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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Leicester and Emma Burrows

Cables deep under the Baltic Sea keep getting damaged - here is what Nato is doing to protect them

Crew members aboard a French Navy Atlantique 2 surveillance plane patrolling over the Baltic Sea - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A French Navy surveillance plane, equipped with a powerful camera, meticulously scans the Baltic Sea, zooming in on cargo ships and scrutinising details like deck activity and chimney smoke.

The Atlantique 2 aircraft, part of a new Nato mission, spent more than five hours patrolling the vast expanse from Germany to Estonia, its sensors gathering crucial data.

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