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Russian plot to sabotage undersea cables with 'secret weapon' foiled by NATO — clandestine op uncovers…

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NATO allies, including the U.S., UK, and Norway, have reportedly thwarted a Russian naval exercise aimed at simulating the deployment of a novel weapon designed to disable critical undersea communication cables. The exercise, which took place near Norway's Svalbard archipelago, involved Russian submarines practicing the use of this AI

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    Russian plot to sabotage undersea cables with 'secret weapon' foiled by NATO — clandestine op uncovers training exercise simulating deployment against infrastructure in Norway

    NATO foiled a Russian training exercise simulating the deployment of a secret weapon against Norwegian undersea cables.