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Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted

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577 points mooreds | 5 comments | 18 Nov 24 14:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.965s | source
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bell-cot ◴[18 Nov 24 14:56 UTC] No.42172843[source]▶
It'd be nice to see stories about a western navy or two getting off its butt, and actually trying to discourage "accidents" which damage critical infrastructure.
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pavel_lishin ◴[18 Nov 24 14:58 UTC] No.42172868[source]▶
On the other hand, I'd rather see cables get cut than watch shells get lobbed between world powers.
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myworkinisgood ◴[18 Nov 24 15:01 UTC] No.42172911[source]▶
at these points, these cable cuts are more dangerous than actual bombs
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1. SiempreViernes ◴[18 Nov 24 15:07 UTC] No.42172966[source]▶
I'd prefer if the devs added resilience to network outage over having navies fight each other...

Especially as navies are just fundamentally not constructed to defend extended things like a cable: starting a war over them is the best way to ensure every cable is cut.

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2. imp0cat ◴[18 Nov 24 15:31 UTC] No.42173269[source]▶
Like it or not, somebody will have to do something about Russia, sooner or later.
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3. SiempreViernes ◴[18 Nov 24 17:36 UTC] No.42174758[source]▶
Could you maybe be specific about what you mean by "somebody" doing "something"?
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4. rightbyte ◴[18 Nov 24 19:29 UTC] No.42175975{3}[source]▶
'Somebody' is 'the US' and 'something' is 'extended suicide'.
5. imp0cat ◴[19 Nov 24 06:22 UTC] No.42180529{3}[source]▶
Sure, let me find my crystal ball.