Coast Guard Hoax Bomb Caller Claims to Work for Russia

The U.S. Coast Guard needs help in identifying a hoax caller who is threatening to bomb planes and sink ships for the Russian government through marine band radio off the gulf coast of Florida.

Officials recently released a recording of the threat that was made to Coast Guard personnel on Aug. 13 on VHF channel 22A, hoping someone will recognize his voice.

“Attention all Coast Guard stations, the next time you scramble any aircraft carrier we’re going to bomb your [expletive] jets. Number two, the next time you send off any aircraft carrier or helicopters … I will sink your ships, ” the man says in the Aug. 13 recording.

Read more at the Miami Herald

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