Russia to invade Ireland

TheValeyard

So the Russians are planning to invade Ireland because of all our Internet cables and high tech firms. . (Yet lads out west are still using bogband)


https://www.rt.com/op-ed/481326-russia-invading-ireland-internet-communications/

Definitely bizarre story of the week. Where will you be when Putin arrives? Will you go all Wolverines, or is this a better option than a Sinn Fein led government?

OU812

TheValeyard

I'm happy you went with the original and not the crappy remake!

BanditLuke

I heard the Russians invented cancer, aids, genital warts and herpesvirus. Those dastardly peskie gits.

Kermit.de.frog

I, for one...

Ulysses Gaze

May need to get old Chuck Norris onto Putin. He stopped the Reds invading America in the 1980's after all.

Tasfasdf

We serve the Soviet Union

Your Face

Might not work out well for them.

BanditLuke

Any chance they can send some of their hot wimmens over here?

OU812

TheValeyard wrote: »

I'm happy you went with the original and not the crappy remake!

There is no remake. There's *only* the original version which I'm now going to go find.

Gatling

They won't invade but they are very capable of ****ing around with undersea cable's off the west coast and we have next to no capabilities to stop them,

Being this story is being promoted by RT official Kremlin propaganda machine their is likely a lot of truth to the claims they are actively gathering intelligence on undersea cable's

Someone needs to stack another bale of hay on the Monaghan border. I have the pitchfork primed.

Tabnabs

Meh, is this the same Russian navy that has a tug permanently following their only aircraft carrier because it keeps breaking down?

https://www.rt.com/news/322278-aircraft-carrier-admiral-kuznetsov-tugboat/

Gatling

Tabnabs wrote: »

Meh, is this the same Russian navy that has a tug permanently following their only aircraft carrier because it keeps breaking down?

https://www.rt.com/news/322278-aircraft-carrier-admiral-kuznetsov-tugboat/

They have a large fleet of nuclear submarines and and other vessels used in their covert intelligence services

CrankyHaus

Gatling wrote: »

They have a large fleet of nuclear submarines and and other vessels used in their covert intelligence services

I'd be more concerned about potential Chinese access to our information through its companies' network infrastructure.

I'd be even more concerned about the United State's disclosed, proven and demonstrated access to and mass collection of our information.

Really any risk of Russian subs playing around off the West Coast is in the ha'penny place when it comes to information security.

BanditLuke

Gatling wrote: »

They have a large fleet of nuclear submarines and and other vessels used in their covert intelligence services

All falling to pieces worryingly.

super_furry

The only thing that would make me raise a slight eyebrow at this is the fact that Russia Today, the Kremlin's PR TV channel is trying to make a joke of it.

dwmcdos

It's grand, once they see Rathkeale they'll run straight back to the gentle embrace of Siberia.

Gatling

BanditLuke wrote: »

All falling to pieces worryingly.

Not true at all unfortunately

Eric Cartman

dwmcdos wrote: »

It's grand, once they see Rathkeale they'll run straight back to the gentle embrace of Siberia.

It would make great target practice too

James Brown

TheValeyard wrote: »

So the Russians are planning to invade Ireland because of all our Internet cables and high tech firms. . (Yet lads out west are still using bogband)


https://www.rt.com/op-ed/481326-russia-invading-ireland-internet-communications/

Definitely bizarre story of the week. Where will you be when Putin arrives? Will you go all Wolverines, or is this a better option than a Sinn Fein led government?

We launder Putin's oil money and tax him lightly for the privilege. Don't see any faux outrage in the media about 'FG helps Putin with ill gotten oil monies'
If anything the Ruskies would be sending us flowers.

Tabnabs

Gatling wrote: »

They have a large fleet of nuclear submarines and and other vessels used in their covert intelligence services

All falling into decline despite their numbers.

https://warisboring.com/a-grim-future-for-russias-nuclear-submarine-fleet/

KWAG2019

Dublin apparently is the cyber equivalent of Vienna during the Cold War. I can’t see any justification for a Russian military attaché in their embassy here.

TheValeyard

KWAG2019 wrote: »

Dublin apparently is the cyber equivalent of Vienna during the Cold War. I can’t see any justification for a Russian military attaché in their embassy here.

Didn't Russia greatly expand the basement of their embassy compound recently?

4068ac1elhodqr

All that would be needed is for everyone to leave out their garden trampolines (regardless of the current weather).

That way if the send any 'steel rain', it can generally be deflected to way over towards the Outer Hebrides.

Just watch out for their Satan2, which is so big and nasty, that it hasn't even been drop tested (even with a parachute),
as there is no fast jet (on full burners), that can escape it's scope of and range of sheer obliteration.

For that 100MT, tie up at least 4 trampolenes, as it weighs 8tonnes before activation.

ohnonotgmail

Gatling wrote: »

They won't invade but they are very capable of ****ing around with undersea cable's off the west coast and we have next to no capabilities to stop them,

Being this story is being promoted by RT official Kremlin propaganda machine their is likely a lot of truth to the claims they are actively gathering intelligence on undersea cable's

it would be more surprising if they were not doing that.

Muahahaha

Gatling wrote: »

They won't invade but they are very capable of ****ing around with undersea cable's off the west coast and we have next to no capabilities to stop them,

Being this story is being promoted by RT official Kremlin propaganda machine their is likely a lot of truth to the claims they are actively gathering intelligence on undersea cable's

There was an article in Phoenix about the laying of cables from the UK to the east coast a while back. Army and Garda intelligence were there to supervise it coming ashore on a quiet Sunday morning. Spooks from the UK, US Israel and Russia were all spotted in the area having a gander at where it landed. Sounded like they all should have went for pints afterwards to exchange their spying tales.

TheValeyard wrote: »

Didn't Russia greatly expand the basement of their embassy compound recently?

Yeah, Sunday Times reported that they've constructed an underground bunker on the grounds. Cyber espionage is believed to be the reason for it. Its reckoned the Russians are using Ireland as a hub to hack cables.

newport2

TheValeyard wrote: »

So the Russians are planning to invade Ireland because of all our Internet cables and high tech firms. . (Yet lads out west are still using bogband)

Makes sense. Cloud computing is the way forward, ideal climate here for it. No-brainer for the Russians really.

Titclamp

Well we'll be sound the Viper will sort them out some 5 spots and go for a few laps in Tubberquack with Ststeside

ebbsy

Putin is like Trump, a winner.


He has testicular fortitude to beat the band.

Fiery mutant

As weird as it may emerge, there is definitely logic to some of the claims in the article.

It won’t happen just like that, but should a conflict erupt, then Ireland does have strategic benefits to both sides. Many european countries are fearful of confronting Russia, In my opinion a lot of that comes from absolute bluster that comes from Putin. He is a master of deception, and a master of bullying. He knows there is little appetite among western nations for large scale battle, as there is nothing western nations hate more than body bags.

But he also knows, that were it to come down to it, and conflict erupted, while Russia may have an edge in a small and limited conflict around its borders, should NATO invoke and rally around article 5, they would not have much chance.