{"id":184797,"date":"2019-03-07T07:49:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T07:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=184797"},"modified":"2019-03-09T06:52:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T06:52:40","slug":"russian-ship-with-vomit-inducing-weapon-spotted-off-uk-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=184797","title":{"rendered":"Russian ship with &#8216;vomit-inducing weapon&#8217; spotted off UK coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Adam Forrest \u2013 The Independent March 6, 2019<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_184799\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184799\" class=\"wp-image-184799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Admiral-Gorshkov-frigate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Admiral-Gorshkov-frigate.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Admiral-Gorshkov-frigate-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-184799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Admiral Gorshkov frigate. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/royal-navy\" data-vars-item-name=\"BL-8810906-\/topic\/royal-navy\" data-vars-event-id=\"c6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Royal Navy<\/strong><\/span><\/a> warship has been scrambled to follow a <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Russia\" data-vars-item-name=\"BL-8810906-https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Russia\" data-vars-event-id=\"c6\">Russian<\/a> vessel believed to be carrying a \u201cvomit inducing\u201d weapon as it sails close to UK territorial waters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">HMS Defender was deployed at weekend to keep watch on the frigate Admiral Gorshkov and three auxiliary ships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A Navy spokesman said: \u201cPortsmouth-based Defender is monitoring the Russian task group and keeping track of their activity in areas of national interest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Russian group comprises the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, tug Nicolay Chiker, supply ship Elbrus and tanker Kama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Gorshkov is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/filin-russian-navy-unveils-new-weapon-makes-enemy-hallucinate-vomit-1316545\" data-vars-item-name=\"BL-8810906-https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/filin-russian-navy-unveils-new-weapon-makes-enemy-hallucinate-vomit-1316545\" data-vars-event-id=\"c6\">reportedly<\/a><\/strong><\/span> fitted with Russia\u2019s Filin 5P-42 device \u2013 a \u201cvisual optical interference\u201d weapon which can cause \u201cdizziness, nausea and feelings of disorientation\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Mark Lancaster, armed forces minister, said: \u201cThe Royal Navy is always standing ready to defend the UK. We will continue to work with our allies to shadow Russian ships passing through international waters close to our shores, to ensure the Russian navy follows the correct protocol on its journey.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">HMS Defender left Newcastle on Saturday to head north east of Scotland to meet the Russian task group in time for the ships to pass the UK coastline on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It will continue to shadow the ships as they pass through the English Channel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Commander Richard Hewitt, the commanding officer of HMS Defender, said: \u201cThe security of the seas around our coastline remains crucial to our national interests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cEscorting the Admiral Gorshkov has demonstrated the Royal Navy\u2019s enduring commitment to protecting our home waters and readiness to undertake such tasking whenever it\u2019s required.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>Additional reporting by PA<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/russian-ship-vomit-uk-coast-weapon-a8810906.html\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weapon carried by the Admiral Gorshkov is thought to cause \u2018dizziness, nausea and feelings of disorientation\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-russia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184797"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184800,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184797\/revisions\/184800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}