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'About 40 drone-equipped U.S. Marines have been sent to Finland to join NATO’s Baltic Sentry effort to protect undersea cables in the wake of several instances of suspected sabotage ...

'... the first commitment of American troops [to the initiative].

'The Marines will use hand-launched RQ-20 Puma surveillance drones ...

'This is also a great opportunity for the Marines to hone their cold weather skills. The Arctic is a focus of NATO and the U.S. ...

'Having Marines deployed on this mission fits into their new doctrine of positioning small units in littoral areas inside an enemy’s weapons engagement zone (WEZ), though that has been largely focused on the Pacific'.

Good stuff.
https://www.twz.com/sea/drone-equipped-u-s-marines-now-helping-protect-baltic-se-submarine-cables