• chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    They probably fired flares because they have no other munitions left from their losing war. Next they’ll start throwing potatoes.

    • datendefekt@feddit.org
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      4 days ago

      No, they want to provoke and probe. Responding would give them information. Why do that? In this case, what was seriously endangered other than pride? Just shrug it off and not give the wannabe-second-greatest-army-in-the-world the satisfaction.

      • metermatic26@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Right…who said anything about shooting them? We had the Russians harrassing NATO vessels in the Baltic Sea for decades. I’m sure we can come up with our own creative ways of pestering the Russians, short of just shooting them.

        • borkborkbork@piefed.social
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          3 days ago

          you did, bozo.

          maybe respond with a show of force?

          what, were you going to go india-vs-china and land a team on the boat with sticks to beat them?

          goddamn what the fuck