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How do fishing vessels sever internet cables lying on the sea floor? Or is this a case of the ships being "fishing vessels"?
by TulliusCicero 4y ago
How do fishing vessels sever internet cables lying on the sea floor? Or is this a case of the ships being "fishing vessels"?
- spiritplumber 4y agoIt's at least possible - drag nets can and do touch the bottom.
- reaperducer 4y agoAs do crab pots and lobster traps.
- dredmorbius 4y agoPots and traps tend not to get dragged. Nets do. It's conceivable for a crabber / lobsterman to damage undersea cables. It's far more likely that it's a net fisher.
- gregshap 4y agoIt’s called “bottom trawling” and it’s pretty much what it sounds like.
- ta1243 4y agoAlso known as cruising?
- monocasa 4y agoRussia has a pretty remarkable set of nuclear submarines designed for covert ops. You don't see anything on the surface when they mess with cables.
- twelve40 4y agoWhy in the world would they cut the cables to friendly Vietnam, or for that matter Svalbard, which has a Russian town of Barentsburg?
- Y_Y 4y agoDoes Svalbard really have a huge e-commerce sector or something that needs undersea fibre? They doubtlessly have plenty of satellite internet, so this will just limit their bandwidth and maybe interrupt things temporarily. What's the strategic value in cutting it?