Josh Dzieza
Investigators suspect submarine data cables were deliberately cut.
Earlier this year, I wrote about the difficult work of repairing subsea cables and their increasing geopolitical importance.
Today, The Wall Street Journal reports investigators believe a Chinese freighter deliberately dragged its anchor for 100 miles along the Baltic seabed last week, severing two cables: one between Sweden and Lithuania and another linking Finland and Germany. They are looking into whether it is linked to Russia, which has denied involvement.
The repair ship Cable Vigilance has already begun work on the Germany-Finland cable, according to Finnish broadcaster YLE.
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