A Russian vessel, suspected to be a spy ship, has been operating near Hawaii in recent weeks, the Coast Guard said this week. The agency is monitoring the ship, it added. Here’s what to know about suspected Russian spy ships seen near the United States.
extends 200 nautical miles, or 230 miles, from U.S. territorial waters, which are the maritime areas extending 12 nautical miles from a country’s beaches.
In December 2019, U.S. officials said a Russian spy ship, the Viktor Leonov, was sailing near the U.S. East Coast in an unsafe manner. “This unsafe operation includes not energizing running lights while in reduced visibility conditions, not responding to hails by commercial vessels attempting to coordinate safe passage and other erratic movements,” the Coast Guard said,In 2016, the U.S. Navy reported sighting a Russian spy ship near Hawaii, as the U.S.
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