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Chinese Ship Suspected of Dragging Anchor 100 Miles to Cut Baltic Cables

by pcl on 11/28/24, 10:05 PM with 27 comments

  • by gnabgib on 11/28/24, 10:13 PM

    Related

    Sweden seeks clarity from China about suspected sabotage of undersea cables (3 points, 55 minutes ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42268586

    E.U. Vessels Surround Anchored Chinese Ship After Baltic Sea Cables Are Severed (5 points, 16 hours ago, 2 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42262913

    This story previously with limited discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42256553 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42263100

  • by pcl on 11/28/24, 10:06 PM

    Original lengthy title: "Chinese Ship’s Crew Suspected of Deliberately Dragging Anchor for 100 Miles to Cut Baltic Cables"

    https://archive.is/sa1VE

  • by hu3 on 11/28/24, 11:40 PM

    I wonder if we will be able to completely replace these cables with satellites one day.

  • by ungreased0675 on 11/28/24, 10:24 PM

    There’s a devious ambiguity in this type of conflict. Is it an act of war? Sabotage? Accident? Negligence?

  • by metalman on 11/29/24, 1:24 AM

    that this is a blithe, broad daylight incident, with no attempt at concealment or escape, means that it is a very specific.....response.....to something else....that we are not privy to some sort of spiders in a jar,geopolitical poker game turned grudge match

  • by jkuli on 11/29/24, 2:08 AM

    Another attempt to protect children from the internet? How thoughtful.