Strange, yes. But lets open up our considerations. There are BIG things going on in the world.
Russia would like *things* to happen. And other countries.
AND China is doing big big uncontained things, that we cant control, easily, trying to get control of the ?China Sea.
Previous threads have thrown out these things:
- As I recall, saying China could block the radar.
- Russia is working on a radar blocker. ?wanting to test it ?
Clearly, if the radar was not functioning, could cause this.
Was container ship jazzing around afterwards to check out what they had done? And then collect their Russian $$ -
Radar doesn't control anything. IF the radar wasn't working (and there are no facts supporting that position) at best it would be a contributing factor. It can't be a causal factor.