Cutting the cable
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Interesting that the ship is basically surrounded by navy vessels and cannot go anywhere, but they cannot board it because of international law. Kind of a standoff at the moment.
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Interesting that the ship is basically surrounded by navy vessels and cannot go anywhere, but they cannot board it because of international law. Kind of a standoff at the moment.
@taiwan_girl said in Cutting the cable:
Interesting that the ship is basically surrounded by navy vessels and cannot go anywhere, but they cannot board it because of international law. Kind of a standoff at the moment.
I'm pretty sure international law frowns on dragging anchor to cut cables too.
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"Staggeringly reckless"
Britain's foreign spy chief accused Russia on Friday of waging a "staggeringly reckless campaign" of sabotage in Europe while also stepping up its nuclear sabre-rattling to scare other countries off from backing Ukraine.
Richard Moore, head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service known as MI6, said that any softening in support for Ukraine against Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion would embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin and his allies.
In what appeared a message to incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and some European allies that have questioned continued support for Ukraine in the grinding war, Moore argued that Europe and its transatlantic partners must hold firm in the face of what he said was growing aggression.
"We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe, even as Putin and his acolytes resort to nuclear sabre-rattling to sow fear about the consequences of aiding Ukraine," he said in a speech in Paris.
"The cost of supporting Ukraine is well known but the cost of not doing so would be infinitely higher. If Putin succeeds China would weigh the implications, North Korea would be emboldened and Iran would become still more dangerous." -
I will refrain from comment on this incident and the near to certain probability of Russian involvement, until such time that the chief intelligence tsarina-in-waiting, the ever attractive, charming and notoriously clever, Tulsi Gabbard, weighs in with her studied and precise analysis.
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Russia is an asshole.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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A Chinese-owned vessel cut an undersea fiber-optic cable near Taiwan, according to Taiwanese authorities, causing only minimal disruption of service but sending a message about the vulnerability of the island and its internet.
The incident was the latest in a string of episodes of apparent sabotage—including the cutting of data cables beneath the Baltic Sea—that have called attention to the security of what is viewed as critical infrastructure across the world.
China is engaged in a long-running, multifaceted pressure campaign to influence the people and leadership of Taiwan, a self-ruled democracy on an island claimed by Beijing as its own territory.
At the same time, Taiwan is working to ensure that it has adequately secured internet service to keep the island online in the event of an invasion or blockade by China.
On Friday, the Hong Kong-owned, Cameroon-flagged cargo vessel was found cutting one of about a dozen undersea communications cables connecting Taiwan to other countries in the region, according to Taiwanese authorities. Seven crew members on board were Chinese nationals, authorities said.
At around 7:51 a.m. on Friday, a disruption warning about a subsea cable near Taiwan’s Keelung Harbor was sent to Chunghwa Telecom, the Taiwanese government-run telecommunications operator. Internet service was largely unaffected, the company said.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Seize the vessels and declare them salvage.
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@Jolly said in Cutting the cable:
Seize the vessels and declare them salvage.
After you get the computers, of course.
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@Jolly said in Cutting the cable:
Seize the vessels and declare them salvage.
After you get the computers, of course.
@George-K said in Cutting the cable:
@Jolly said in Cutting the cable:
Seize the vessels and declare them salvage.
After you get the computers, of course.
Of course.
