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Inside the Race to Protect Submarine Cables From Sabotage - WSJ

By Google News World · 2026-04-09
Inside the Race to Protect Submarine Cables From Sabotage - WSJ
Why it matters: The security of the 1.3 million kilometers of undersea cables carrying 99% of global data is at risk.
A critical race is underway to safeguard the world's vital submarine communication cables from potential sabotage, with new technologies emerging to secure these undersea networks. US lawmakers are increasingly alarmed by what they term 'seabed warfare' capabilities being developed by Russia and China, highlighting a growing geopolitical threat to global connectivity.

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