Russia can be involved in damage to the underwater cables of the Lofoten-Westerlen Marine Observatory off the coast of Northern Norway, capable of tracking the movement of the submarine. Such an accusation is provided in the publication of the DRIVE edition.
The publication claims that what happened “caused suspicion of deliberate sabotage, possibly held by the Russian government, which definitely has for this means.”
According to the NEWSinenglish.no portal, more than 4.3 kilometers from a 66-kilometer of a network of specially designed sea fiber optic and electrical cables connecting the nodes of underwater sensors with control stations on the shore, converted and disappeared. Cables were located on the Norwegian continental shelf and allowed to monitor the underwater situation in the Norwegian Sea. Damage to the system paralyzed her work.
Data from the system formally inventive scientific, first came to the Norwegian Institute of Defense Studies, where after checking were sent to the Institute of Marine Studies of the country.
“Russia has submarines of special purpose, which may well be equipped in order to cut cables or even remove them for further study,” writes The Drive.
The publication emphasizes that at present the Norwegian side is studying the circumstances of what happened.
In July 2019, the US Naval Institute said that the atomic deep-water station AC-31 “Hosharic”, on which there was a fire before the same month, intended for deployment in North Atlantic, in particular, conducting conditional operations The lines connecting Greenland and the British Islands (Faroerage-Icelandic Located), where the American hydroacoustic anti-submarine SOSUS Surveillance Surveillance System is located.