A weekend headline from the South China Morning Post declaring “China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable-cutter that could reset the world order” caught plenty of attention and amplified anxieties ...

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A recent report highlighted China’s latest invention: a sea cable cutter capable of operating at depths of up to 4,000 meters (13,123 feet). It is designed for both manned and unmanned submarines.

What just happened? China has created a deep-sea cable-cutting device capable of severing the world's most fortified underwater communication and power lines at depths of up to 4,000 meters.

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SINGAPORE – Estonia is looking to beef up its capabilities to repair submarine cables and monitor their security in the Baltic Sea, in the light of the growing threats to such critical ...

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One of the Kremlin’s newest threats, according to NATO, is targeting undersea cables carrying vast quantities of data and power beneath the Baltic Sea to countries in northern Europe.

China’s new deep-sea cable cutter, capable of severing critical undersea communication and power cables 13,000 feet below the surface, has the potential to turn out the lights and plunge the ...

Hong Kong/Taipei (CNN) — From a chain of massive barges stretching from a Chinese beach into the sea, to a powerful new design for cutting undersea cables at record depths, China’s latest ...