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NATO uses marine drons to defend Subsea cables.
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European officials have accused Russia of sabotaging the cables.
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The cables have electricity and internet data.
NATO uses marine drons to help control and defend undersea cables in the midst of the escalating threat of the Russian sabotage.
Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of the Alliance, mentioned the new technology in a recent panel.
Rutte spoke on Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, said that NATO had launched a mission in the Baltic Sea “to combat the Russians who get our critical undersea infrastructure.”
“We use Sea Drone technology there, in addition to the more traditional technology with ships, etc. and planes,” he said.
His comments follow the NATO announcement on January 14 of his Baltic Sentry mission, with the help of ships, planes, undersea satellites and navy drones to investigate and defend the cables.
The cables that run thousands of kilometers under the sea send the cables of energy and data that are crucial for a worldwide internet. But they are difficult to control and protect and are vulnerable to attack.
Drones are not -torn ships that can be used for a series of functions, including supervision. The use of marine Gendons is still relatively new.
French Adm. Pierre Vandier, a senior NATO commander, told the war zone that Baltic sentry was the first time drones.
He also clarified that the drones were surface drones, instead of submarine.
The mission would “give a persistent, 24-7 supervision of critical areas,” he told the outlet.
In recent months, European civil servants have blamed Russia for a series of mysterious cable eaters around the Baltic Sea.
Analysts told Business Insider that Russia seems to use aging tankers to break the cables by dragging their anchors, making plausible denial appears. In December, the Finnish officials held a tanker accused of breaking down a cable near Estonia and said that the ship was part of a “shadow fleet” that Russia used to avoid sanctions.
Russia has denied any involvement in cable absence.
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