NATO continues to patrol Baltic Sea after cable damage incidents

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Latvian police continue investigation into possible cable sabotage - Radio Sweden

While Swedish prosecutors last month ruled out sabotage as an underlying cause for the damage to an undersea fiber-optic cable between Sweden and Latvia ...

Polish Researchers Detect Ship-Based GPS Jammers in Baltic Sea

A study carried out by Polish GNSS researchers has determined that the GPS interference observed in the Baltic recently exhibits capabilities beyond...

Scientists use gliders and underwater robots to make disturbing discovery: 'A good picture of the areas affected'

Major methane leaks from damaged gas pipelines have contaminated large sections of the Baltic Sea, according to a recent report in Science Daily.  What's happening? New research from the University of Gothenburg reveals methane from the destroyed Nord Stream pipelines spread across a large swath of the southern Baltic Sea. Using underwater robots and monitoring equipment, scientists found methane levels up to 1,000 times above normal that persis…

Reported Russian 'shadow fleet' oil tanker, detained over damaged undersea cables, allowed to leave Finland

The Eagle S oil tanker, which is thought to be part of Russia's "shadow fleet," was allowed to leave Finland's waters after it was detained on suspicion of sabotaging undersea Baltic cables, the Agence France-Presse news agency reported on March 2.Finnish authorities announced that there were "no longer grounds" to continue detaining the Russian-linked vessel Eagle S, though their criminal investigation remains ongoing. Three of the eight suspec…