article_snippet: Lord West, a former First Sea Lord, said the Cold War tactic was designed to gain intelligence on Britain’s nuclear missiles and warships.
article_snippet: Lord West, a former First Sea Lord said: ‘It was quite a tense business during the Cold War and now It is winding up again
article_snippet: Lord West of Spithead spoke out as Moscow mobilised the country’s entire Northern Fleet to full combat readiness.
article_snippet: Lord West said of Putin’s mobilisation:
article_snippet: The Russian move is the latest in a series of military ‘cat and mouse’ incidents as tension with the West soars to the highest level since the Cold War stand off in the 1980s, when Soviet spy ships sat off the UK coastline.
highlights_snippet: Claims made by retired senior British commander, Lord West of Spithead .
  