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Multiple locations, coordinated roughly at the same time: that's boyscout level hard. You need a map and a watch, is all. You don't need power tools, just a cu
by the_biot 4y ago
Multiple locations, coordinated roughly at the same time: that's boyscout level hard. You need a map and a watch, is all.
You don't need power tools, just a cutter. This is fiberglass coated in something like PVC. A knife will do. This "hard to repair" refers to making two cuts, a bit further apart than whatever slack is in the cable. You do that by taking up the slack, then making cuts where the cables don't touch.
It does not scream professional in the slightest, only motivation and a few like-minded people.
- philprx 4y agoNot speaking about what they need: That's what they used. And I guess they did use power tools to go faster for the two cuts required. I think you underestimate the work needed, especially when doing black bag (IE illegal and covert) operations. Now maybe some people with actual experience could give us better figures, ... But they tend to stay quiet
- topranks 4y agoWould you know where to cut in your metro to ensure maximum impact to the target? Is that the type of thing they teach in the scouts these days?
- the_biot 4y agoYou walk along major roads, railways, rivers and under bridges checking for manholes. They have the owners' names on them. If it's the name of a telco, there's fiber in there.
- Fatnino 4y agoWatch is superfluous. They way it's done is everyone checks in to a group chat when they are in position and then one person in charge (either back at home or even himself in the field) tells the group to go when he judges everything to be ready.