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TheDarthSnarf Apr 9, 2026 +109

There's a good chance that they were doing more than just "mapping" the undersea cables and pipelines. There's quite a bit of speculation that they have been laying limpet mines under the cables so that they can detonate them on demand severing the undersea links.

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turboRock Apr 9, 2026 +25

The Yantar was hanging around a lot above cables fairly recently. It's officially "oceanographic research", but everyone thinks it's a spy ship

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CollectionSubject587 Apr 9, 2026 +13

Everyone "knows" it's a spy ship

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LocalVengeanceKillin Apr 9, 2026 +6

Researching how to destroy undersea cables and pipelines.

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Donn014 Apr 9, 2026 +191

my god, when will this stop. Russia is far more toxic to the world than Iran, let alone Cuba or Venezuela. This country's regime needs to be stopped, before it engulfs everyone in its tentacles. Unfortunately US president is already in there, it seems =// Even when Russia is supplying Iran with weapons and intelligence, Trump says for some reason that Europe is to blame....

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NutsyFlamingo Apr 9, 2026 +28

Has it ever stopped or is it just too much in the news? There’s a genocide occurring right now in Darfur.. it’s just not in the news. There’s stuff always going on

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UPVOTE_IF_POOPING Apr 9, 2026 +17

Of course “stuff is always going on” but you have to admit that geopolitics in 2016 vs 2026 has completely changed

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badasimo Apr 9, 2026 +15

When I think about the 90's as being this post-cold-war utopian time, I try to remember also the genocides in Kosovo and Rwanda and plenty of other conflicts like Chechnya that weren't really top of mind here. That if we consider humanity as a whole and not as "western civilization" we are still very much figuring it out and taking steps forward and backward all the time. And if you believe humans all have inherent rights, how far will you go to defend those rights? I think these are all questions we ultimately will have to answer in the coming years, whether it is during great conflict or great progress (or both)

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NutsyFlamingo Apr 9, 2026 +3

Yep.. a lot is just perspective.. news headlines don’t have to govern what you think is only state of the world. A lot of good things I’m sure happening too.. it’s just the balance we each choose to consume & filter with perspective.

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SmallIslandBrother Apr 9, 2026 +6

I remember there was ethnic cleansing in Myanmar and it got maybe a week’s report tops and faded out of news. Same with the Tigray, mass r*** got a few articles then got shelved as a story. You’re right there’s always conflict somewhere.

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NutsyFlamingo Apr 9, 2026 +1

Yeah doesn’t make anything right or wrong or more or less important.. it’s just if think this is chaos said nothing is in the papers.. it’s just our chosen perception

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PerLin107 Apr 9, 2026 +6

It wont stop. Ruzzia will never stop unless we transition into a "friendly" country. There was a lull from say 1990 to mid 2006(?) ish then it started up again. But during that lull we totally let our defences down... [edit] and decay under the premise the 'cold war was over'

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77NorthCambridge Apr 9, 2026 +2

Wasn't this a storyline in *The Diplomat*?

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PerLin107 Apr 9, 2026 +1

Never seen that or read that. Just going on my experience which isnt much tbh.

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imaginary_num6er Apr 9, 2026 +1

Your not considered an authoritarian government until you praise Putin. Pro-Putin Putinites Providing Pure Political Power Promoting Putin.

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Ghost1511 Apr 9, 2026 +1

Yeah but they have nukes. We can't just bomb them like the others.

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Preme2 Apr 9, 2026 -10

Never. The US is ready to leave NATO and Russia is preparing their assault on the EU when that happens. The US is not coming to the rescue. Good luck.

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Flexuasive Apr 9, 2026 +12

100 bucks says the US tagteams Europe with Russia, from the west.

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Jlipps37 Apr 9, 2026 -9

Mad that daddy won't do it for you?

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Shinobi-0013 Apr 9, 2026 -3

Relax they have subs placed all over the world as does the USA and anyone else with submarines

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Tortoiseism Apr 9, 2026 +15

Depth charge the cunts.

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OohSpookyParty Apr 9, 2026 +10

Does this mean UK detection is good given that submarines are meant to be very difficult to find? Excuse my ignorance, I’m a noob :)

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Express_Split2928 Apr 9, 2026 +26

Yes, we know pretty much exactly where every russian submarine is from the point they leave port until they head out into the north Atlantic, I won't give details but a combination of satellites, hydrophones and helicopters between us and mainly the Norwegians means that we have that shit pretty locked down. Was a submariner for over a decade

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aspecro Apr 10, 2026 +7

“Won’t give details but” *gives details*

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GawainInForTheKill Apr 10, 2026 +1

All of this stuff was revealed by Assange and Snowden years ago.

