Yantar is a high-tech Russian spying ship. Western sites following up on the movements of vessels detected its presence off the Lebanese coast.
According to (Hisutton.com) website, which specializes in studying and pursuing the movements of submarines and naval fleets, the Russian ship “Yantar” has been spotted off the coast of Tripoli since the 10th of October.
According to the website, “the Russian Navy’s Project 22010 mini-sub host ship Yantar has taken up position near the undersea cables off Turkey. On October 3rd Yantar passed south through the Bosporus with a declared destination of Oman. However, she has been loitering in the Eastern Mediterranean in the vicinity of the undersea cables connecting Turkey and Northern Cyprus.”
“Yantar has been loitering off the Syrian coast for the last couple of days, and is actually moving slowly north rather than towards the Suez Canal and Oman,” the article added.
In September last year Yantar caused concern in Intelligence and Naval circles when it hung off the US coast on its way to Cuba where undersea cables land near Guantanamo Bay.
The website added that “this ship is described variously as a ‘Special Purpose Ship’ and an ‘Oceanographic vessel’ which is a euphemism for a spy ship. She can host two deep submergence submarines for undersea engineering missions. These missions are thought to include cable cutting, laying of bugs and related intelligence missions.”
The question remains, is this ship really in the Mediterranean? If so, what spy mission brings it to the region?
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