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Canada has reportedly sent a maritime patrol aircraft to aid the hunt for a Russian submarine spotted off the Scottish coast amid fears it could be trying to spy on the U.K.’s nuclear deterrent system.

The Telegraph reports that a French Atlantique 2 maritime patrol plane has been scouring the area for at least 10 days after the submarine was detected north of Scotland. A second French Atlantique and a Canadian aircraft joined the search on the weekend.

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Britain’s Royal Navy sent a frigate, HMS Sutherland and a hunter killer submarine to hunt for the Russian vessel, The Telegraph reports. The U.K. reportedly asked its allies to contribute maritime patrol aircraft to the search because it is currently without any sub-hunting planes.