It was the kind of response Canadian military officers expected.
Still, when two Russian frigates appeared on the horizon and trailed a Canadian warship carrying Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the Baltic Sea on June 10, the incident made national news in Canada.
The Russians were spotted seven nautical miles, or 13 kilometres, from HMCS Fredericton as the Royal Canadian Navy ship hosted the prime minister for a brief visit.
Fredericton was part of a NATO flotilla that saw 50 warships operating close to Russia territory. Part of the exercise saw NATO troops conducting war games, just 160 kilometres from one of Russia’s …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
