Joe67 239 Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 sneaky russians, wonder what they were really upto The Russian military news agency Interfax-AVN reported at the time that the fleet was on route to Syria and took shelter in the Moray Firth when faced with deteriorating weather conditions. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/navy-shadows-russian-warship-off-moray-coast-1-3242089 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 Probably they're just rubbing our noses in it with the fact that they actually have aircraft carriers and we don't Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,783 Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 Simple peacetime intelligence gathering, you poke and test a potential enemy to learn how they respond so if you have to attack in the future you have an idea how best to do so effectively. They fly reconnaissance planes around the North Sea and our northern most borders testing our radar and Typhoon response times. A squadron or two or Nimrods would be handy.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,721 Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 I was on a warship 40 years ago shadowing ruski ships in the north atlantic and arctic circle nothing new hear Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJones 7,975 Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 Simple peacetime intelligence gathering, you poke and test a potential enemy to learn how they respond so if you have to attack in the future you have an idea how best to do so effectively. They fly reconnaissance planes around the North Sea and our northern most borders testing our radar and Typhoon response times. A squadron or two or Nimrods would be handy.... As the picture was taken in 2011 I'd reckon our response time is on a par with Greater Manchester Police, on a Friday 999 Call. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 Probably doing a reccy. For next years vote. To see how easy it will be to invade the moray with a fisheries protection vessel and a fleet of fishing boats defending it with wee eck shouting glasnost glasnost 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 By the way the real spy ships are russian fishing vessels Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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