Last week's incident, coming as it did at a time when the world is facing the collective onslaught of COVID-19, was seen by many as a deliberately timed act of provocation by Russia's President. Furthermore, Iain Ballantyne, Editor WARSHIPS International Fleet Review, pointed to military exercises in the east Mediterranean carried out against "mock enemy" - commenting: "That can only mean NATO." With the total number of confirmed cases hitting 900,000 according to Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Centre, much of the world is under lockdown.