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A Chinese cargo ship is under investigation related to severed data cables in the Baltic Sea. A probe found that the vessel steamed ahead while dragging its anchor for more than 100 miles.
A Chinese ship was seen near severed Baltic Sea internet cables, the FT reported. Germany's defense minister said the incidents were likely to have been "caused by sabotage."
The 1884 Convention for the Protection of Submarine Telegraph Cables was the first international compact to deal with underwater cables. [8] It proscribes breakage or damage of such cables — except by belligerents engaged in open war — and permits the naval forces of state parties to engage in certain enforcement actions against suspected offenders.
On 17–18 November 2024, [1] two submarine telecommunication cables, the BCS East-West Interlink and C-Lion1 fibre-optic cables were disrupted in the Baltic Sea.The incidents involving both cables occurred in close proximity of each other and near-simultaneously which prompted accusations from European government officials and NATO member states of hybrid warfare and sabotage as the cause of ...
Purchased by Chinese S.B.Submarine Systems (SBSS) in 2021 for a retrofit conversion as a cable ship. Launched in 2022 for those cable ship purposes. [14] CS Pierre de Fermat (2014) Used by Orange UK, the vessel was the first new ship built by Orange Marine, since the CS Raymond Croze was launched in 1983 for cable laying. [14]
A file photo shows a fiber optic cable being pulled ashore by a cable-laying ship in the Baltic Sea, in Sassnitz, Germany, Nov. 29, 2023. / Credit: Stefan Sauer/picture alliance/Getty
Undersea cables are a symbol of the interconnectedness that defines the modern world. Protecting them is not just a matter of national security but of preserving the stability of the global system.
On September 23, 2020, Philippine internet service providers PLDT and Sky Cable were among the ISPs that announced that their respective networks will be affected by a 5-day emergency maintenance of the AAG submarine cables near Hong Kong from 8 a.m. of September 25 to 5 a.m. of September 30.