NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect vital cables. Here's why and how

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Pilot Lt. Terry (surname withheld by the French military) inspects the wheels of a French Navy Atlantique 2 surveillance plane before its takeoff from Hamburg, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, on a NATO patrol over the Baltic Sea as part of the military's alliance "Baltic Sentry" mission to protect undersea cables and pipelines from sabotage. (AP Photo/John Leicester)