Too Close for Comfort: Russian Spy Ship Spotted Near Hawaii

There’s nothing quite like the Russians pushing the boundaries when it comes to spying on us—and spying on us, they are.

The Daily Wire reports:

The Coast Guard said Thursday that it encountered a Russian military vessel just outside of American territorial waters near Hawaii last month.

The incident took place on October 29, after the Coast Guard detected a Russian vessel 15 miles off the coast of Oahu. Territorial waters extend 12 miles out from the shore, meaning that the Russian ship was within three miles of U.S. territorial waters.

In response to the ship, the Coast Guard said that it conducted “a safe and professional overflight and transiting” near the Russian vessel involving an HC-130 Hercules airplane from Air Station Barbers Point and the William Hart, a Coast Guard cutter.

This feels like a high-stakes game of “I’m not touching you,” except in this scenario both parties are gigantic superpowers with nukes.

It appears this new game of chicken may be in response to Trump’s decision to begin testing our own big, beautiful bombs again.

The article continues:

Trump said last week that the reason for the move was because of secret tests by Russia and China, suggesting that they may be conducting tests underground.

“Russia’s testing, and China’s testing, but they don’t talk about it. You know, we’re an open society. We’re different. We talk about it. We have to talk about it, because otherwise you people are going to report,” Trump said. “We’re going to test, because they test and others test.”

I’m all for the U.S. running our own tests again. If we don’t, countries like Russia and China most definitely will. And I don’t know about you, but I’d rather not be behind those two countries when it comes nuclear capabilities.

Speak softly and carry a big stick. Or in this situation, a gigantic bomb will do.