Posted on Jul 9, 2016
Russian Spy Ship In Pacific Ocean Near Hawaii Amid RIMPAC 2016
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I Guess Some Games Never Grow Old. I Wonder If They Will Pull the Old Trick "Our Engines Have Failed Can You Tow Us Into Honolulu Harbor"?
Russian Spy Ship In Pacific Ocean Near Hawaii Amid RIMPAC 2016
Posted from cruiserschoice.com
Honolulu
Spying
Intelligence
Posted >1 y ago
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Weird. Not that the trawler is there, but that this is news. Trawlers used to be everywhere. Even recently, they still hang around outside American cities. And this leads me to tell you about the best job I ever had in the Navy.
I was once sent to an undisclosed location for six weeks just to keep an eye on a trawler that was keeping an eye on our submarines. During a 12-hour shift, I wore a bathing suit and flip flops, and sat on the beach in a cheap beach chair. I had a telescope. Underneath the sand there was a microphone wire that connected me to an air conditioned van full of state-of-the-art electronic spy instruments, hidden behind the trees.
All day, everyday, for weeks, the trawler just floated with the current, then started its engines and put-putted back to its position. If it did anything but that, or if anyone came up on deck, I would report it, and my partner in the van would code a message to go over the telephone. "Message in three parts: AAA, YZB, WTS," like that.
One day an American submarine came by, dove, and disappeared. The trawler cranked up engines and raced after her. I reported into the mic, but it didn't work. I ran to the van. The phone was dead. So I grabbed our briefcase of super-secret codes, hopped into our undercover vehicle (which was painted, labeled, and marked with decals to make it appear non-military, say, Piggly Wiggly) and zoomed down the road toward our office, 30 minutes away. Only a mile into my trip, the vehicle ran out of gas!
I walked to a gas station in my bathing suit and flip flops carrying the briefcase'o'secrets, then discovered that the tank (leaded) wouldn't accept the gas container (unleaded). I jammed a pencil into the receptacle, poured the gas from overhead, and got a few drops into the tank. Then the pencil fell into the gas tank! I drove on, faster than ever, and made it to the office, reporting that the trawler had moved 2 hours ago. I felt like shit. It took two days for C-130s to locate that trawler.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs CPT L S LTJG (Join to see) LT Miranda Bernabei MSG Stan Hutchison PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas SP5 Christine Conley
I was once sent to an undisclosed location for six weeks just to keep an eye on a trawler that was keeping an eye on our submarines. During a 12-hour shift, I wore a bathing suit and flip flops, and sat on the beach in a cheap beach chair. I had a telescope. Underneath the sand there was a microphone wire that connected me to an air conditioned van full of state-of-the-art electronic spy instruments, hidden behind the trees.
All day, everyday, for weeks, the trawler just floated with the current, then started its engines and put-putted back to its position. If it did anything but that, or if anyone came up on deck, I would report it, and my partner in the van would code a message to go over the telephone. "Message in three parts: AAA, YZB, WTS," like that.
One day an American submarine came by, dove, and disappeared. The trawler cranked up engines and raced after her. I reported into the mic, but it didn't work. I ran to the van. The phone was dead. So I grabbed our briefcase of super-secret codes, hopped into our undercover vehicle (which was painted, labeled, and marked with decals to make it appear non-military, say, Piggly Wiggly) and zoomed down the road toward our office, 30 minutes away. Only a mile into my trip, the vehicle ran out of gas!
I walked to a gas station in my bathing suit and flip flops carrying the briefcase'o'secrets, then discovered that the tank (leaded) wouldn't accept the gas container (unleaded). I jammed a pencil into the receptacle, poured the gas from overhead, and got a few drops into the tank. Then the pencil fell into the gas tank! I drove on, faster than ever, and made it to the office, reporting that the trawler had moved 2 hours ago. I felt like shit. It took two days for C-130s to locate that trawler.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs CPT L S LTJG (Join to see) LT Miranda Bernabei MSG Stan Hutchison PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas SP5 Christine Conley
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Capt Michael Greene
The Russian spy trawler was undoubtedly assigned to wait there until it saw an American submarine--which were known to pass through the area a lot. One day, as I was looking through the telescope, I saw an officer come on deck ad look through the powerful ship-mounted binoculars in my direction. So I waved at him, and he waved back.
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Do the Russians play with us on Rimpac's? The Chinese navy often does. Seems like normal business. We drive the Blue Ridge ship(s) all around over the South China Sea yes?
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What are the capabilities of a ship like this as compared to other types of monitoring in this day and age. What can they do that other methods cannot?
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Capt Michael Greene
SP5 Christine Conley - There is still a lot of Internet going through fiber optic cables, under ocean cable, and even Plain Old Telephone System wire (POTS). The switching routers placed around the world keep the load balanced, and your data shows up at your node once all the packets are received from whatever routes they took and checked for errors.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Capt Michael Greene - I will confirm the vast amount of Data is transmitted via fiber optic now. As a Past NOS for Sprint I will tell you that it is very secure and that any interruption in service will be noted and there is no way to get an induced signal like you can from copper. As a Past Spook. It is indeed vulnerable and can be intercepted but being because of my Training and that I can "Connect the Dots" (I have special training) I can't tell you how it is done.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SP5 Christine Conley - Nope, Unfortunately, I can't Bastards changed the laws back in the 80's so my skill sets my ability to "Connect the Dots" makes it a Bozo Nono even though the Technique was developed after my time. I can tell you the most secure method will always be Personal Courier in a Sealed Envelope. Anything else their is a trick but it usually isn't as hard as you would think. Old School was simple induction. All I had to do was place a wire around your wire and just used the induced electricity to listen in.
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