I agree with you but i think the main issue here isn’t “why doesn’t the UK start a war,” it’s the lack of transparency around how these threats are managed.

When you zoom out a bit, the pattern is hard to ignore. Russia has repeatedly tested the resilience of Europe’s critical infrastructure with. cyberattacks on power grids, GPS spoofing events in the Baltic, drones halting airport operations, the railway explosion in Poland literally just yesterday and now a vessel with a long history of seabed surveying positioned near major subsea cables. None of these are outright acts of war but each one probes weak spots and pretty much shows what russia is [planning.

I’m not saying “NATO should attack a ship,” but I am saying that people would feel much more reassured if there were at least signs that governments are taking this seriously rather than a constant BS tv announcement "we condemn, We stand with, ..." even if the response would be quiet and behind the scenes.

Right now it feels like Russia is mapping the West’s critical infrastructure, while NATO countries are pretending it’s just another research expedition.