Russia Developing New Underwater Drones to Target Internet Cables

Here's how the EU can fight back

The Argus-I shares much of the same components but is shorter than the Argus-D. The unusual fold-out fins are intended to aid pipeline tracking and inspection. Rubin Design Bureau Russia loves a costume. Sometimes it is a “humanitarian convoy” full of ammunition. Sometimes it is “little green men” who just happen to have brand-new rifles and mobik haircuts. Now it is “scientific” underwater drones that just happen to be perfectly suited to mess with undersea cables and pipelines in the Baltic Sea. If you live around the Baltic, this is not a theoretical problem. Cables and pipelines sit…

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