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Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted

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596 points mooreds | 1 comments | 18 Nov 24 14:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | 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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regnull ◴[18 Nov 24 20:50 UTC] No.42176841[source]▶
The solution is to project strength and hit them where they don't expect. You are dealing with a thug, not a cost/benefit accountant, as Obama seemed to mistakenly believe. As long as they do things and we respond, nothing good will happen. They have already calculated the response and found it acceptable. Instead of this, go to the mattresses. Oh, your bridge has suddenly exploded? Shame.
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HumblyTossed ◴[19 Nov 24 00:54 UTC] No.42179050[source]▶
"We" won't respond because "we" just elected a Russian asset and he is going to install more in his cabinet.
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IncreasePosts ◴[19 Nov 24 01:40 UTC] No.42179327[source]▶
It's already been settled that the trump dossier from 2016 was a work of fiction.

Why did Putin take crimea under Obama's watch, parts of Ukraine under Biden's watch, but then not make any huge moves like those while his "asset" was in the white house?

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1. a2128 ◴[21 Nov 24 12:55 UTC] No.42203870[source]▶
Trump says that he wants to finish "fundamentally reevaluating NATO's purpose and NATO's mission", and "the greatest threat to Western Civilization today is not Russia. [...] It's the Marxists who would have us become a Godless nation worshipping at the altar of race, and gender, and environment." I take that as a pretty clear stance that he wants to help Russia this term by dismantling or weakening NATO and creating too much infighting within America to worry about defending allies from Russia

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