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Comment by rafinha

7 months ago

If a cable goes down, isn't the traffic just re-routed? Don't see the point of intentional damage here.

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nessbot  7 months ago

Dunno what the real reason is, but it's easy to see possible a intentional reason: Testing to see how it well it works and how other nations respond.

hnuser123456  7 months ago

Cost of new anchor = X

Cost of fixing cable = >>X

Damage = done

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