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Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted

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577 points mooreds | 1 comments | 18 Nov 24 14:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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toss1 ◴[18 Nov 24 15:01 UTC] No.42172902[source]▶
Substantial Russian activity also near UK, raises concerns that Russia would cut off UK. [0]

Russian ships ‘plotting sabotage in the North Sea’ [1]

[0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-undersea-...

[1] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ships...

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whythre ◴[18 Nov 24 15:29 UTC] No.42173238[source]▶
Do these nations not have navies? Can’t they tell the Russian non-combat ships (or pressure them) to get lost?
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lxgr ◴[18 Nov 24 20:47 UTC] No.42176821[source]▶
> Can’t they tell the Russian non-combat ships (or pressure them) to get lost?

Not in international waters, which is where submarine cables are largely located.

And even if they could: The oceans are... kind of big. If it were that easy to "just patrol" shipping lanes/submarine cable tracks etc., why would piracy still be a concern?

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