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Russian Intel Ship Spotted Near Okinawa: Report
TOKYO - A Russian navy intelligence ship has been in the Pacific off Japan's southern island of Okinawa, possibly to monitor radio wave data from U.S. forces, Japan's Kyodo News reported Aug. 8.A Japanese destroyer found the ship moving and stopping repeatedly in the high seas some 30-60 kilometers (18-37 miles) east of the island of Okinawa on Aug. 6, the report said, citing Japanese Defense Ministry sources. The Russian vessel stopped its engines and began floating the afternoon of Aug. 7 at a point some 70 kilometers east of the southern tip of the island, Kyodo said. More than half of the 40,000 U.S. troops in Japan are based in Okinawa. U.S. troops are stationed in Japan under a security treaty with the country, which has been constitutionally pacifist since World War II. Posted by: 3dc 2008-08-08 |
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