1.   And in December a coast guard vessel fired on what appears to have been a North Korean spy ship, which subsequently sank.

2.   Daly said a laser beam fired from the suspected spy ship left him with permanent eye damage.

3.   Others have suggested that sending out the spy ship is more a political gesture than a military one.

4.   Russia demonstratively sent a spy ship into the Adriatic.

5.   The request came as Russia planned to send a fleet of spy ships off the Balkan coast, sparking a sharp U.S. warning.

6.   Others support using spy ships and planes to gather intelligence up close, but admit they are huge moving targets.

7.   A Russian spy ship was heading toward the Adriatic Sea, from where NATO ships launch cruise missiles at Yugoslavia.

8.   Divers on Thursday began inspecting the sunken hulk of a suspected North Korean spy ship, the Japan Coast Guard said.

9.   Divers prepared Wednesday to inspect the sunken hulk of a suspected North Korean spy ship, the Japan Coast Guard said.

10.   Divers began inspecting the sunken hulk of a suspected North Korean spy ship Wednesday, the Japan Coast Guard said.