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Vessels Linked to Cable Sabotage Return to China or Vanish From Tracking Systems

Some of the vessels operating out of communist China have switched between different digital identities or turned off the identification system.
Vessels Linked to Cable Sabotage Return to China or Vanish From Tracking Systems
The bulk carrier Chinese ship, Yi Peng 3, anchored in the sea of Kattegat, Denmark, on Nov. 20, 2024. Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
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Cargo vessels accused of sabotaging undersea fiber-optic cables are sheltering in China or else have disappeared from tracking services in recent weeks.

Bulk carrier Yi Peng 3, a Chinese-owned and operated cargo ship, is alleged to have cut two vital communications cables in the Baltic Sea last November by dragging its anchor in a zigzag pattern for more than 100 miles.
Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a former national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.