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Re:UK launches Project Octopus, thousands of interceptor dro... by mizzao on Friday September 12, 2025 @09:48PM (#45228668)
No invasion is necessary. Just cutting of undersea cables, bringing communications and finance to a halt with a total information blackout, and then blockade the island from shipping. They'd be left with no choice but to negotiate a surrender.
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Re:UK launches Project Octopus, thousands of interceptor dro... by nradov on Friday September 12, 2025 @10:26PM (#45228817)
The US Navy would run the blockade and dare the Chinese to stop them.
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Re:UK launches Project Octopus, thousands of interceptor dro... by bokkies on Saturday September 13, 2025 @01:16AM (#45229516)
And many irreplaceable ships will be sitting ducks for mid range missiles
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Re:UK launches Project Octopus, thousands of interceptor dro... by mizzao on Saturday September 13, 2025 @12:50PM (#45233464)
Seems unlikely given the current attitude toward any sort of intervention in Ukraine...
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