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Re:Yi Peng 3 crossed both cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times m... by onlypassingthru on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @12:12PM (#42196047)
> actually launching attacks one way or another, which we haven't seen yet

On the contrary. The attacks have been ongoing for years now. You're looking for the tanks and missiles when the attack is actually happening right under your feet. Rot and corruption are more powerful than any bombs or missiles.

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Re:Yi Peng 3 crossed both cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times m... by lifestyleguru on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @03:11PM (#42197650)
> Rot and corruption are more powerful than any bullets or missiles.

The developed world knows this even better. Offering yachts, real estate, supercars, prostitutes, and other luxuries to oligarchs. Thanks to this their military is rather in shambles right now.

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Re:Yi Peng 3 crossed both cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times m... by Terr_ on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @04:54PM (#42198514)
... Wow, this must be peak Kremlin shilling: Blaming other countries for Russia's decades of kleptocratic leadership and endemic corruption at all levels.

It's historically, financially, and strategically incoherent. Trying to bribe people who are already rich with hard-to-hide things, just to make them extra-corrupt in the vague hope that it somehow results in pilfered AK-47s being sold on the black market?

Sorry, but no: Being shaken down by Russian traffic cops for bribes every week is a domestic problem.

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Re:Yi Peng 3 crossed both cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times m... by onlypassingthru on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @04:55PM (#42198521)
Does it? You think Russia can't corrupt a German Chancellor or a US President? Boy have I got news for you!
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