> On Mar 5, 2022, at 6:35 PM, Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote: > > > Since 2008, the Washington-Moscow Direct Communications Link (also known as > "The Washington-Moscow Hotline") uses redundant circuits of two satellite > links and a fiber-optic cable. They use commercial facilities for at least > part of the circuits. > > Past accidents have interrupted previous hotline circuits. A Danish bulldozer > operator once cut the line near Copenhagen. A Finnish farmer once plowed it > up. A fire in a Baltimore Maryland manhole took it out of service > temporarily. Yep, even the hotline experienced cable cuts. >
Wha??!?!!!??? You mean Biden can’t just DM Putin on Twitter? /s -Andy
