Baltic Sea, as China and Russia Start Cutting Undersea Cables, Is Emerging as a ‘Theater of Military Operations’

Chinese researchers apply for patents for ‘submarine cable cutting devices,’ while Russian experts boast on television that cable-cutting will ‘freeze’ Finland.

AP/Hendrik Osula
Estonian naval ships sail in the Baltic Sea on January 9, 2025. AP/Hendrik Osula

Chinese researchers apply for patents for “submarine cable cutting devices.” Russian security experts boast on state TV that cable cutting  in the Baltic Sea will “freeze” Finland this winter.

Northern Europe, where 10 North Atlantic Treaty warships are converging on the Baltic patrol duty, is quickly moving past the fiction that the cutting of underwater internet, telephone and electricity cables is “accidental.”

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