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 <beec...@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 <h...@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. >> >
