Is it because this war is one of those rare cases that are not "controversial", "everyone is to blame", "we don't know who started first"? Pure and unashamed evil against someone who just wants to live in peace.
But I'm in Kyiv so I'm biased.
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Is it because this war is one of those rare cases that are not "controversial", "everyone is to blame", "we don't know who started first"? Pure and unashamed evil against someone who just wants to live in peace.And did not starting duelling each other because of different ideas.
Funny is it not?
How's that then?
Bird strike makes sense. Isn't "bird" the NATO term for a friendly SAM?Just a small thought here as I haven't had my coffee yet. Instead of calling their missiles Pantsir, Buk, Tor etc., the Russians should call them all "Bird Strike". They couldn't be accused of lying. Reading news reports, it sounds like they will shrug it off or blame Ukraine
The Eagle S – a tanker ship carrying Russian oil and suspected of severing the Estlink 2 power cable running under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia – was reportedly brimming with spy equipment. The cable incident is the latest in a series of such events in this strategically important region as tensions with Russia have mounted in the wake of its war on Ukraine.
After being seized by Finnish Police, the Eagle S was found to be "kitted out with special transmitting and receiving devices that were used to monitor naval activity, according to a source with direct involvement in the ship," Lloyds List reported. That equipment "effectively allowed it to become a 'spy ship' for Russia."
"The hi-tech equipment on board was abnormal for a merchant ship and consumed more power from the ship's generator, leading to repeated blackouts, a source familiar with the vessel who provided commercial maritime services to it as recently as seven months ago," the publication noted.
The "listening and recording equipment was brought on to the 20-year-old tanker via 'huge portable suitcases' along with 'many laptops' that had keyboards for Turkish and Russian languages when calling at Türkiye and Russia," Lloyd's List reported. "The equipment was kept on the bridge or in the 'monkey island,' the uppermost portion of the ship."
"The transmitting and receiving devices were used to record all radio frequencies, and upon reaching Russia were offloaded for analysis," the outlet added. "They were monitoring all NATO naval ships and aircraft. They had all details on them. They were just matching their frequencies."
Russian-Linked Oil Tanker Suspected Of Sabotage Was Brimming With Spy Equipment: Report
The Eagle S is suspected of severing the Estlink 2 power cable running under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia.www.twz.com
So far, there are no whining from uncle Vlad or Peskov nor nuclear theaths from the drunkard Medvedev?Aparently, the Chinese have recently engaged in some Baltic cable f**kery as well.
Finland Seizes Russian Oil Tanker After Suspected Undersea Fiber-Optic Cable Sabotage - USNI News
Finnish authorities seized the Russian oil tanker Eagle S after the country’s police opened a criminal investigation into the vessel’s possible involvement in another cutting of undersea power and communications cables in the Baltic Sea on Christmas Day, news agencies are reporting. Finnish...news.usni.org
I think that they had to stop and go over the bluster list to see what is appropiate for the situation, especially since it was Finland who seized the Eagle S.So far, there are no whining from uncle Vlad or Peskov nor nuclear theaths from the drunkard Medvedev?
I've been thinking about this and my head still hurts. The Eagle S is a fairly new tanker. It's not going to be available to Russia for a while. I imagine tankers will be stopped and inspected. That will slow Russia from shipping a major source of revenue. Russia has already been forced to use riverine tankers in ocean going roles and lost 2, probably 3. The riverine tankers were forced into ocean going roles due to the crippling of the ferry docks between occupied Ukraine and the Rostov region next to the bridge. Russia was relying heavily on those ferry ports to transship fuel and equipment since the Kerch Strait bridge was damaged. Russia has also lost a more unique freighter that was carrying big heavy specialized equipment and that ship will be hard to replace. Just a random thought.So far, there are no whining from uncle Vlad or Peskov nor nuclear theaths from the drunkard Medvedev?
Agreed. I am certainly getting the sense that EVERYTHING in Russia is a house of cards, teetering on the edge of catastrophe at all times. The strains of the Ukraine war have exacerbated this: ships sinking, railways in chaos, lack of heating in winter, airlines in a tailspin .... the list goes on. And on.I've been thinking about this and my head still hurts. The Eagle S is a fairly new tanker. It's not going to be available to Russia for a while. I imagine tankers will be stopped and inspected. That will slow Russia from shipping a major source of revenue. Russia has already been forced to use riverine tankers in ocean going roles and lost 2, probably 3. The riverine tankers were forced into ocean going roles due to the crippling of the ferry docks between occupied Ukraine and the Rostov region next to the bridge. Russia was relying heavily on those ferry ports to transship fuel and equipment since the Kerch Strait bridge was damaged. Russia has also lost a more unique freighter that was carrying big heavy specialized equipment and that ship will be hard to replace. Just a random thought.