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It's part of a larger game these nations are playing. There will not be a war between Russia and the US. Not with China who is ultimately the enemy of both Russ
by holoduke 7y ago
It's part of a larger game these nations are playing.
There will not be a war between Russia and the US. Not with China who is ultimately the enemy of both Russia and the US.
These incidents are meant to keep each other awake.
- mycall 7y agoThis depends. If blackouts start happening, the situation could escalate to war pretty fast.
- yasp 7y agoPlus, what if multiple state actors penetrate a system and each lay their own "implants"? Mutually assuredly destruction only works if you can attribute an attack. Unless you're planning on destroying non-guilty actors too. What if NK, China, and Russia all hack the same system and then eventually the system fails catastrophically as a result of malware and no one takes credit. How could the US respond? What if the perpetrator were an adversary that wasn't even known to have penetrated the system?
- mirimir 7y agoTrue. The perpetrator could be some kid, doing it for lulz. Edit: As in "WarGames".
- jacquesm 7y agoIt sets the stage for a false flag operation where the Chinese disable Russia's power infrastructure making it look like it was America.
- hmage 7y agoFalse flag operations aren't new concept, taking out Ukraine's power plants for a few hours could also be false flag operation with Russia not even involved as a pretext to get more military funding. Or russian links to Trump a false flag operation by some third party to install their own president. I've seen russia used as a scary monster so often I always think "who does _actually_ benefit from this" whenever russia comes up in news headlines.
- zzzcpan 7y ago> taking out Ukraine's power plants for a few hours That didn't actually happen.
- majos 7y agoWhat do you mean by "these incidents are meant to keep each other awake"? Why would you want to keep a competitor awake?
- PhasmaFelis 7y agoKeep them wary, so they don't get overconfident and try something that both sides will wind up regretting.
- manigandham 7y agoMore of a show of force. The same way militaries physically project power to let the other side know what's possible.
- ptx 7y agoChina and Russia just "agreed to upgrade their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWBEVwIdTxE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWBEVwIdTxE