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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: 0.667s | source
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euroderf ◴[18 Nov 24 20:34 UTC] No.42176649[source]▶
So what's the solution ? Assign a surveillance UAV to every Russian ship parked "without a good reason" over a cable ? It would be expensive, but doable, and create a reserve of vehicles for wartime use.
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1. lenerdenator ◴[19 Nov 24 02:28 UTC] No.42179561[source]▶
Make them pay dearly every time there's even reasonable suspicion that Russia has messed with Western/NATO technological infrastructure.

That we still have oligarchs and bratva members walking around on NATO soil in the open this far into things is insane.

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2. andy_ppp ◴[19 Nov 24 06:56 UTC] No.42180687[source]▶
There’s loads more we can do but the Russian government might just collapse if they go too far attacking western assets. They know there will be a response “at a time and place of our choosing” and cutting the Internet properly will be extremely expensive for Russia, they will have no banking system at all and we will give Ukraine weapons to attack their oil infrastructure.
3. loongloong ◴[19 Nov 24 07:30 UTC] No.42180853[source]▶
What do you mean "pay dearly" Not more violence I hope...

https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/12/11/afghanistan-papers-detai...

Imagine if every bad thing USA did... people want USA to "pay dearly"...

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4. stoperaticless ◴[19 Nov 24 11:10 UTC] No.42182191[source]▶
It is not the time to call “but US also did it” card.

When thug attacks, what do you do?

5. lenerdenator ◴[19 Nov 24 14:29 UTC] No.42183805[source]▶
> Imagine if every bad thing USA did... people want USA to "pay dearly"...

First off, whataboutism is a logical fallacy.

Second, Afghanistan is nothing if not a bunch of people who wanted to make the US "pay dearly", even if to their personal and national detriment.

Third, there's a way for the Russians to avoid consequences: stop attacking Western digital infrastructure.