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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: 0.639s | source
1. SiempreViernes ◴[18 Nov 24 15:20 UTC] No.42173135[source]▶
I look forward to everybody completely missing the resolution to this mystery when it turns out it was something like a Danish sailing boat that got unlucky with their anchor...
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2. lxgr ◴[18 Nov 24 20:51 UTC] No.42176867[source]▶
How does the saying go? Once [1] is happenstance, twice [2] is coincidence, but thrice [3]...

[1] https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/finnish-governme...

[2] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sweden-says-telecom-cab...

[3] https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/europe/undersea-cable-disrupt...

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3. threeseed ◴[18 Nov 24 22:30 UTC] No.42177809[source]▶
Also a Russian spy ship was escorted out of Irish waters a few days ago:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/16/russian-spy-sh...

4. SiempreViernes ◴[19 Nov 24 00:23 UTC] No.42178836[source]▶
Wrong thrice, the third thing NewNew Polar Bear destroyed that day was a Russian telecoms cable: https://www.marinelink.com/news/russian-firm-says-baltic-tel...
5. yakshaving_jgt ◴[19 Nov 24 12:23 UTC] No.42182665[source]▶
A Danish sailing boat with 460 meters of anchor chain? Really?