Britain’s response to Russian ‘spy ship’ is game of political messaging – for now | Defence policy
Submarines normally operate in secret, lurking in the deep. So when the British defence secretary, John Healey, authorised a Royal Navy Astute-class attack sub to surface close to the Russian “spy ship” Yantar south of Cornwall in November, it was unusual enough. What was even more notable, however, was that the minister went on to…