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The UK is Practicing Cyberattacks That Could Black Out Moscow (qz.com)
British defense officials say they have practiced cyber war games that could shut off electricity in Russia's capital, the Sunday Times (paywall) reports. From a report: The measures are part of a wider range of strategies to hit back at an increasingly assertive Russia -- accused of interfering with US elections, cyberattacks on Western targets, and poisoning a former spy on UK soil -- without resorting to a full-blown nuclear attack. "If they sank our aircraft carrier with a nuclear-tipped torpedo, what is our response? There's nothing between sinking their submarine and dropping a nuclear weapon on northern Kamchatka," one senior source told the Sunday Times. "This is why cyber is so important; you can go on the offensive and turn off the lights in Moscow to tell them that they are not doing the right things." Military planners are looking for options if Russian president Vladimir Putin tests NATO's resolve by seizing small islands belonging to Estonia, taking control of Libya's oil reserves, or using "irregular forces" to attack troops, according to the report.
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Haven't seen the state of health care in many places in Europe, have you? The sorry state of NHS is well documented, French one is coming apart at the seams and even here in Finland, the system that is considered among the best in the world both in terms of cost efficiency and outcomes in case of difficult diseases has parents in Helsinki openly state that if you don't have private insurance for your child, that's child abuse because it's child abuse to subject your child to the public healthcare sector.
But you can pretend "everything is fine on the Eastern Front". Wouldn't be the first time.