Undersea cables: fear of attack at the b • Table.Briefings

The economic and geopolitical importance of undersea data cables is growing. But so far, their protection has been inadequate. More and more nations are reacting, and experts see an urgent need for action.

Fears are growing that undersea data cables and landing points are increasingly becoming targets of hybrid warfare. Since the attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines, politicians, companies and the military have been intensively discussing the possible targeted destruction of undersea cables. Technically, these infrastructures of the information age lie unprotected at the bottom of the sea.

Undersea cables: fear of attack at the bottom of the sea

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