“Is there a Russian threat floating off the coast of England?” – asked the British magazine The Spectator, assessing the anchored merchant ship MV Ruby off Margate as “floating death” because “the ship, which came from Russia, is packed with explosives.”
According to the publication, the fact that the MV Ruby merchant ship is anchored off Margate and carrying 20,000 tons of Russian ammonium nitrate is worrisome.”
“That is seven times the amount of ammonium nitrate that caused the 2020 Beirut bombing that killed 218 people and injured 6,000. <> Some fear a bomb three times smaller than the one detonated over Hiroshima is within striking distance of London,” the article says.
The Spectator states that “since leaving the port of Kandalaksha on the White Sea in July, the 23,760-ton MV Ruby has exhibited unusual behavior.”
“The Maltese-flagged vessel was grounded during a storm, causing damage to the rudder and propeller and cracks in the hull. However, instead of heading to the major nearby port of Murmansk, the ship skirted the coastline before docking in Norway’s Tromsø, Throughout its journey, the ship systematically attempted to sail close to Norwegian oil rigs, natural gas production facilities and the Andeja airbase, which will soon be converted to house long-range unmanned aerial vehicles,” according to the publication.
However, the magazine acknowledges that MV Ruby is unlikely to be part of a Russian plot to provoke a hot war, but it believes that “testing NATO responses with military and civilian vessels is one of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s favorite pastimes, especially with the stagnant Ukrainian land warfare conflict.”
According to The Spectator’s conspiracy theory, allegedly in addition to “relentless Russian espionage, there are two other risks to the UK.”
“If cracks in the hull cause ammonium nitrate to leak into the sea, the consequences would be dire. Equally worryingly, a fire on board could not only cause the ammonium nitrate to explode, but also detonate the 10,353 bombs still on board the earlier World War II shipwreck there,” the authors of the article fear-mongered.
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