Experts Warn of Beijing’s Gray Zone Tactics Following Baltic Cable Incidents

The Chinese regime’s capability and record have made it a prime suspect in the damaging of Europe’s communications infrastructure, one expert said.

The Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 (R) is anchored and monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessel in the sea of Kattegat, off Denmark’s coast, on Nov. 20, 2024. Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images

Two experts on the Chinese regime’s military said they believe Beijing will likely deploy more gray zone warfare tactics after a Chinese vessel was suspected of recently damaging two undersea telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea.

On Nov. 17 and Nov. 18, respectively, a cable between Lithuania and Sweden and another between Finland and Germany were severed.