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The UK just used a nuclear-powered sub to escort a Russian spy ship out of its waters and away from undersea infrastructure: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/

• pjc50 2y ago
  UK QRA forces have to deal with a lot of Russian aircraft, e.g. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/raf-jets-intercept-21-russian-aircraft-near-nato-airspace https://www.gov.uk/government/news/raf-jets-intercept-21-rus... (2023)
  • Aromasin 2y ago
    I spent some time in Lossiemouth as an engineering officer in the RAF. There was a period during the start of the Crimea War (2014/15~) when Russian fighter aircraft were circling the edges of our airspace almost every day for months on end - it's been going on for over a decade now if not longer. Russia and the UK have a much deeper adversarial relationship than any other European nation outside of the ex-Soviet states. This is in part due to the complex relationship between Russian oligarchs and London (it's often considered a haven for them from the Putin regime), and the active resistance the UK intelligence service puts up to Russian interference in the West. We're seeing that play out again in the substantial support that's been provided by the UK since the start of the full invasion of Ukraine.
• rasz 2y ago
  Hey, see this spy ship loaded to the brim with sensors? I want you to surface Nuclear Sub real close and let them take some good readings.
  • detritus 2y ago
    > this spy ship loaded to the brim with sensors? And yet they still didn't see them. I suspect HM Naval Service knows what it's upto and what its limits are.