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The tool, which is able to cut lines at depths of up to 4,000 metres (13,123 feet) – twice the maximum operational range of existing subsea communication infrastructure – has been designed specifically for integration with China’s advanced crewed and uncrewed submersibles like the Fendouzhe, or Striver, and the Haidou series.

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[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, no? Ok let's say you did cut off the internet, there's still radio. Shortwave still can reach spies in foreign countries with their numbers stations now, and then there's VHF/UHF at home etc. Snail mail still exists, so does ol' fashioned landlines for communication at least internally even if they cut undersea telcom cables, hell I'm pretty sure CDMA would still be running, this sets us back to like 1990 at most, especially if we take this threat seriously and start implementing non-internet based (or sat internet) fallbacks just in case standard comms go down for a while until a new cable can be lain.

Like don't get me wrong, we'd definitely feel the effects, but this isn't some kind of world dominating shit we're talking about here, it's just pretty inconvenient, especially if we already have alts in place as fallbacks so we don't have to scramble to set them up.

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The knock on effects of substantial infrastructure interruptions like this can have massive impacts that snowball aggressively. Not saying you’re wrong, but it is nothing to scoff at. Things like this do have the potential to severely change the geopolitical landscape.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool

So for every European deep sea cable cut it should send a fleet of Russian and Chinese ships to the bottom, torpedo the fuckers. Just by default presume it was either of them and make then responsible for the safety of our cables. If you fail to protect our cables, we'll send your ships to the next life.

Gloves. Off.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly what I've been screaming. Hang the captain and first mate, scuttle the fucking ship. This shit needs to be treated as piracy, no quarter given.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Luckily capital punishment is banned in most countries.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

And that attitude is why China continues to test us, they know we're pussies. You should see what they're pulling on Vietnam and the Philippines in the South China Sea.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 6 points 15 hours ago

I really don't care.

Capital punishment is immoral and that's that.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Coming soon to vague shell corporation owned fishing boats to the shore of the Baltic and Northern seas!

Sponsored by China and Russia

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 56 points 1 day ago

No shit, lol. Those cunts have been cutting cables for almost a year now. This is why countries tend to hide the exact locations of cables. Shit is expensive.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Me resetting the world order:

I can have 2 million of these tomorrow! Who's biting?

[–] brammis@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

This is why we can't have nice things.

[–] Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 100 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"That could reset the world order"

Lmao, what hyperbolic bullshit. It's just a cable cutter. Most nations have shit like this, but thanks for letting us know in the title this is just Chinese propaganda.

[–] josefo@leminal.space 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It will shift the orders from cables to starlink. Not the best idea tho, it sucks ass

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just wait! Then they’ll start flooding space with mini satellites. Then they’ll start dogfighting with them. :)

[–] FrChazzz@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

DOGEfighting

[–] mullaghmore@feddit.dk 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're like a day behind on the news 😄

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I knew when I wrote it 🙈

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 61 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Powerful seems like a pointless adjective here.

It doesn't take much power to destroy a cable. Did they invent a really long, and powerful, chain with a powerful anchor on it only usable by a boat with powerful electric winch?

Maybe they put AI in it too, for extra power of course

[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Oh you mean the AI Pro Power Winch 9000? Available at a genocidal dictatorship near you for 3 easy payments of 19.99B USD.

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If only cables can be designed to pull down ships that try to cut or anchor drag them. Maybe defensive cable around the main cable. Or some kind bigger of casing/shell around actual cable.

That's not how reality works... You can't make the cable pull down the ship. And even if you could they'd just lose the anchor

[–] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If I had that type of technology I would not advertise it

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A doomsday device is useless if no one knows you have it.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

"why didn't you tell the world, eh?"

[–] Kabriste@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago

For me it's quite the opposite. It's all about power projection in the grand scheme of things.

[–] DicksAndPizza@lemm.ee 139 points 2 days ago (35 children)

That country fucking sucks ass.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 68 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's give and take. China is smart enough to invest in its country and its people. They're making great scientific and technical advances that's on a course that will surpass the west in many areas. The individual rights and freedoms are terrible though to the point where unsanctioned creativity is punished.

[–] DicksAndPizza@lemm.ee 57 points 2 days ago

The whole country is dystopian. But agree there are smart people. They are just used for doing/inventing awful stuff.

They are playing the long game and are currently the only ones benefiting from all that happens. They sit by idly watching our idiot leaders antagonise each other.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lmao people will say this same shit about the us in 8 years when all the rights have been stripped and it’s run by tech bros

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yes. In many ways, China is exactly what Republicans wet dream about. A single party runs unopposed controlling all elements of government. Criticizing them is illegal. All businesses are protected by the government from uppity customers. Employees are expected to work 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. 6 days a week for few benefits with almost no workers rights..

It's the Republican dream.

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[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 32 points 2 days ago

Let me guess, they already tested it

[–] az04@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

This could have been a The Onion title

[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 46 points 2 days ago (7 children)

...as reported by the South China Morning Post lol

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 days ago

Historically they were a solid paper, based out of Hong Kong. It’s a toss up these days though, not sure.

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[–] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Reset the world order by sending everybody including China back to stone age right? That’d be fun.

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