The UK and allies launch a mission using AI to monitor undersea cables and track the movement of a Russian 'shadow fleet' following suspected damage to critical infrastructure.
The UK and a group of allies have launched an operation that will use artificial intelligence to better spot threats to undersea cables and track the movement of a ' Russia n shadow fleet '. The mission by the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) began last week, they said on Monday. It comes after a tanker carrying Russia n oil was suspected of damaging an undersea power cable between Finland and Estonia on Christmas Day as well as four telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea.
John Healey, the defence secretary, said: 'The UK and JEF are leading the way in providing support to our allies to help safeguard the offshore infrastructure we all rely on against potential threats.' He said the operation - dubbed Nordic Warden - would 'help protect against both deliberate acts of sabotage as well as cases of extreme negligence which we have seen cause damage to underwater cables'. The Ministry of Defence said the UK-led 'reaction system' - an AI-assisted computer program - would use AI to monitor large areas of the sea and track vessels by drawing on a variety of data, including the Automatic Identification System (AIS) ships use to broadcast their position. Particular ships of interest include a so-called 'shadow fleet' of vessels deployed around the world transporting embargoed Russian oil products. One of these vessels - the Eagle S, a tanker registered with the Cook Islands - is suspected by Finnish police of having damaged the Estlink 2 electricity cable, which became disconnected on 25 December. It is just one in a series of incidents of Russia-linked vessels damaging underwater infrastructure in what NATO allies have described as being part of a campaign of hybrid warfare under the threshold of conventional conflict. A top NATO official told Sky News in an interview last month there is a 'real prospect' an unconventional attack by Russia against NATO - such as an act of sabotage or arson - would cause 'substantial' casualtie
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