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Again, text PDB to 989-89898. It's Thursday, the 23rd of October. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. First up, new revelations about a hidden Russian espionage

effort beneath the Arctic Ocean. The goal appears to be to shield or mask Moscow's nuclear submarines using

Western-made technology. Later in the show, European Security Services foil another Russian

terror plot. Authorities in Poland and Romania say they've stopped a plan to send explosive

parcels to Ukraine. It's all part of Moscow's growing campaign of sabotage across the continent.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight. Today, new reporting suggests Russia may be outsmarting

Western intelligence, this time beneath the Arctic ice. A Washington Post investigation

has uncovered how Moscow secretly built an underwater surveillance

system, essentially a spy network on the seafloor, designed to both track western underwater

activities and shield its own nuclear submarines from detection.

The network is called Harmony.

That's a peaceful and happy-s sounding name, and it stretches across the Arctic

seabed with an array of sensors, hydroacoustic buoys, and fiber optic cables. It's meant to give

Russia a real-time picture of what's happening in its northern waters, specifically it tells

them when U.S. or NATO submarines are getting too close. Now, what makes the story remarkable isn't just the

technology itself, but where it came from. Much of the equipment inside this system, including

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