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It honestly starts to sound like they just botched the design and placement of these cables - placing them in shallow and exposed passages, with no proper defen
by csmpltn 9mo ago
It honestly starts to sound like they just botched the design and placement of these cables - placing them in shallow and exposed passages, with no proper defense against dragged anchors.
- helsinkiandrew 9mo agoUnfortunately the Baltic is pretty shallow and fairly featureless - the gulf of Finland - between Finland, Estonia, and Russia averages 38 metres deep
- karmakurtisaani 9mo agoIf only they had had you in the design team back then when the cables were put in place. I'm sorry I have no snark-free way to respond to this.
- r2_pilot 9mo agoReal shades of "that cable shouldn't have been dressed like that, in a dark and narrow channel, clearly marked on navigation charts(to mitigate exactly this scenario, from good captains at least)" energy.
- TulliusCicero 9mo agoYeah, why don't they lower the floor of the entire Baltic Sea??
- mmh0000 9mo agoObviously, you're joking. But how hard could it be to get a Cat 395 excavator in there? Dig a little trench and bury it. Sounds like a weekend project to me. Has someone told the telecoms this?
- karmakurtisaani 9mo agoI think they could just drag a suitable hook behind a ship to carve out decent trench. Geez, how are we so much better at this than the actual engineers? Edit: to parent comment, I think people missed your joke.
- miningape 9mo agoI can't tell whether this is dumb or genius.
- mmh0000 9mo agoFun fact! Near the shore they actually do bury the cables with a plow[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQVzU_YQ3IQ&t=50s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQVzU_YQ3IQ&t=50s [2] [2] There are far better videos that show this, but I'm on mobile and not going to find it right now.
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