The China Ship Science Research Center and its National Key Laboratory for Deep-sea Manned Submersibles have developed a deep-sea cable cutting device that can cut armored cables covered with ...

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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.

Since early 2024, Chinese ships have been implicated in several cases of suspected cable sabotage, including in the Baltic Sea and around Taiwan, the self-ruled island claimed by China.

China is now an active developer and trusted partner in the global submarine cable industry. To date, Chinese enterprises have laid a cumulative length of over 70,000 km of submarine cables ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan’s coast guard said it detained a China-linked cargo ship on Wednesday after a nearby undersea cable to the Penghu Islands in the sensitive Taiwan Strait was disconnected.

was designed for integration with China’s advanced submersibles China has unveiled a deep-sea cable-cutting device capable of slicing through the world’s most fortified underwater communication and ...