Russia submarine that caught fire may have been to cut internet cables - Business Insider"A Russian navy submarine caught fire on Monday, killing 14 sailors on board.
Two independent Russian news outlets reported that the vessel was the AS-12 "Losharik," a nuclear-powered vessel that US officials have said is designed to cut undersea cables that keep the world's internet running.
...US and other Western officials have long warned that Russian ships have been active near major undersea fiber-optic cables that carry calls, emails, texts, and trillions of dollars' worth of daily financial transactions.
..."If they are doing research on the sea floor with a military submarine, they are probably also able to interdict or disrupt undersea cabling or other undersea infrastructure, like pipelines."
,,,"These submarines might also be used to install, remove, or disrupt seabed sonar arrays" to either bolster Russia's own defenses or dismantle the defenses of another country..."
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https://www.businessinsider.com/map-shows-extent-of-undersea-internet-cables-that-russians-could-cut-2017-12
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