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Re:Finland detains ship and its crew after critical undersea... by rwyinuse on Thursday January 01, 2026 @03:46PM (#46457847)
I'm not sure what Russia had to gain from violating our (Finland) airspace with military aircraft countless of times before we joined NATO. Yet they kept doing it.

Russia is an imperialistic state that really doesn't like having neighbours that are not under its political and military control. Violating airspace, GPS jamming, cutting undersea cables is just their way of showing force, and damaging us, who they perceive as their enemies for not submitting to their rule.

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Re:Finland detains ship and its crew after critical undersea... by walterlw on Thursday January 01, 2026 @04:00PM (#46457942)
It's also a form of reconnaissance. In doing these acts they observe how different actors respond and look for potential weak points.
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Re:Finland detains ship and its crew after critical undersea... by jaennaet on Thursday January 01, 2026 @04:41PM (#46458343)
I'm sure some bright spark will soon show up to say that it was actually NATO who was violating our airspace for decades , just like they're claiming that NATO is the one cutting cables here
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