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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Russia ‘launched drones to spy on Britain’s nuclear sites’ during 15-month campaign

The Kremlin orchestrated a major surveillance campaign on nuclear sites across Europe – including Britain – using drones launched from one of Russia’s shadow fleet tankers, experts believe.

The findings could bring to an end a two-year mystery that started when drones were spotted flying over four sensitive US military bases in the UK. Investigators believed they were being flown by live operators, but no launch sites were found.

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