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Sweden investigating new reports of Baltic Sea cable damage.

Sweden's coast guard has dispatched a vessel to waters east of Gotland. A number of telecommunications and power cables have been damaged in the Baltic Sea in recent months.

mediafaro.org/article/20250221

A Swedish navy ship patrolling in the Baltic Sea
Deutsche Welle · Sweden investigating new reports of Baltic Sea cable damageBy Zac Crellin

#Sweden seizes #cargoship after another #underseacable hit in suspected #sabotage
Swedish authorities have "seized" a vessel – believed to be the cargo #ship #Vezhen – "suspected of carrying out sabotage" after a cable running between #Sweden and #Latvia in the #BalticSea was damaged on the morning of January 26.
#NATO increasing patrols in the #Baltic as region awaits navy drones. Sweden, NATO's newest member, already deployed three warships and a surveillance airplane.
theregister.com/2025/01/27/swe

The Register · Sweden seizes cargo ship after another undersea cable hit in suspected sabotageBy Jude Karabus

#UnderseaCable near #Taiwan damaged in suspected sabotage, allegedly by the #Shunxin39, a Cameroonian-registered cargo ship with suspected links to mainland #China.
Taiwan is investigating the case and accelerating efforts to bolster telecom infrastructure with satellite systems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-01-06/und

No way they were testing things in the Baltic and North Sea, not just technique but also responses.... just no way.... </s>

ABC News · Undersea cable near Taiwan damaged in suspected sabotage by ChinaBy Najma Sambul

#Traficom boarded Eagle S to perform port state control (PSC) inspection. Courses of action Traficom may impose on a ship with deficiencies (in order of ascending gravity) are:
- Deficiencies can be rectified within 14 days for minor infractions.
- Under specific conditions, deficiencies can be rectified when the ship arrives at the next port.
- Deficiencies must be rectified before the ship can depart the port.
- Detention of the ship occurs.