Wow, I totally believe that some random Ukrainians rented a small sailboat, filled it with hundreds of pounds of explosives and high tech diving gear, and then managed to plant the explosives hundreds of feet below the surface on the middle of a busy shipping lane. That's definitely what happened.

This is such a bad cover story that the reporters can't even prevent themselves from questioning it. Didn't stop the NYT from running a big headline tho.

  • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    "Hello, Sailboat Rental shop, how can I help you? Yes, we have two fiberglass sailboats with decompression chambers and cranes available for rental this weekend. Would you like to reserve one? For six people? Great! We'll see you tomorrow."

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      doesn't even have a well deck moon pool / wet porch

      EDIT: used the wrong term, well deck is a different thing