Europe on Alert Over Suspected Sabotage of Undersea Cables (theguardian.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/05/1928223/europe-on-alert-over-suspected-sabotage-of-undersea-cables
- Source link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/mar/05/shadow-fleets-subaquatic-sabotage-europe-undersea-internet-cables-under-attack
Finnish authorities detained the tanker Eagle S in December after it allegedly damaged three undersea fiber-optic connections with Estonia and one with Germany. The vessel, carrying Russian oil as part of a "shadow fleet" evading sanctions, made suspicious course changes while crossing cable routes.
In November, two more submarine cables in the Baltic were damaged, with investigations focusing on Chinese-owned cargo ship Yi Peng 3, which reduced speed near the cables and turned off its transponder. NATO launched Baltic Sentry in January to enhance surveillance, deploying ships and naval drones off Estonia's coast. The alliance also established a coordination cell following the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage.
Russia has denied involvement, accusing NATO of using "myths" to increase its Baltic presence.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/mar/05/shadow-fleets-subaquatic-sabotage-europe-undersea-internet-cables-under-attack
What will the White House say? (Score:3)
Good job, Russia and China?
Re: (Score:2)
The blame will get placed one or more of the following:
DEI
Immigrants
Biden
"woke"
Obama
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> The blame will get placed one or more of the following:
> DEI Immigrants Biden "woke" Obama
Biden. Everything is Biden's fault. Worst administration in United States history. Open borders. Let in all the rapists and murderers. Encouraged cutting of undersea cables. Made mimosas in the early afternoon. Sometimes served meals in the Whitehouse that were something other than fast food. It was terrible. Terrible tragedy. Horrible time to have to survive.
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Biden has been dead for years. He's a zombie controlled by Obama's Kenyan Muslim evil juju.
WAKE UP, SHEEPLE!
Trump is controlled by Russia (Score:2)
Trump is controlled by Russia
I would love to be wrong, but nothing else explains his actions since becoming president.
Even Musk's right-leaning AI, Grok, agrees: https://x.com/jeffreymlevy/status/1897013490067685745
Is there nothing America can now do to save itself from total Russian control ?
Thats easy (Score:2)
Cut their cables
Re: (Score:2)
Have their ships experience unexplained explosions in their engines.
"shadow fleet" evading sanctions (Score:1)
What? So sanctions don't work? Well I'll be!
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the US thinking it has some sort of worldwide authority to impose sanctions.....
the rest of the world is sick of it too.
time to pull your heads in, and stop being bullies. those you've bullied are positioning themselves to lay an ass whooping that will be a hell of a lot more damaging to the US economy than being respectful, humble, cooperative international community members.
China (Score:2)
I recall they released the Yi Peng 3 almost immediately after their perfunctory "investigation."
Maybe Europe needs to stop being a cuck player in the world. Don't like Russians and Chinese fucking with your cables and your neighbors? Arm up. The days of lounging in the NATO hammock and feathering your nest have ended. And yes, that does mean that cheering for US rivals isn't going to be as fun as it has been: no more being the perpetual nice guys while those cowboys in 'murica keep everything between
So likely NOT Russia... (Score:1)
... so sick and tired of this BS narrative.
informed people don't believe this garbage any more. we've clearly been lied to for decades.
comrade trump (Score:1)
Well, we all know that trump went through a lot with putin, this is just one more of these things. Estonians should just stop playing with WWIII, it's obvious who is on the wrong side here.