Russia’s underwater spy ship recently traveled across the Atlantic Ocean and is currently sailing in America’s backyard.
Yantar,
allegedly a ship meant to research the deep ocean, has an odd habit of
skulking around sunken military equipment—and undersea
telecommunications cables.
The ship has suddenly popped up in the
Caribbean, prompting military watchers to wonder what the strange ship
is up to.
Yantar is a Russian Navy
vessel, but one that lacks a single weapon. The ship was commissioned in
2015 and officially is known as a "special purpose ship" or
"oceanographic vessel." It is operated by the Russian Navy's Main
Directorate of Underwater Research, which Russian military watchers
believe controls Russia’s undersea spying efforts. more
