Finland’s Border Guard is establishing a maritime surveillance center to safeguard critical undersea infrastructure in the Gulf of Finland. This initiative, driven by recent outages and heightened security concerns, aims to enhance monitoring of unusual vessel movements. Collaboration with Baltic nations and the EU will involve advanced sensors and AI for real-time analysis.
A recent study by researchers from the UAE, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan examines how states prioritize cable security amid geopolitical tensions. It highlights the vulnerability of cable landing sites, particularly during wartime, and emphasizes that proximity and geopolitical factors often outweigh geographic considerations in determining risks to undersea cables.
Finnish authorities seized control of the oil tanker Eagle S, suspected of damaging an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia. The vessel, registered in the Cook Islands, was boarded in the Baltic Sea. The incident is being investigated as grave sabotage, with the cargo linked to Russia’s shadow fleet.
