Oct 9, 2026 · 5 min · 5 segments
In today's news, two Latvian men were arrested by counterterrorism police after breaching the fence at RAF Molesworth, a US-run base hosting US and NATO intelligence staff. Meanwhile, Ukrainian and…
So firstly, counter-terrorism police arrested two Latvian men aged thirty-six and thirty-two, both living in the UK, after allegedly cutting through the perimeter fence of RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire early on Thursday.
It hosts intelligence staff from the US' Africa Command and NATO's Intelligence Fusion Center.
The breach comes weeks after the alleged, uh, plot against RAF Fairford led to seven arrests and the withdrawal of all US bombers from the base, though police say the incident appears to be unconnected.
So what? I mean, it seems likely that this, these guys were gonna go and do some kind of damage to RAF Molesworth.
That just seems like the most likely conclusion here.
I don't think they were trying to go for a Sunday morning stroll through the perimeter fence after cutting it open.
So yeah, it does seem...
I mean, just the most likely thing to me is that this was another gray zone operation directed by the, by Russia to try and disrupt or just kinda do a bit of damage to the operations conducted at that base.
Uh, it's quite possible that these two were just random criminals who were paid to go and do it and didn't really understand the gravity of what they were doing or what was actually in the base.
But yeah, I think it's a re- It's a also a realistic possibility that this was some kind of hostile reconnaissance for a later attack.
So firstly, counter-terrorism police arrested two Latvian men aged thirty-six and thirty-two, both living in the UK, after allegedly cutting through the perimeter fence of RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire early on Thursday.
It hosts intelligence staff from the US' Africa Command and NATO's Intelligence Fusion Center.
The breach comes weeks after the alleged, uh, plot against RAF Fairford led to seven arrests and the withdrawal of all US bombers from the base, though police say the incident appears to be unconnected.
So what? I mean, it seems likely that this, these guys were gonna go and do some kind of damage to RAF Molesworth.
That just seems like the most likely conclusion here.
I don't think they were trying to go for a Sunday morning stroll through the perimeter fence after cutting it open.
So yeah, it does seem...
I mean, just the most likely thing to me is that this was another gray zone operation directed by the, by Russia to try and disrupt or just kinda do a bit of damage to the operations conducted at that base.
Uh, it's quite possible that these two were just random criminals who were paid to go and do it and didn't really understand the gravity of what they were doing or what was actually in the base.
But yeah, I think it's a re- It's a also a realistic possibility that this was some kind of hostile reconnaissance for a later attack.
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