US EditionStolen by the Sea: Russia Takes Estonian Research Buoy Undetected
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The 50-centimeter diameter device was designed to measure waves.
A Russian warship has allegedly seized a wave-measuring buoy belonging to the Department of Marine Systems at Tallinn University of Technology TalTech from Estonia's exclusive economic zone and taken it to Kaliningrad, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Monday.
Eesti Rahvusringhääling
ohtuleht.eeThe Russian Navy stole a wave buoy from the TalTech Marine Systems Institute and took it to Kaliningrad. There were no Estonian Navy ships in the area, the Latvian ship arrived when the buoy had already gone. The Navy Commander does not believe that this was a Russian attempt to control the reaction of Estonia and Latvia, perhaps the Russians considered the 50-centimeter diameter device a navigational hazard.
Stolen by the sea: Russia takes Estonian research buoy undetected
A smart wave buoy developed by TalTech vanished from Estonian waters and reappeared in a Russian military base – without a single alarm; the incident lays bare Estonia’s limited maritime awareness and raises urgent questions about security in the Baltic Sea. The Estonian version of this article was originally published on TalTech’s portal, Trialoog. A smart wave buoy developed by Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) was removed from Estoni…
(https://militarnyi.com/uk/news/flot-rosiyi-vykrav-estonskyj-vymiryuvalnyj-buj/), the Russian Navy has stolen specialized research equipment from the Estonian Institute of Marine Systems. It concerns a modern measurement buoy that disappeared from Estonia's exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea.
Which was then taken to Kaliningrad.
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