Chinese researchers have developed a compact, deep-sea device capable of severing even the most fortified underwater cables.

To overcome this, Hu’s team crafted a specialized diamond-coated grinding wheel. Spinning at 1,600 revolutions per minute, ...

The China Ship Science Research Center and its National Key Laboratory for Deep-sea Manned Submersibles have developed a deep-sea cable cutting device that can cut armored cables covered with ...

But there have also been mounting accusations that China, alongside Russia, is targeting the underwater cables that power global energy flows and communications. Raymond Powell, a retired US Air ...

China’s deep-sea cable-cutter isn’t about the technology – it’s theatre ... it is that Beijing has mastered both the tool and the tale – and understands that sometimes the tale can cut deeper.

The new device could theoretically grant China the ability to quietly cripple global communications and energy networks, ...

Russia and China are harassing the West with attacks that, although not crossing the line into war, inflict considerable ...

Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory ... In 2023, two undersea cables connecting the Matsu islands were cut, disconnecting the internet. Taiwan authorities said that two Chinese ...