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Finland-Estonia Power Cable Goes Dark, Prompting Sabotage Concerns (www.maritime-executive.com)

submitted 1 week ago by CptCarp@startrek.website to c/world@quokk.au

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Twice in the past year, Chinese-flagged vessels have almost certainly severed subsea cables on the Baltic seafloor by dredging their anchors for long distances, European investigators believe. Quietly, sources close to the inquiries have suggested that the vessels may have acted at the direction of Russian intelligence.

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago

Ok so this is probably just the start of a huge wave of cable incidents.

Based on the weak response they have gotten so far, there isn't any reason for them to stop.

[–] CptCarp@startrek.website 12 points 1 week ago

The Chinese ship Xin Xin Tian 2 was seen in the area, hmm🤔

[–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 8 points 1 week ago

We're in Cold War 2, we should act like we're in CW2.

[–] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

I saw a Lemmy post a few hours ago covering two power lines between Estonia and Sweden, and now there's news of one of them not functioning anymore, that's some weird coincidence

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Just for arguments sake, why is this not considered an act of war? Why is it not feasible to place navy in the area that is authorized to sink any foreign ships acting suspiciously? Chinussia will either have to admit they engage in covert ops against the west and NATO or have their assets destroyed without being able to complain about it.