NATO Bolsters Military Presence in Baltic After Suspected Russian Sabotage Severs Vital Power Cable

Investigations are focusing on a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ vessel.

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The size of garden hoses, hundreds of fiber optic cables crisscross ocean floors, carrying trillions of dollars of business. Around 99 percent of the world's data run through undersea cables. David Oller/Europa Press via Getty Images

NATO officials announced Friday that they will boost its military presence in the Baltic Sea in the wake of a suspected sabotage of an undersea power cable.

The decision comes two days after an incident in which the Estlink 2 cable, which links power grids between Finland and Estonia, was severed after an oil tanker believed to be part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” intentionally damaged the cable, according to a report from Agence France Presse.

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