After crossing the Gibraltar Strait, next to the Russian ship, the Spanish patrol ship Audaz appeared – the Itamilradar portal said on Wednesday, tracking the movement of ships and ships in the Mediterranean.
Last weekend, 100-meter Wiktor Leonov, flowing through the waters controlled by Ireland, ignored the attempts to establish communication. For 36 hours he was followed by the Samuel Beckett Irish Maritime Service ship, and the air was monitored by the Irish Air Corps patrol aircraft and British RAF reconnaissance aircraft.
The Irish media, citing sources in the Ministry of Defense, speculated that Wiktor Leonow was heading for Kuba. But his current course shows that he will perform a espionage mission on NATO southern flank.
Wiktor Leonow. This is the role of “spy on the water”
Wiktor Leonow is one of several ships from Soviet times, designed to collect intelligence information, equipped with the possibility of capturing radio and radio listening signals. It probably also has underwater monitoring equipment.
The ship has a documented history of spy operations in British waters, especially American, where it was observed many times near American sea installations around Florida. He was also detected when he followed American submarines.
