A tool originally designed for underwater mining, but which can have other less legitimate uses. “The experimental results show that the electrical submarine cable cutting device can succeed in cutting reinforced cables over a diameter of 60 millimeters with a success rate which reaches 100 %” He was thus explained.
Is this an indirect threat to China? Because, as the newspaper notes, ” This is the first time that a country officially has revealed that it has such a tool capable of harming critical submarine networks. With this tool, China, which has the largest fleet of insubmersibles to the world, could attack strategic nodes for the United States in the Pacific Ocean. What will be Washington’s response?