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Is the Russian kamikaze sub misinformation or an inadvertent warning to the West?
Is the Russian kamikaze sub misinformation or an inadvertent warning to the West?
Apparently,
The screen capture depicts a project called "Ocean Multipurpose System 'Status-6.'" The weapon would apparently be delivered by a nuclear-powered underwater drone, carried externally by a nuclear submarine. The drone would be capable of depths of up to 3,280 feet and capable of speeds of up to 65 miles an hour. It would also have a range of 6,213 miles.
A weapon like this could take out the transatlantic data cables as mere collateral damage…
Russian Ships Too Close to Data Cables for U.S. Comfort
Russian Ships Too Close to Data Cables for U.S. Comfort
The first of two this-is-really-concerning posts you’ll find here today:
The role of the cables is more important than ever before. They carry global business worth more than $10 trillion a day, including from financial institutions that settle transactions on them every second. Any significant disruption would cut the flow of capital. The cables also carry more than 95 percent of daily communications.
I hope there are ways for at least economic, government and military organizations to route around those cables via satellite if necessary…
What's better for free speech on reddit, saving a single thread or getting the whole site unbanned in Russia?
If the choice is between all of reddit remaining banned in most of Russia and IP-blocking access to one thread about mushrooms, I’d block access to the thread. I think there’s a far stronger “pro-free-speech” argument for restoring access to 99.99% of reddit for Russians rather than inciting a total ban by refusing to restrict access to a single post.
Photo by Kirill Vinokurov, from Wikimedia
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Berlusconi would not have been tried if gay
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Berlusconi would not have been tried if gay
This guy is in charge of a country.
Crazy.