Swedish investigators looking into movements of bulk carrier travelling from Russia to Egypt

Summary

Sweden is investigating the Chinese vessel Yi Peng 3 after it was tracked near two severed Baltic Sea data cables connecting Sweden-Lithuania and Finland-Germany, incidents suspected to be sabotage.

The cables were damaged within 24 hours, and Germany called it a likely act of “hybrid warfare.”

The ship, owned by a Chinese company, follows a similar 2023 case involving a Chinese vessel damaging a Baltic gas pipeline.

Germany, Sweden, Finland, and Lithuania expressed concerns, citing increased hybrid threats

    • Guy Dudeman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      22 hours ago

      It can’t be made in your own country for $7, because:

      1. Wages aren’t set artificially low in your country, due to currency values and exchange rates.
      2. The raw materials aren’t available in your country (would either need to be mined or imported)
      3. The factory to create the parts from the raw materials doesn’t exist in your country and will need to be designed, permitted, built, and workers will have to be hired and trained. And the wages for the designers, construction companies, engineering companies, and workers will all be higher than those in China.
      4. The factory to assemble the parts from the factory above doesn’t exist either. Same issue as above.
      5. All of the above will take at least a few years to accomplish, and the wages will still be higher than those in China.