Mysterious Atlantic cable cuts linked to Russian fishing vessels

euobserver.com

Same thing happened all around the Middle East in 2007, seems like a pretty common tactic in war.

A bit of payback for the destruction of the gas pipeline?

More likely disabling them to prevent them from monitoring (naval) vessel traffic:

"Packed with sensors, the fiberoptic lines measured environmental conditions and fish migration, recording images and sound, and sending all the information back to shore."

"They could also be used as drifting hydrophones to listen for passing vessels for security purposes."

I guess if they had a time machine. You didn't read though, right?

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