Why the Latest Baltic Sea Cable Evidence Has Wider Implications

Naval and coast guard vessels from several European countries have forced a Chinese commercial ship to anchor in the Baltic Sea after suspecting it deliberately sabotaged undersea internet infrastructure. International investigators believe the crew aboard Yi Peng 3, a Chinese bulk carrier transporting Russian fertilizer, dragged its anchor for more than 100 miles across the Baltic seabed, damaging internet cables that run across it. As a result, two different internet links--one between Finland and Germany and another between Sweden’s Gotland…