Eagle S, the Russia-linked tanker suspected of damaging an underwater electricity cable on Christmas Day, was 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, which has since been detained by Finnish police
  • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
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    2 days ago

    They said 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.

    And

    “Russians, Turkish, Indian radio officers were operating it.”

    Does this not imply that that they were used by both Turkey and Russia?

    • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Possibly, I wouldn’t guarantee it though. It’s like a pirate ship interfacing with a criminal organization. Just because some of them were Indian should we indict the government of India as well?

      Perhaps I’m erring on the side of caution. I hate the government of Turkiye. I hate the government of Russia. I also hate the government of India although maybe they’re not as fascist?

      Hell I hate my own government so fuck it maybe the US outfitted a Greenland shark with diamond blade carbon steel teeth 100 years ago and just activated the beacon to destroy the lines instead of just gnaw on them.