Chinese ship spotted 'lurking' near Taiwan's subsea internet cables linking it to the US
- Chinese research vessel lingered above critical Pacific undersea communications infrastructure
- Taiwan's Coast Guard warned the vessel to turn away from the Pacific Light Cable Network
- Windward linked slow vessel movements with recognized intelligence-gathering behavior
A Chinese-flagged research vessel was recently observed loitering directly above an undersea cable system connecting Taiwan to the United States.
Taiwan's Coast Guard filmed the encounter and warned the 200-foot ship to alter its course away from the cable route.
The cable is the Pacific Light Cable Network, an 8,000-mile fiber-optic system linking Taiwan, the Philippines and the US.
A pattern consistent with intelligence gathering
Maritime analysis platform Windward tracked the vessel moving at slow speed directly over the cable route in the Philippine Sea.
The company described such slow-speed movement over critical undersea infrastructure as one of the clearest signals used in maritime intelligence gathering.
Windward stated plainly that cables do not move, adding that...
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