True, but by the time we cause damage that took time to repair, we were already their. I just think we have proven we have the power to be more sophisticated. We could easily set it up so we could interrupt traffic on all lines at will, so why would we cut them?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kristian Erik Hermansen Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 5:55 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: 5th undersea cable cut! On Feb 7, 2008 4:51 PM, Bryan O'Neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To help dissuade the conspiracy theorists... If you take the cold war > example, we rarely "cut" the cables. Our past policy as been to > non-invasively tap the cables. We can then either listen, disrupt, or > inject. It provides a lot more flexibility since we can lay the device and > leave it waiting until we are ready. In the very first gulf war, communications were the primary targets prior to the actual military invasion... -- Kristian Erik Hermansen "Know something about everything and everything about something." --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
