
Does a NATO exercise in the Irish Sea off our North coast mean marine traffic is at risk?
Yesterday, a Northern Irish fishing vessel was dragged backwards when it tangled what’s thought to be a submarine off the Calf of Mann.
So far though, no allied country has admitted its vessel was involved, heightening speculation it may have been a Russian sub observing the manoeuvres.
Captain Stephen Carter of the Laxey Towing Company says he suspects a NATO vessel would have stopped: