Russian Spy Ship Scans US Ally’s Territory

A Russian navy intelligence ship hugged Japan’s lengthy coastlines during a pointed deployment that lasted at least 10 days, the Japanese Defense Ministry said earlier this month. A Newsweek map produced using Tokyo’s geospatial data shows the route taken by the Kareliya, a Project 864 or Vishnya-class signals intelligence-gathering warship in service with Russia’s Pacific Fleet, which is headquartered in the Sea of Japan. The Kareliya appeared in at least three reports released in recent weeks by the Joint Staff of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, which dispatched its own ships and aircraft to monitor the Russian vessel. Signals emitted by military…