All three power cables between Baltic and Nordic countries were targeted by ship anchors within weeks. SE govt today stated that anchor tracks believed to be from YI PENG 3 was found by Nordbalt, the largest one. This was not known previously. EAGLE S targeted Estlink 1 & 2 and succeeded with 2. - ThreadSky

auonsson.bsky.social • 64 days ago

All three power cables between Baltic and Nordic countries were targeted by ship anchors within weeks.

SE govt today stated that anchor tracks believed to be from YI PENG 3 was found by
Nordbalt, the largest one. This was not known previously.

EAGLE S targeted Estlink 1 & 2 and succeeded with 2.

Reposted from Hans Tino Hansen

The YI PENG 3 was also close to damage the Nordbalt power cable between Sweden and Lithuania Swedish Minister for Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin informed today.
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...

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antonchigur.bsky.social•62 days ago

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/070780515/publication/CN111203499A?q=CN111203499

In case you missed it, from Newsweek.

jukka-pekka.bsky.social•63 days ago

One thing which might motivate this is the disconnection of the Baltic countries from the mordor power grid. Latvia, Lithuanie and Estonia will sync to EU grid in a few weeks, and mordor might feel hurt.

torrkulla.net•64 days ago

A terrorist state is striking a vulnerable point due to the Baltics disconnecting from russia and belarus at the end of January.

mkrjf.bsky.social•63 days ago

confiscate that boat

letspartytilldawn.bsky.social•64 days ago

Confiscate every one of them.
Sell cargo, let the owners sue.

Then rig them with autopilot and sail straight to Kaliningrad at high speed.

no-step.bsky.social•64 days ago

And they just let them go

deblasco.bsky.social•63 days ago

Good they are on high alert in the Baltic. Before they always had plausible denialbility but when they are caught with their pants on their knees it is impossible for them to dodge this.
The only pity is a weak response from EU leadership though.

fluffybadsci.bsky.social•63 days ago

Well, at least the anchor attack doesn't work every time.

auonsson.bsky.social•63 days ago

Optimistic!

fluffybadsci.bsky.social•63 days ago

Ha, yes. No less ardent about taking all measures against attacks!

amanwy.bsky.social•63 days ago

The ‘success’ of the operation is likely to be dependent upon anchor type and size, the vessel speed, and the length of anchor chain paid out relative to water depth. It’s interesting that the anchors on NNPB, YP3 and Eagle S were different type & size.
iirc the vessel speeds were also different.

auonsson.bsky.social•63 days ago

Empirical science, finding the right combination.

So that when it is time they can deploy 50 correct anchors at correct speeds spread out all across Baltics and North Sea for maximum effect.

6h later there is not much comms or power left.

amanwy.bsky.social•63 days ago

😂 maybe
I’m not suggesting the operations were sophisticated or were planned as an experiment.
What we have seen is that anchor dragging doesn’t consistently cause damage to every cable across which the anchor is dragged.
Much more damage could be caused to comms and power supply.

fluffybadsci.bsky.social•63 days ago

I was thinking, could the cables be shielded from anchor attacks in any sensible way either for new builds or for cables currently underwater. Something like ploughing a deep furrow with an anchor-like plough and lowering the cable in there behind it.

fluffybadsci.bsky.social•63 days ago

Of course that's a bit of a two-bladed shotgun, since normal maintenance would be awful if the cable was three meters under the mud.

amanwy.bsky.social•63 days ago

Ploughing is commonly used but not always as it is more expensive and needs suitable seabed geology. The geology in the GoF is a complicating aspect; lots of information on-line on GoF geology.
Ploughing of an existing cable has a high risk of damaging the cable.

fluffybadsci.bsky.social•63 days ago

Interesting to know, thanks!

ak-fella.bsky.social•63 days ago

How is this not an act of war????

hulliver.bsky.social•64 days ago

Approaching Article 5 in micro steps but the vector is clearly visible.

amanwy.bsky.social•64 days ago

I don’t find this surprising; I thought it curious at the time that more cables had not been damaged.
It reinforces my point about the futility of trying to provide ‘backup’ to power or comms cables in the GoF with equally vulnerable subsea cables.

niaru.bsky.social•63 days ago

And they let Yi Peng sail away?

model101.bsky.social•63 days ago

Wh can't they target a cable between Sweden and Germany for once? So we don't have to import German electricity prices when there's no wind. It's almost as they like it that way.

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