Sunday, December 17, 2017

Cutting Undersea Cables ???

The latest anti-Russian hysteria involves bizarre claims they will cut our undersea cables:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-17/congress-may-enact-bolt-and-wire-cutter-sanctions-russia-after-putin-threatens-under

As a former submariner, I can state that such a thing is technically feasible.

But you have to find them first, get deep enough to reach them, and have cable cutters mounted outside the sub [or send out drones or human swimmers to accomplish the snip].

Bottom line - it ain't easy, and I would be willing to bet that Russian capabilities in this regard are FAR inferior to those of the US. They couldn't even get down to the Kursk; how they hell are they gonna find our cables?

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