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Yi Peng 3 crossed both cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke

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499 points perihelions | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 06:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | source
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mitjam ◴[20 Nov 24 11:52 UTC] No.42193017[source]▶
It was crossing right on time for the interruptions, a Russian officer was on board, it slowed down while crossing, no other ships were slowing down in that area during that time (rulingnout headwinds) - it cannot get much clearer. China is now participating in hybrid warfare against Europe (unless they present stronger evidence against this assumption)
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giraffe_lady ◴[20 Nov 24 14:53 UTC] No.42194394[source]▶
Why did they leave AIS on?
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diggan ◴[20 Nov 24 14:58 UTC] No.42194440[source]▶
Having AIS on is mandatory. I'm sure turning it off would raise even higher warning flags than just leaving it on while doing your shady stuff.

Regardless, there are satellites covering the area, so you wouldn't get rid of being tracked anyways, would just be a bit slower.

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1. jeroenhd ◴[20 Nov 24 15:11 UTC] No.42194556[source]▶
Having AIS on is mandatory, but in practice a lot of ships turn it off regardless. From shadow oil fleets laundering sanctioned oil to fishermen, fake or disabled AIS systems are hardly an exception.

I don't think Russia is trying to hide their sabotage, though. Even with AIS disabled, there's no way European intelligence agencies didn't know what ships were floating above these cables at the time they went down.

This was a warning, not a secret operation.