Russian Trawlers Mapping Critical UK Infrastructure in North Sea: The Telegraph
- The Telegraph’s analysis of Global Fishing Watch data identified 17 Russian ships that spent long periods moving slowly near charted undersea cables.
- General Sir Gwyn Jenkins said Russia was “probing, testing and mapping” the seabed, while naval sources said such activity could help locate cables for possible sabotage.
- The UK Government plans tougher penalties of up to 14 years in prison for intentional damage to undersea infrastructure and new security requirements for telecom companies.
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Russia is using fishing trawlers to spy on Britain’s critical undersea cables, The Daily Telegraph reports. The newspaper’s analysis has found more than 500 instances where Russian ships have lingered over or followed the routes of vital communications cables linking Britain to Europe and the United States for miles. The newspaper says the vessels’ behaviour suggests they could be collecting data on the precise locations of the fibre optic cable…
Vladimir Putin 'spying on UK with HUNDREDS of fishing trawlers' with Britain at risk 'day one' of Nato conflict
Vladimir Putin has deployed fishing trawlers to spy on British critical undersea cables.More than 500 incidents of Russian civilian vessels hovering above fibre-optic communications cables which link Britain's economy to the wider world.The scale of movement suggests the Kremlin is surveilling the seabed to map the precise locations of cables that could be attacked in a future Nato conflict.If Russia were to cut the UK's cables, disruption could…
The British newspaper Telegraph states in the text that NATO is monitoring civilian ships that carry out espionage activities on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the waters around Great Britain.
Russia is using fishing trawlers to spy on the UK’s critical undersea cables, the Daily Telegraph claims, BNR reports. NATO is monitoring civilian vessels carrying out espionage activities for Vladimir Putin in waters around Britain. Ministers have confirmed that Moscow is using “commercial screens” to threaten vital undersea infrastructure. Analysis by the Daily Telegraph reveals more than 500 cases in which Russian trawlers have lingered over …
Russia is deploying fishing trawlers to spy on the UK's critical undersea cables, The Telegraph has revealed. The newspaper's analysis ...
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