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posted by mrpg on Saturday December 16 2017, @03:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the cable-comrade?-what-cable? dept.

Russia a 'risk' to undersea cables, defence chief warns

The UK's most senior military officer has warned of a new threat posed by Russia to communications and internet cables that run under the sea. Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, the chief of the defence staff, said Britain and Nato needed to prioritise protecting the lines of communication. He said it would be an "immediately and potentially catastrophic" hit to the economy if they were cut or disrupted.

The cables criss-cross the seabed, connecting up countries and continents. [...] Speaking to the Royal United Services Institute defence think tank, Sir Stuart said the vulnerability of undersea lines posed a "new risk to our way of life".

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by bradley13 on Saturday December 16 2017, @08:31AM (11 children)

    by bradley13 (3053) on Saturday December 16 2017, @08:31AM (#610656) Homepage Journal

    Why are the UK and (mainly) the US so focused on Russia? What is the current need for an external enemy? What are they distracting attention from?

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday December 16 2017, @08:43AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Saturday December 16 2017, @08:43AM (#610660) Homepage Journal

    I'm going to report you to the Thought Police.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by janrinok on Saturday December 16 2017, @09:11AM (7 children)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 16 2017, @09:11AM (#610663) Journal

    Why are the UK and (mainly) the US so focused on Russia?

    Probably because we are observing sufficient intelligence interest begin shown by Russia at levels last seen during the Cold War e.g 'diplomats' carrying out intelligence collection activities, illegals being discovered in our countries - just because we don't arrest them doesn't mean they haven't been identified - and our own nationals being subjected to intense intelligence interest when they visit Russia or countries that are aligned with it.

    Now tie that in with the increase in Russian military interest around the the coasts of the UK, both naval and air, and then look at what has happened in the Ukraine or is being threatened to the Baltic states, and how Russian hackers might be trying to influence elections in several countries, and you can see why someone might believe that we have gone back to the 1970-80s again.

    Russia is now building up its forces and using them to extend its influence in various regions around Europe and the Middle East. You might think the UK and US are acting as though they need an enemy, but having found one that is acting very much like it is trying to become a dominant world power suggests that prudent steps should be taken to protect oneself against it.

    • (Score: 5, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 16 2017, @10:21AM (6 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 16 2017, @10:21AM (#610670)

      Read about all that in the highly reliable and objective mass media did you?

      • (Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Saturday December 16 2017, @01:27PM (2 children)

        by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Saturday December 16 2017, @01:27PM (#610688) Journal

        Oh look, a contrarian puke with upmods aplenty.

        Putin the dictator is running for his fourth six-year presidential term. I wonder if he'll win?

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 16 2017, @03:20PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 16 2017, @03:20PM (#610705)

          Putin the dictator is running for his fourth six-year presidential term. I wonder if he'll win?

          As a wildly idealistic USian plebian living in the USA, allow me to explain within this post, and with the utmost maximum extent I can muster to you, EXACTLY how much I care about the politics in some other authoritarian train wreck of a country that isn't the one I'm living in.

          • (Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Saturday December 16 2017, @03:43PM

            by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Saturday December 16 2017, @03:43PM (#610708) Journal

            Great. You can continue to hold no opinion. And if a Russian or Chinese hack affects you or a major Internet cable gets cut, you'll be fine because it's somebody else's business. And certainly nothing these countries do will have an effect on your economic well being.

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      • (Score: 3, Touché) by janrinok on Saturday December 16 2017, @02:37PM (2 children)

        by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 16 2017, @02:37PM (#610695) Journal

        No - it was my job until retirement.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18 2017, @12:08AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18 2017, @12:08AM (#611168)

          That's actually not any better than the mass media. Remember Iraq's WMDs, as reported by the US intelligence agencies?

          • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday December 18 2017, @05:41PM

            by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday December 18 2017, @05:41PM (#611490) Journal

            Do you remember some of the rubbish spouted by ACs? But we don't judge all ACs by the few that are idiots.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 16 2017, @02:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 16 2017, @02:44PM (#610697)

    The US is obvious (yr glorious leader..), the UK has the impending clusterfuck of Brexit, so needs all the distractions they can generate (cf. the circus we'll be getting surrounding the impending 'Royal' wedding of 'the cuckoo in the nest' and 'some actress I'd never heard of'..probably timed to cover up the exposure of something really nasty they've got lurking in the woodshed).

  • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday December 16 2017, @07:40PM

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Saturday December 16 2017, @07:40PM (#610771) Homepage Journal

    Since the first day I took office, all you hear is the phony Democrat excuse for losing the election, Russia, Russia, Russia. Despite this I have the economy booming and have possibly done more than any 10 month President. It hasn't been easy, folks. The Establishment and special interests are absolutely killing our country. Our politicians are never going to do what's right for you -- the people of our country. They are only going to do what's right for them, meaning contributions to run for office now, and in the future.

    We're a debtor nation. Something has to happen over the next number of years with this country because you can't keep on losing $49 billion on trade every month. And yet we let China come in and dump everything into our markets. It's not free trade. If you ever go to China right now and try to sell something, forget about it. Just forget about it. It's almost impossible. They don't have laws against it, they just make it impossible.

    They come over here, they sell their vegetables, their TVs, they knock the hell out of our companies. And, hey, I have tremendous respect for the Chinese people. I mean, you can respect somebody that's beating the hell out of you, but they are beating the hell out of this country. Kuwait, they live like kings -- the poorest person in Kuwait, they live like kings -- and yet, they're not paying. We make it possible for them to sell their oil. Why aren't they paying us 25 percent of what they're making? It's a joke. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 🇺🇸