Finland Strengthens Undersea Security Measures Amid Rising Sabotage Threat
- On Thursday, Finnish authorities conducted a live drill in the Baltic Sea, boarding and searching a target vessel to test response tactics against potential undersea sabotage.
- Following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the Baltic Sea region experienced repeated damage to critical power cables, telecom lines, and gas pipelines, prompting heightened vigilance.
- Masked officers from the Coast Guard fast-roped onto the ship's deck from a helicopter, securing the crew and sweeping the vessel room by room.
- Coast Guard Commander Ilja Iljin called the exercise evidence of "the new normal," stating, "we have to be ready for when the next event happens."
- New government measures would grant the Border Guard authority to stop and inspect stateless or falsely flagged ships while enabling intervention against unmanned underwater vehicles.
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Border guards practiced on Thursday how to disembark from a helicopter and take control of a suspicious vessel as Finland wrapped up a European Union (EU) naval exercise in the Baltic Sea.
The exercise was carried out against the background of concerns of countries in the Baltic region due to damage to submarine cables and gas pipelines.
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Finland Practices Ship Boardings at Sea to Stop Undersea Sabotage
Finnish authorities boarded and searched a target vessel in the Baltic Sea on Thursday in a live drill that officials said shows how seriously the region takes the threat of undersea sabotage after a string of incidents.
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