Posted on 12/26/2024 11:52:23 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The country’s prime minister said the incident, the latest in a series of disruptions to undersea infrastructure, underscored the danger of a so-called Russian shadow fleet.
The Finnish police on Thursday boarded an oil tanker that the authorities said they suspected was involved in damaging vital undersea cables. They suggested the tanker was part of a shadow fleet used by Russia to avoid Western sanctions.
The Estlink 2 submarine cable, which carries electricity between Finland and Estonia, was cut on Wednesday, Finland’s police said in a statement, the latest in a slew of disruptions to undersea infrastructure that are being investigated as acts of sabotage. The Finnish authorities said Thursday that four other cables carrying data also had been damaged.
A number of other vital undersea cables have been cut in recent months, raising fears that Russia might be waging a shadow campaign against NATO nations that have supported Ukraine in the face of Moscow’s full-scale invasion.
Last month, two fiber-optic cables were cut in the Baltic Sea in what Germany’s defense minister described as an act of sabotage. One cable connected Finland and Germany; the other ran between Lithuania and Sweden — all members of the NATO alliance.
Russian ships have been reported in the Baltic and North Seas near areas where critical infrastructure lies beneath the waters, and dozens of Russian tankers have begun sailing under different flags to evade sanctions.
The police in Finland called the latest cable cuts “aggravated vandalism.” In a statement on Thursday, the police said authorities had seized the Eagle S tanker, which is registered in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific. The ship was sailing from St. Petersburg, Russia to Port Said,...
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This is thin gruel. They have no idea.
Hey Finland, welcome to NATO.
Guess it’sa bitch to get done to you the things what you do to others…eh NATO?
I agree, It smells of CIA (leftism/communism/marxism). Playing groups against each other.
These undersea cables are not generally lying about all willy-nilly on the bottom. They are generally deepy entrenched. It ain’t easy to cut one accidentally with a fishing net or an anchor.
I smell the CIA.
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The GRU would have nothing to say on the matter.
Finland probably did it themselves. We were told Russia blew up their own Nordstream line.
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I don't.
This is Russian revenge for US-backed forces cutting the Nordstrom pipeline.
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None of these facilities can be defended. It is too bad we cannot have nice things anymore. Neither can "they".
Civilization brings prosperity to everybody. It is great while it lasts. Too bad it is so fragile.
NATO keeps on poking the bear, then seem surprised when they get bit.
It's not as if the CIA has a history of perpetrating false-flags or anything. 🤡
seems
Another thread that becomes heavily anti-our side allies and friends in support of Russia.
Another obedient follower of the Obama/Anxelrod doctrine:
https://www.tabletmag.com/feature/rapid-onset-political-enlightenment
The permission structure machine that Barack Obama and David Axelrod built to replace the Democratic Party was in its essence neither modern nor conservative, though. Rather it is totalitarian in its essence, a device for getting people to act against their beliefs by substituting new and better beliefs through the top-down controlled and leveraged application of social pressure, which among other things eliminates the position of the spectator.
Thus the "If you are against the Ukraine war you are a Putinista" demagoguery.
Which side was President Trump supporting when a large part of his national defense policy and military budget was directed at our enemy, Russia?
What nation was he shipping weapons to and sending American troops to for training the country’s troops? Which world leader did he threaten to nuke his capitol city?
Finland is a friend, Russia is an enemy.
Just keep obeying your Obama/Axelrod masters.
It will serve you well. 🤡
Yep. I don’t know how much they actually ‘entrench’ them. It’s my understanding that they generally unspool most of this stuff and let it lie, but even still, fiber optic, let alone thick gauge power cables, and all the insulation involved, isn’t 6lb fishing line. It’s got a lot of tensile strength. To your point, you don’t accidentally break this stuff by raking over it.
As to those "voices" a recent FR thread has been added. Video compilation of Hakeem Jeffries -- Dollar Store Obama
Quite the Democrat, with a view to the Ukraine-Russia war.
Weird and irrational post you made there.
https://www.tabletmag.com/feature/rapid-onset-political-enlightenment
The permission structure machine that Barack Obama and David Axelrod built to replace the Democratic Party was in its essence neither modern nor conservative, though. Rather it is totalitarian in its essence, a device for getting people to act against their beliefs by substituting new and better beliefs through the top-down controlled and leveraged application of social pressure, which among other things eliminates the position of the spectator.
Thus the "If you are against the Ukraine war you are a Putinista" demagoguery.
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