Russian Spy Ship Pointed Lasers at RAF Pilots

Thursday, November 20, 2025

A Russian spy ship has used lasers for the first time to disrupt RAF pilots tracking its activity near UK waters, the defence secretary has said.

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"My message to Russia and to Putin is this: we see you. We know what you're doing. And if the Yantar travels south this week, we are ready," he added.

Healey said the laser incident took place whilst the Yantar was being followed by a Royal Navy frigate and RAF Poseidon P-8 planes deployed to "track the vessel's every move". It is understood the episode occurred within the last two weeks.

Speaking at a news conference in Downing Street, the defence secretary added he had changed the Royal Navy's rules of engagement so that it could follow the Yantar more closely "when it is in our wider waters".

Healey said the vessel, which entered service in 2015, was part of Russia's Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI), which was designed to "undertake surveillance in peacetime and sabotage in conflict".

"We have military options ready should the Yantar change course. I am not going to reveal those because that only makes President Putin wiser," he said."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-19 04:10 PM | Reply

Hi Corky:

With all of Russia's manpower shortages, Vladimir Putin ensured that GUGI was always well-funded and manned. This is Putin's special weapon.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-19 04:21 PM | Reply

- Putin's special weapon.

Trump must be jealous.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-19 04:51 PM | Reply

Wait until they get a load of our Jewish Space Lasers!

#4 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-19 04:54 PM | Reply

Putin's most effective weapon against America has been Trump.

I couldn't imagine a most successful way to destroy this nation than the actions taken by Trump over the last 10 months.

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#6 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-19 04:58 PM | Reply

Corky:

How ironic would it be if that RAF crew attacked by the Russians with blinding lasers was the same crew that flew missions over the Gaza Strip in support of the most powerful nation in the Middle East?

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#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-19 07:08 PM | Reply

Very... you do mean the newly named Jared K. Strip, Casino, Palace Hotel and Nightclub right?

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-19 07:31 PM | Reply

Hi Corky: And Viceroy Tony Blair will get an airport named after him.

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-19 10:22 PM | Reply

Air Blair Field?

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-19 10:30 PM | Reply

5. Academic journals were explaining 15 years ago about Putin's desire to sow distrust in democracy wherever he could. Quite the success here.

The US did the same for communism (see Latin America) for years, but the Soviet system eventually brought down itself. One must imagine that CIA and NSA chicanery around the world continues and should be "getting better."

Do we suck at that, too? Is US shortsightedness always going to lose to a steady plan that unfortunately the truly autocratic institutions implement?

#11 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-11-20 08:51 AM | Reply

Let's teach those Ruskies a lesson.

Send out King Trumpy with the royal poop plane to poop all over them.

That will learn em.

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-20 11:46 AM | Reply