Re: 2 undersea cables cut

[Daniel Golding <dgolding () gmail com>]

Intent? This is almost certainly sabotage. I'm unsure why there are such
mental gymnastics. Submarine cables are sabotaged periodically.

Dan

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 11:02 AM Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc> wrote:

> > The rumours floating around about this being sabotage, with no hard
> > evidence supporting such claims, is pretty wild.
>
>
> No hard evidence?
>
> - Marine tracking shows the suspect vessel deviating from normal course,
> and stopping twice, each time in the area of where each cable was damaged.
> - After the vessel started moving again, each cable went offline shortly
> after.
> - The Danish navy has stopped the suspect vessel, and is holding it
> pending investigation.
> - The same country admitted to dragging an anchor hundreds of miles ,
> damaging multiple subsea cables and other infrastructure just 13 months
> ago. Of course, it was an 'accident' .
>
> There's plenty of evidence (both direct and circumstantial) for the claims
> being made to be reasonable.
>
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 10:31 AM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote:
>
> > On 11/21/24 14:43, Emile Aben wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 at 10:43, Hank Nussbacher <hank () efes iucc ac il>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/18/europe/undersea-cable-disrupted-germany-finland-intl/index.html
> > >
> > > -Hank
> >
> > We looked into how RIPE Atlas saw these cable cuts:
> > https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/does-the-internet-route-around-damage-baltic-sea-cable-cuts/ .
> > I hope this audience finds that interesting.
> >
> >
> > The rumours floating around about this being sabotage, with no hard
> > evidence supporting such claims, is pretty wild.
> >
> > Mark.