<div dir="ltr">Syria and the Crimea are the major warm water ports for the Russians - critical for their trade/commerce & military.<div><br></div><div>Destroying/monitoring communications or threat of same would be an important piece of the warfare puzzle if shit went down in the region. The brinkmanship has been happening for a few years now but will ramp up post US election.</div><div><br></div><div>John G.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 October 2016 at 12:29, Robert Hudson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hudrob@gmail.com" target="_blank">hudrob@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Where the intent may just be to make us think they're up to something, and not actually to snoop on our data.<div><br></div><div>Don't underestimate the mind games that Russia under Putin will play - this is why I'm so worried about Trump becoming US President, Putin will run circles around him and goad him into doing something really, REALLY stupid.</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 October 2016 at 11:43, Paul Wilkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paulwilkins369@gmail.com" target="_blank">paulwilkins369@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>It's not really a laughing matter is it? The Americans are our security partners, whereas here there is a prima facie case the Russians are either stalking or loitering with intent.<br><br></div>Kind regards<br><br></div>Paul Wilkins<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_-8587754910431132154h5">On 20 October 2016 at 10:13, Andy Taylor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andy@coastalaudio.com.au" target="_blank">andy@coastalaudio.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_-8587754910431132154h5"><div link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" lang="EN-AU"><div class="m_-8587754910431132154m_-4093592058732878764m_-728569056512429527WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Nothing that the Americans haven’t been doing for years…<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span 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loitering in the vicinity of undersea cables in Eastern Med (Syria and Cyprus)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Have a read <a href="http://www.hisutton.com/Yantar.html" target="_blank">http://www.hisutton.com/Yantar<wbr>.html</a> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Wonder what they are doing….<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Kindest Regards<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US">James Braunegg<br></span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US">P:</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"> 1300 769 972 | <b>M:</b> 0488 997 207 | <b>D:</b> (03) 9751 7616<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span 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