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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: 0s | source
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fuoqi ◴[18 Nov 24 22:14 UTC] No.42177702[source]▶
It's like 3rd or 4th submission of this news today? One of the previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42175676
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TechDebtDevin[dead post] ◴[18 Nov 24 22:45 UTC] No.42177930[source]▶
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fuoqi ◴[18 Nov 24 22:47 UTC] No.42177943[source]▶
Well, to be fair, it's suspiciously close in time to the recent US/UK/France permission to use long-range missiles against the Russian territory. So it may be indeed a transparent hint towards them from Russia regarding how asymmetric response could look like.
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bigiain ◴[19 Nov 24 00:00 UTC] No.42178639{3}[source]▶
And from a day or two ago:

"Navy undersea cable showdown on Britain's doorstep: Warship forces Russian spy ship out of the Irish Sea after it was spotted over critical subsea cables - miles from UK coast" -- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14090489/russian-sp...

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1. TechDebtDevin ◴[19 Nov 24 04:40 UTC] No.42180140{4}[source]▶
Source, I was a diver in their north sea for some time. These expedition / treasure hunting vessels are common. They are definately operating as low key and under the radar as possible, for other reasons, but they aren't "spy ships'. There is no stealth ship that exists and can't be detected on the surface. The US military learned this the hard way with the Zumwalt Destroyers. If Russia is sabatoging undersea cables, as the daily mail suggests, they aren't doing it with "spy ships". Please get a hold of yourself and stop reading the daily mail.