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Reporters at Newsweek uncovered two patent applications Chinese researchers filed for towed undersea cable-cutting devices.

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Copper residue on the cutting anchor would indicate if the cut was successful, the patent application said. Copper is the preferred conductor material used in subsea cables. Reached by telephone for ...