those are blue states. Putin is showing his might and 45 is talking about Flynn WTF.

This is too close to comfort, ship going to Connecticut.

I haven't heard anything about it except on the web. You can bet a lot of upper level military are talking about it big time. I can't help feeling that we are being set up for something, and that ship has something to do with it. Ideas?

I'm getting nervous.

In the '60s USSR fishing boats (spy ships bristling with antennas) would drop large fishing nets off the stern trying to snag the submarines leaving the Thames River heading for sea.

The sub I was on would weave a path to the 100 fathom curve dodging nets and float strings along the way. 'Chicken of the Sea' has been a popular US/USSR-Russian sport for decades.

A quick google search will give you a lot of info.

nor has he said anything about Russian jets harassing one of our destroyers. The orange one and Putin must be in cahoots.

Hoping they are not planning a military coup.

I understand it's a fairly regular occurrence, up and down the coast, and has been for years. Posters from Coast Guard have said it.

I live on the coast, and daughter has a condo @ a Maryland beach. This one passed Delaware a couple of days ago.

Russkies DO this, HAVE done, and we likely do similar.

we spy on them, they spy on us.

Said its not uncommon. He also said it probably has to xo with them not having all those diplomat spies obama kicked out anymore.

Just speculating.

lolol

he's got his back.

What exactly should the U.S. do?

You are so wrong. Russian ships, subs and planes are constantly probing U.S. defenses. And we do the exact same thing.

Let's see, let's take one recent year: 2015. I think Obama was in charge then, right?

The presence of Russian submarines and spy ships near undersea cables carrying most global Internet communications has U.S. officials concerned that Russia could be planning to sever the lines in periods of conflict, the New York Times reported on Sunday.

The Times said there was no evidence of cable cutting but that the concerns reflected increased wariness among U.S. and allied officials over growing Russian military activity around the world. The newspaper quoted naval commanders and intelligence officials as saying they were monitoring significantly greater Russian activity along the cables' known routes from the North Sea to Northeast Asia and waters closer to the United States.

“It would be a concern to hear any country was tampering with communication cables; however, due to the classified nature of submarine operations, we do not discuss specifics,”

Last month, the United States closely monitored the Russian spy ship Yantar, which equipped with two self-propelled deep-sea submersible craft, cruised off the U.S. East Coast toward Cuba, where one cable lands near the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, according to the Times.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-russia-idUSKCN0SK02G20151026

The Cuba article showed they were close but neither actually had a spcific distance off our coast

Either a ship/plane is in international space or it isn't. If a ship/plane is attacked in an international area then that is an act of war. No one wants to go there.

Nothing new. They are chilling out just outside territorial waters.

No biggie, plus it gives Vlad a chance to scout out coastal real estate for his proposed summer villa.

about his friends waiting for him on a boat.

And we would have one if we had a sane President.