Cutting an undersea cable that one or multiple countries spent millions or billions on seems like a really good way to piss off a lot of people really quickly.
Considering how dependent on the internet our economies are, intentionally cutting an undersea cable should be considered an act of war.
Sabotaging a countries energy or water supply are. I’m pretty sure cutting telecommunications cables would have been prior to the internet. How it’s this any different?
I would assume most nations would treat this the same as them bombing a radio tower in the 40s. Absolutely an act of war.
If nukes didn’t exist you can bet your butts that most of these countries would not be playing around like this. The only reason they could even think doing that might be a good idea is because they know that nobody wants to kick off nuclear war. Still just seems like an unnecessary bear to poke if you ask me.
Sure, but when you’re in the economic position that China is you can get away with that… although, they do you usually like to operate with plausible deniability, and this seems to cause problems for that.
Still though, China’s typical response when they get called on their bullshit is “fuck you, do something about it”.
This is part of it, but it’s more than that. A lot of countries are dependent on China as a supplier, and a buyer. It’s… problematic to publicly criticize your primary source of steel.
Cutting an undersea cable that one or multiple countries spent millions or billions on seems like a really good way to piss off a lot of people really quickly.
Considering how dependent on the internet our economies are, intentionally cutting an undersea cable should be considered an act of war.
Sabotaging a countries energy or water supply are. I’m pretty sure cutting telecommunications cables would have been prior to the internet. How it’s this any different?
I would assume most nations would treat this the same as them bombing a radio tower in the 40s. Absolutely an act of war.
If nukes didn’t exist you can bet your butts that most of these countries would not be playing around like this. The only reason they could even think doing that might be a good idea is because they know that nobody wants to kick off nuclear war. Still just seems like an unnecessary bear to poke if you ask me.
Sure, but when you’re in the economic position that China is you can get away with that… although, they do you usually like to operate with plausible deniability, and this seems to cause problems for that.
Still though, China’s typical response when they get called on their bullshit is “fuck you, do something about it”.
Not defending China in any way, but that’s the response used by most powerful countries.
When you’re rich they let you do it …
This is part of it, but it’s more than that. A lot of countries are dependent on China as a supplier, and a buyer. It’s… problematic to publicly criticize your primary source of steel.