• just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    There’s only one country who has been running around doing this the past two decades. They’ve been confirmed to be in these areas, AND they have the capability.

    Ladies and Gentlemen…RUSSIA!

    You sad ass pieces of shit.

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      8 months ago

      To be honest I’d be surprised if this was Russia. It’s certainly not outside of Russia’s capabilities, but at the end of the day they’re just cables. Plenty of the Red Sea is right next to Houthi-controlled territory and not all that deep. Something like this is commercially available and easily capable of reaching the floor of the area near the Bab el-Mandeb that any cables from Europe to East Asia have to go through

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        8 months ago

        I mean depending on how deep they are they wouldn’t even really need that. I imagine you could just drop an anchor and drag it.

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      8 months ago

      Can’t you just drop a small anchor (on a decently large ship) and drag it along the sea floor? This type of attack doesn’t submarines.

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        8 months ago

        Yes, in fact, that’s what happened last time the whole Arab peninsula was knocked off the Internet.

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      8 months ago

      Is there additional reading I can do on the topic? I’ve googled but found nothing but concerns from Nato officials that Russia could engage in seabed sabotage. This comment is universally praised so I guess it’s some universal knowledge I missed. What are some instances when they did it?

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        8 months ago

        Near the beginning of the Ukraine War, someone damaged an underwater pipeline. It was from Russia but Russia couldn’t use it because of sanctions. I don’t recall any one figuring out who it was, so everyone blamed Russia, except those blaming Ukraine , or somehow there was a reason for US

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      8 months ago

      Why would Russian government need to do this kind of thing? You should separate their PR part (which is destructive and incompetent) and things actually done.