Re:'Shadow fleets' and sabotage: are Europe's undersea cable...
by Sharlin on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @10:56AM
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> As mentioned elsewhere, there are between 100-200 cable breakages annually
World wide. A bit different from Baltic Sea only.
Re:'Shadow fleets' and sabotage: are Europe's undersea cable...
by diggan on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @11:04AM
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Sure, but if 100-200 happens globally, at least one of those are likely to have been in the Baltic Sea.
I'm Swedish, if that matters, and recall reading about (accidental) cable breakages all the way back to at least 2010 sometime. As mentioned elsewhere, there are between 100-200 cable breakages annually
> Do cables break?
> Yes! Cable faults are common. On average, there are over 100 each year.
> Unintentional damage from fishing vessels and ships dragging anchors account for two-thirds of all cable faults.
https://blog.telegeography.com/what-happens-when-submarine-c...
It seems like the media have ramped up reporting on cable breaks, because of the context, but seemingly none of them have been confirmed to be intentional, at least as far as I know. But I agree that it seems highly suspicious, also the recent water-supply sabotage on Gotland seems related to this all (https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Vz2em4/misstankt-sabota...)