international waters ahead of any eventuality. for ireland, the worst case scenario is that russia is positioning itself to disable the subsea infrastructure along the coast and connecting north america. it's due to take place directly above the nexus of the internet cables that connect north america and europe. cutting those cables would immediately cripple economies of nato countries and ireland. cutting the cables would be considered the perfect counterpunch. quote, if i wanted to invade ukraine and ham spring my opponents, i would want to cut those cables. it would be lights out for western europe. that's "the irish times." why ireland is so worried about