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   Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 16:23:15 JST Minoru Saba

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   • Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. ??‍??

   @BenjaminHCCarr
   Was reminded about an article just prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine re Russia's threat to undersea cables.
   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/russia-moscow-ben-wallace-liz-truss-jens-stoltenberg-b1989124.html

   Also Russia was planning to hold live firing exercises in Ireland's EEZ from 3 Feb 2022 "in the general area of a myriad of submarine communication cables".
   https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/01/russian-navy-live-firing-off-irish-coast-during-tensions/

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     Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. ??‍?? (benjaminhccarr@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 16:23:16 JST Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. ??‍??

     #NATO believes #Russia poses a threat to the West’s #Internet and #GPS services
     If destroyed, there's no solid backup for oceanic #fiberoptic networks.
     Analysts believe Russia is mapping #undersea cables that transfer data between continents. Officials speculate they may have already carried out attacks on #telecommunications and GPS on a smaller scale. NATO thinks Russia may have plans in place to target those networks in retribution for the West’s support for #Ukraine.
     https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/network-providers/nato-believes-russia-poses-a-threat-to-the-wests-internet-and-gps-services