Source: The Maritime Executive
“Two Baltic subsea cables connecting four different NATO nations have likely been severed, according to officials in Finland and Sweden. The first fiber-optic line in question is the C-Lion1 cable, which runs about 750 miles from Helsinki, Finland to Rostock, Germany. According to Finland’s state telecom company, Cinia, the line may have been cut by an ‘outside force.’ A cable ship is preparing to get under way to make repairs, but fixing the damage could take up to two weeks. At about 0800 GMT on Sunday, a subsea fiber connection between Lithuania and the strategic island of Gotland, Sweden also went out of service, according to Swedish telco Telia. By the nature of the failure, the company believes that the cause was physical damage to the cable, a spokesperson told CNN. Suspicion immediately turned to ‘intentional damage,’ and to Russia.” (11/18/24)
https://maritime-executive.com/article/two-baltic-subsea-cables-likely-severed-by-outside-forces