Britain’s defense minister declined to comment on the incident with an unnamed Russian military ship, which approached the coast of Scotland 30 miles last week on New Year’s Eve.
Very interesting explanation;
However, as a result of the military budget cuts, Britain’s only combat-capable ship, the Defender Type 45 destroyer, was in Portsmouth, 600 miles from the Russian ship moving along the coast of Scotland, so HMS Defender was able to arrive to intercept only 24 hours later, when the Russian ship was already leaving the coast of Scotland in the direction of neutral waters.