Overview
- Commodore Arjen Warnaar and other commanders reported roughly half a year without detected damage to undersea infrastructure during the patrols.
- The mission was launched in January after five cables were severed in the Gulf of Finland in December 2024, prompting sustained maritime and air patrols.
- NATO officers say AI analysis of shipping patterns now flags unusual behavior in near real time, reducing response from seven to eight hours to about one hour.
- Allied Maritime Command added multiple ISR platforms and at least one air‑defence frigate in late September following drone incursions over Danish bases.
- Officials have linked some past activity to Russia’s hybrid tactics, yet accountability remains unsettled after a Helsinki court dismissed the Eagle S cable‑damage case on jurisdictional grounds and prosecutors moved to appeal.