A few years back there were a bunch of stories of Russian vessels parked off our coast, not doing much of anything other than being annoying. Were these "cobalt insurance plans" being planted?
Russian spy ship off US coast operating in ‘unsafe manner,’ officials say https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/16/politics/russian-ship-us-coast/index.html
This why these munitions are so dangerous and last so long: https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/emergencies/isotopes/cobalt.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt_bomb
Patriot, it does raise many questions, as I had heard back then that other Nations were sitting off our Coast also.
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