Third cut cable by a ship from russia (or with russian captain).
Scandinavians: "We just don't know what happened!"
If this was dragged off with an anchor or similar it's a fucking declaration of war.
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Third cut cable by a ship from russia (or with russian captain).
Scandinavians: "We just don't know what happened!"
If this was dragged off with an anchor or similar it's a fucking declaration of war.
Not that I want to defend Russians hereβbut at surface-level, this appears to be the second Chinese ship in a row to do something like this.
I don't think that the flag is likely all that relevant.
Assuming both (a) this was the result of a ship dragging an anchor over the cable as it crossed over and (b) the severing isn't accidental, Russia could have just paid off someone on the ship to drag an anchor. They wouldn't need to involve the Chinese government.
Like, think of those cases in 2024 where Russian intelligence sought out and paid off criminals in Europe to perform acts of sabotage, mostly arson. The people involved were nationals of other countries in Europe, but it's not like they're acting as agents of the state whose nationality they hold. They're just willing to take some level of personal risk for money.
EDIT:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68899130
Like, the ~~three~~ five guys in that incident were British, but that's not really the relevant factor -- that doesn't mean that 10 Downing Street is involved.
With a Russian captain again as well?
I don't actually know where the information about the Russian captain is coming from.
The previous Chinese ship suspected of internet cable sabotage had a russian captain.
I see
It's just that they fly a flag of convenience, but the crew, apparently is mostly Russian.
It's one thing to know and another one to speak out loud.
I feel we are way beyond that point.
Sounds like Europe is going to have to get tough on China or else Chinese ships are going to keep doing this.
Pretty sure it's just Russia behind this. They are trying to get Europe to alienate China too, which would naturally make China align more with Russia. Even if it were China behind this, we cannot fight an economic war against China, it's just not doable.
Itβs both, but China is the bigger partner of the two.
You cannot appease China enough to make them side with you.
Capitalisation matters.
The context should tell people it's obviously megawatts, but a gentle reminder how capitalisation matters; "mw" isn't a SI unit technically, as the SI system capitalizes units which are named after people, so W for watt, named after Watt.
Lowercase m is the prefix for "milli-", meaning 1/1000th. Uppercase M is for "mega-" as in 1 000 000.
So 650 MW.