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, ...

Beijing now has the power to disrupt global communications after scientists revealed a device that can sever undersea cables.

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.

Designed for integration with China’s advanced manned and unmanned submersibles such as the Fendouzhe and Haidou series, he ...

The tool, which is able to cut ... by the China Ship Scientific Research Centre (CSSRC) and its affiliated State Key Laboratory of Deep-sea Manned Vehicles, the device targets armoured cables ...

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

Not only is Chairman Xi Jinping constantly pushing the People's Liberation Army (PLA) towards devotee levels of loyalty to ...

Developed by the China Ship Scientific Research Centre (CSSRC) and its State Key Laboratory of Deep-sea Manned Vehicles, the ...