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.
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. Though its presence has not impacted on the exercise, it is considered unusual since actions like this have not been seen since the Cold War when Russian spy ships used to linger off the coast of the US to pick up signals of US intelligence information. Ever since the seizure of the Crimean region of Ukraine in 2014, Russia's Navy has been operating in an increasingly more aggressive stance.