Royal Navy Tracks Russian Spy Ship Near NATO Drills

The Royal Navy and RAF tracked the Russian spy ship Viktor Leonov off the Outer Hebrides from September 29 to October 8. Allegedly, that's what a ship full of listening gear does when it parks near a NATO drill. It was reportedly monitoring Strike Warrior 26, which has more than 2,000 personnel from six countries. An unarmed RAF Protector drone put in more than 10 hours of watching the watcher. Meanwhile, the folks in Washington who want to cut our defense budget should check who's parked off Scotland. Back home we had a fella who sat at the end of our road every morning with binoculars, claiming he was birdwatching. Birds never came up in conversation, and Moscow isn't out there for the birds either.