China has successfully tested a new subsea cable cutting vessel The vessel uses a self-contained electro-hydrostatic actuator While designed for civilian purposes, the vessel has military application ...

China has been repeatedly accused of deliberately severing Taiwan's undersea telecommunications cables. So when Beijing's powerful new cable cutter was revealed in March this year, it made headlines ...

A weekend headline from the South China Morning Post declaring “China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable-cutter that could reset the world order” caught plenty of attention and amplified anxieties ...