Would Starlink and other satellite ISP’s be able to mitigate some of the traffic?

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    Russia can’t take out all the “internet cables.” Presuming we’re talking about undersea cables, there are a fuckton of them. The logistics of taking out even a handful of those before the world takes action is beyond what Russia is capable of pulling off.

    Even if they do manage to cut some, traffic would slow down, not stop. Then the cables would be repaired, and everyone would be more pissed at Russia than they already are.

    It’s nothing more than bluff and bluster. It would be a minor setback for the world, and have huge downsides to Russia.

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      This. Russian subs can be sunk just as quietly as they can cut cables. This is an extremely stupid gambit.

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      All I needed to read is the threat was told by Medvedev. The guy constantly spews crazy shit

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      Fuck with the internet and millions of nerds with billions of hours of Call of Duty playtime will be very upset with you. I would not want to be on the other end of that rage.

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      Not just “more pissed”

      Pissed off beyond all semblance of rational thought.

      This would ABSOLUTELY start a war.

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      That made me less happy. There’s 4 chokepoints they could use to seriously damage the “western internet”