J.E. Dyer
The Optimistic Conservative, Jan. 30, 2022
“As with all such dramas, there is backstory. And that’s what interests us, and may hold a key to where all this is going.”
The initial indication of it came in a form that, in different circumstances, is usually prosaic: a hazard notice to airmen (NOTAM) lodged by Russia for an area about 170 nautical miles (NM) southwest of Ireland’s southwest coast.
The NOTAM indicates that the Russian navy will undertake live weapons firing in that area between 3 and 8 February 2022. The hazard area is in international waters (although it falls within Ireland’s EEZ), and there is nothing unlawful about the Russian plan to conduct live firing there.
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