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"LONDON/WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (
Reuters) - Deep in Arctic waters near the remote
Svalbard archipelago this spring, NATO allies caught Russian subs training to
unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without
leaving any fingerprints.
The clandestine Russian operation, described to
Reuters by two Western
officials, was carried out by Moscow's GUGI undersea warfare directorate, which
used deep-sea submersibles to simulate the deployment of the sophisticated and
destructive technology.
A joint operation involving Britain, Norway and the United States tracked and
confronted the Russian vessels at sea, said the two officials, speaking on
condition of anonymity. The vessels were prevented from completing their
exercise and eventually left the area.
Britain and Norway disclosed in April that they had uncovered a covert Russian
operation in Arctic waters. But the discovery of the new weapon, the location
of the operation and the U.S. involvement have not been reported.
The deep-sea face-off comes at a time when some Western intelligence officials
fear the Kremlin is ramping up sabotage operations in Europe and preparing for
a conflict with NATO.
Some U.S. intelligence analysts are increasingly concerned Russia may test
NATO's mutual defence pact, known as
Article 5, three U.S. officials said. If
it does, destroying subsea cables could be a critical part of that effort, the
Western officials said."
Via Ivy Blackledge Whitfield.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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