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Report: Underwater net cables are prime targets for terrorists and Russia

Daedalus

Re: Ar**

Try equipping yourself with some facts before firing in all directions.

The vulnerable stretch will be at depths less than 300 metres. Only the best subs can survive deeper than that, and then they only get to about 750 metres. Therefore the parts of the cables most accessible to hostile forces are on the continental shelves, where naval patrols can operate. Underwater research vehicles can of course go very deep indeed, but are limited by what they can do. Theoretically a Ballard type submersible could plant explosives at extreme depth, but there's the surface ship to consider. When you are taking hostile actions, you want to be fast, cheap, and quiet. That's hard to do when working at extremes.

The best defence will be multiple redundant cables. Now that's what they call a hard sell.

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