The Mystery of the Vanishing Undersea Cable

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Published 2024-07-11
In 2021, a research cable off the coast of Norway was severed. It may have been accidentally snagged by a fishing vessel, but analysts allege it may be part of a wider pattern of Russian sabotage.

A Subsea Cable Went Missing. Was Russia to Blame? Read more: www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-undersea-cable-sab…

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All Comments (21)
  • @Surannhealz
    Probably two things are true: 1. Russian trawlers aren’t just fishing 2. Undersea data cables aren’t just for scientific data
  • @mrivucu
    My grandfather was in the us navy from 1919 to 1942 when he retired. Some time in the 1970s when he was 72 years old he was contacted by the USN to reelist to train personnel to splice the undersea cables that he helped lay 50 years prior. The USN is their super intelligent had not continued to train personnel to maintain these cables. Him going back to sea and training new recruits was one of the greatest moments of his life!
  • I was a submariner in the 70's. We took an interest in Russian trawlers all the time. They had lots of aerials. And didn't seem to do much fishing.
  • I was a fisherman, no one goes over the same point 140 times😂. They passed over it because they wanted to take it but they weren't capable of it
  • I worked near a deep sea cable company. They come in different grades and even pressure lines that hold up to 2000 psi fluids. Cost is around $500 or more, a foot to produce. They go for miles. It will be interesting to see how these cables will be able to identify their attackers affordably. My mind is wandering on sensors of any type that warn any approaching vessels, including submarines.
  • Nice. Next video call it. Mystery vanishing of private property. And the mystery of the magicly vanishing pay check
  • @Jovanboez
    Another fiber optic cable fell from the balcony !
  • @olskid9546
    Short answer: Yes Long answer: Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssss
  • @Chuck8541
    Policeman: "...my jurisdiction is from here, to the North Pole..." Holy moly! lol
  • @SurfingFLA
    About 4-days ago, I was thinking, "How do you keep an adversary from destroying undersea communications cables?" A day later this video shows up. This phenomenon happens to me on a weekly to biweekly basis—I think it, YouTube presents it. I know what you are thinking; Google heard me talking about it. In some cases that is possible, but overall it's merely that an odd thought shows up in my brain, and within 3-days YouTube presents me with a video or multiple videos on the subject.
  • @Mounhas
    Back to the 1960’s when Soviet “fishing” boats were forever snagging undersea transatlantic telecommunication cables which terminated in Valencia island, Eire, and Porthcurno Cornwall.
  • Oh so you guys can figure out how cut internet cables but nord stream is a total mystery
  • The polar regions are not going to be clear of ice any time soon.
  • @TheDog_Chef
    If they turn off their transponder you won’t know who was there. Bad actors always do this.
  • @anderson3510
    Most likely the Russians thought there was a washing machine on the other end of the cable and could not resist.
  • The underwater cables are been cut around Taiwan which kind incident happen very offen and Taiwan government knew Which country did that.
  • How was it possible that several days went by before the data loss was detected? Wasn't there any automated system monitoring the data feed and alerting people via reliable messages when a fault is detected?
  • @loicdore39
    Reminds me the mystery of north stream pipeline blown up...