Taiwan suspects that China was behind the cutting of an international undersea telecom cable early Friday morning.

The operation, dubbed Nordic Warden, uses sensor data do determine when shady vessels in the Baltic Sea approach areas of interest.

The U.K-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) has set up a tracking system to alert allies if a ship poses a threat to undersea cable infrastructure and track Russia's shadow fleet of tankers, London said on Jan.

The Joint Expeditionary Force, made up of ten nations, activated the UK-led Nordic Warden operation following reported damage to the Estlink2 undersea cable

The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), which includes forces from 10 Northern European countries, has enhanced the protection of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea and the monitoring of the Russian "shadow fleet,

The shadow fleet "threatens security and the environment, while funding Russia's war budget," Kaja Kallas, chief of foreign policy for the European Union, said to Politico. Four telecom cables — between Finland and Estonia,

The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) has initiated a sophisticated command system designed to surveil underwater infrastructure threats and keep tabs on Russia's covert maritime assets. This move comes in the wake of reported disruptions to a critical subsea cable in the Baltic Sea region.