russian spy ship’s voyage north, there are several airborne platforms along the East Coast that could be used by the U.S. military to monitor the Russian ship, according to one official.
Currently there are four U.S. Navy warships in the Atlantic off the coast of Norfolk participating in normal training, but none have been tasked with shadowing the Russian spy ship.
There are no U.S. Navy aircraft carriers
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On October 4, 1957 Russia launched a rocket named Sputnik ( faculty etsu, 2001). The United States (U.S) was caught off guard. Sputnik had the ability to orbit the Earth in just 96 minutes and transmit a frequency easily heard with an amateur radio (Figure 1). If the Russian could launch a satellite under our noses without our knowledge and have the ability to send a signal into our homes in 1957 it was clear that the U.S. was unprepared and had under estimated the ability of their adversaries. We clearly needed a new way of doing business, a new way of defending our country and our families. President Dwight D. Eisenhower had now received a wakeup call, it was time to act. Our enemy could now be thousands of miles away, and still able to get into our homes. The enemy could get to our families without even stepping foot into our homes. The world as we knew it would never be the same.
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The rise of the crisis came without warning. Cubans caught word of the arrival and deployment of these missiles and hundreds of reports were sent to Miami, Florida. These missiles were perceived to be mediocre. Therefore the missiles were not taken seriously by the people. CIA agents further explored information on the missiles in Cuba and discovered transport trucks carrying large cylindrical cargo that could not make turns without backing up and also discovered some of the locations of the suspected missiles. As a result, photographs secretly taken from an air force operated American U-2 spy plane verified Soviet missile build sites.
Consequently, Russia offers U.S. businesses both high risk, and potentially high rewards. Russian firms and customers admire U.S. technology and know-how, and generally are interested in doing business with U.S. companies. At the same time, there is a tendency in some quarters to suppose that the U.S. is responsible for the changes which have occurred in Russia, especially those which have caused most hardship to individuals and to industry. This sentiment has attracted the support of some political leaders, and in given credence by a significant proportion of the populace. At the same time, a strong U.S. commercial presence is viewed in the Russian Far East as a counterbalance to other regional economic powers.
...icularly important to Russia’s navy and merchant fleets. Russia today is using military force, putting tanks and troops ready for invasion at any moment on the outsides of Ukrainian territory, to try and “persuade” Ukraine into joining them. Russia is also using its Air Force to patrol overhead and support the ground troops when needed. This is how tense the situation Ukraine is in at the moment (“Russia Battles”). It was even proven that the Crimea vote to join Russia, which was currently the first to take a ballot in joining Russia, was a forced ballot that contained fake ballots and many duplicated votes. A reporter even said they saw Russian troops patrolling around the ballot area as well as some voters dropping three or more ballots into the box (Smith, 1). That is clearly a fraudulent voting system and should be investigated by non-partisan or UN officials.
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