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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fucking russians. (that's not jumping to conclusions, that's pure Bayes).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It actually is, given that the ship they found is Chinese.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Time to blockade St Petersburg? And Kaliningrad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

we need estonian Finnish joint built attackers

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The last time St Petersburg was blockaded it didn't go well for the blockaders. Might go ok with Kaliningrad though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Putins Army isn't exactly in Great Shape right now, and opening multiple fronts was in the past Always a Recipe for great success

/s

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe we should PUT more cables down and INcrease redundancy?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So they drag their anchor through the same distance and damage 30 instead of 10. The solution is for Russia to find out, not be appeased.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

The answer is between the lines.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Earlier this year, Estlink 2 underwent several months of maintenance-related closure.

Don't jump to conclusions, could just be a component failure.

I'd imagine an electrical cable is way thicker than fiber and not something you can just drag an anchor over.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

if it's HVDC then there are complex and expensive inverters on both sides

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

And likely armored as well to protect against underground rock slides, dragged anchors, etc.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

Why does my mind immediately go to foul play. And yes, waiting patiently for the investigation to be completed.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Just looking at the image I thought both links were down, which would be really suspicious, but reading the article only Estlink 2 is down. Right now it’s understandable that any undersea link going down is suspicious, but there could also be normal reasons.

Estlink 2 is the bigger link, with a capacity of 650 megawatts, while Estlink 1 has a capacity of 350 megawatts.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Again with the cables?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hong Kong flag this time.