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China’s new underwater tool cuts deep, exposing vulnerability of vital network of subsea cables

  • Written by John Calabrese, Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute, American University
imageLaying an undersea fiber-optic cable at Arrietara beach near the Spanish village of Sopelana.Ander Gillenea/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese researchers have unveiled a new deep-sea tool capable of cutting through the world’s most secure subsea cables − and it has many in the West feeling a little jittery.

The development, first revealed in...

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