ON THE BALTIC SEA — The crew of the Norwegian minehunter gave the black speedboat skimming the waves toward them one last chance to turn back before opening fire with machine guns mounted on the deck.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taiwan said Tuesday that it detained a Chinese-linked ship suspected of cutting an undersea cable. It's investigating whether the ...

However, despite this apparent flexibility, NATO strategy risks becoming a catch-22. Were there to be a major disruption to subsea cables, even if data flows were diverted to space they would still be ...

May 21, 2025 marked a serious escalation in Baltic Sea tensions as Poland forced a Russia-linked vessel to retreat from the vicinity of a NATO undersea power cable. The ship, sailing under an Antiguan ...

Meanwhile, Belgian Navy Commander Erik Kockx, who heads a group taking part in a NATO mission in the Baltic Sea, pointed out that it’s hard to evaluate the practical effect of the bloc’s increased ...