Russia has sent a specialised spy ship off the coast of Hawaii with the suspected mission to monitor the US Navy led 'Rim of the Pacific' 2016 exercise says the US Naval Institute. The USS Lassen is one of two ships in the Pacific Fleet that are conducting an annual joint training exercise. During RIMPAC 2014, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy sent its own uninvited spy ship to monitor the exercise – in addition to four other Chinese ships the U.S. invited to participate in the exercise. Ever since the seizure of the Crimean region of Ukraine in 2014, Russia's Navy has been operating in an increasingly more aggressive stance.
Russia has sent a specialised spy ship off the coast of Hawaii with the suspected mission to monitor the US Navy led 'Rim of the Pacific' 2016 exercise says the US Naval Institute. The USS Lassen is one of two ships in the Pacific Fleet that are conducting an annual joint training exercise. Ever since the seizure of the Crimean region of Ukraine in 2014, Russia's Navy has been operating in an increasingly more aggressive stance.