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Timbershoe Apr 9, 2026 +27

Yes, the U.K. military is very modern. They have multi-role ocean surveillance ships that patrol constantly. They also have autonomous underwater drones, submarines and listening posts. This isn’t the first time they have caught Russians snooping, it happens fairly often, the Russian military equipment is archaic in comparison. Hollywood has played up the Russian military capabilities for decades which means folk vastly overestimate the rusted Russian USSR era hulks they have deployed. The military isn’t telling the press about the Russian presence because it’s surprising they caught them. It’s a mild warning, or reminder, that they are being watched.

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OohSpookyParty Apr 9, 2026 +2

Thanks for explaining!

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wwarnout Apr 9, 2026 +33

>...Unfortunately US president is already in there... ...and Trump chose this path. He is a traitor to America.

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Pan_Galactic_G_B Apr 9, 2026 +8

Don't forget his many many enablers. Everyone carrying on about what a joyous day it'll be when he croaks. The horrors his replacement may bring could end the fun quite quickly.

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Sensitive_Pop4803 Apr 9, 2026 +21

Why doesn’t the EU apply more decisive responses to Russian actions? Why are they so submissive.

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fillafjant Apr 9, 2026 +16

The EU is not set up to be a very rapid or decisive body, except in matters related to the single market. If it was, it would not have members as federation has not been a popular idea in Europe. The EU is very much a collection of individual states, each responsible for its own national security and with shifts in government. Thus, EU treads carefully on such matters, as it has limited authority both politically and legally. Nor is EU the entirety of Europe, which complicates things even more.

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OllyDee Apr 9, 2026 +6

Because nobody wants an all-out war.

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3rdhouseonleft Apr 9, 2026 +9

yet they allow enemies to pre rig areas for when there is a war. At some point issues need to be dealt with head on, how long will eruope allow russia to do as it pleases? only a. matter of time before some european countries start seeing little green men

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dahungryfrog Apr 9, 2026 +2

Turkey shot down a Russian plane in 2015 and Russia stopped f****** with them. Russia will continue pushing boundaries if you don’t push back

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momentum4lyfe Apr 9, 2026 +9

They had to apologies and arrested the pilots. So....

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dahungryfrog Apr 9, 2026 +1

Do you think that was worth it for Turkey? A fake apology for Russia to stop threatening the country. Unless you think that they genuinely decided to change their mind on the events years later and without any new evidence coming to light?

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Ok-Blackberry-3534 Apr 9, 2026 +1

Push back to what extent? Sink a submarine?

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dahungryfrog Apr 10, 2026 +1

Sink a frigate (if they don’t declare themselves and sink anyway if they are escorted sanctioned ships), send drones into their airspace (which they continually do to Europe). I don’t know how Americans have convinced Europeans to be so cowardly on this. Russia is clearly breaking airspace and waters to see the reaction and if the reaction is just “denounce and move on” then they are going to push further until they get a message to stop

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pyeeater Apr 9, 2026 +2

Not exactly what happened, was it.

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dahungryfrog Apr 10, 2026 +1

So what has Russia done in the past few years that have violated Turkish airspace or waters?

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Sensitive_Pop4803 Apr 9, 2026 -9

Then let them take over Ukraine. Withdraw all support, secure your own borders. That’s the surest way to keep out of conflict. You simply mind your own business to the max. By the way, I’m 100% pro Ukraine, just before you jump the gun. I’m saying what I’m saying to invoke people to think about what they realistically want to happen. In my opinion, there is too much weakness on display to deter russia at this time.

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OllyDee Apr 9, 2026 +2

Why would we let them take Ukraine when we can test Russian capabilities and our own weapons? It’s a great opportunity from a pragmatic perspective.

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CharmingWin5837 Apr 9, 2026 +1

Well. doing nothing hoping it will somehow resolve on it's own is a well-established european policy. It is c**** and worked so far, why would anyone want to change it?

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Onedortzn Apr 9, 2026 -10

Because EU has no real army , it's used to being USA sidekick. And now it came to bite them

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Dry3750 Apr 9, 2026 +3

This is the kind of stuff people don’t think about, until it suddenly matters a lot.

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Advanced-Whole-5455 Apr 9, 2026 +1

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windedsloth Apr 9, 2026 +1

Hang on, this was an exact scenario in the Netflix Show "The Diplomat" in the latest season.

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mcgee300 Apr 9, 2026 +1

Didn't that submarine get into a spot of bother? Would be such a shame if that happened here.... Such a shame

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blondie1024 Apr 9, 2026

Confiscate and find evidence of possible wrong doing. If they are laying mines to reigger later, the evidence will be there. Check the ships records and then track its path to see if any damage occurred

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OldButStillFat Apr 9, 2026 -3

Somehow I think leon musk is involved in this.

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