Russian spy ship that targeted RAF pilots with lasers threatens our way of life'

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"A Russian spy ship that targeted RAF pilots with lasers threatens our economics and our way of life, a defence minister has warned. Al Carns hit out after the vessel, the Yantar, was found operating off the northern coast of Scotland and pointed lasers at the surveillance aircraft monitoring its activities. No one was injured, he told MPs, but the move was a highly dangerous and reckless attempt to disrupt our surveillance."

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