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US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut

239 points · 150 comments · allanbreyes

dctoedt · 1790018630 · focus · HN ↗
Not to be conspiratorial, but about an hour ago I saw this in The Economist: "Russia’s grey-zone attacks on Europe are growing more brazen"
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Russia has been staging covert operations and deniable provocations against European countries for many years. Since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022 they have increased. These have included incursions by reconnaissance drones, hacking, arson, parcel bombs targeting cargo flights and plots to kill executives of leading European arms firms. In recent months the pace of such shadowy attacks appears to have risen again. The Russian operations have three main goals, according to analysts and security officials: trying to coerce European countries into halting their support for Ukraine; raising the costs of providing that support; and attempting to make NATO look powerless.
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And of course there've been "suspicious" cable cuts in the Baltic Sea and other European waters ....
<a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/09/21/russias-grey-zone-attacks-on-europe-are-growing-more-brazen?giftId=YWViOTU2ZWYtMDJmZC00MTVmLWExOTItYTZiOGY1ODFjZTlm&utm_campaign=gifted_article" rel="nofollow">https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/09/21/russias-grey-zon...
1. jacquesm · 1790026710 · focus · HN ↗
  You'd hope Putin is not so stupid as to start committing acts of war on US territory. Helping the Iranians against the US seems to have gone mostly unnoticed but I'm pretty sure that if such an act was traced back to russia there would be a different tune played soon after.
  1. hdgvhicv · 1790039267 · focus · HN ↗
    It’s being gong on for years in Europe. Nobody’s starting a war because they cut a fibre. Or burn down a telephone exchange. Or blow up a plane. Or kill a policeman, even if it can be attributed.
    Salami tactics.
    simulator5g · 1790050672 · focus · HN ↗
    Salami tactics? Is that when you carry a stick of salami in a little black holster on your belt?
    jacquesm · 1790059346 · focus · HN ↗
    No, it's when you're sliced to pieces and every slice is too thin to make a fuss about.

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