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Submarine cables, while often perceived as ‘insignificant’ parts of communication infrastructure as they lay “hidden” in the seabed, [80] [81] are an essential infrastructure in the digital era, carrying 99% of the data traffic across the oceans. [82] This data includes all internet traffic, military transmissions, and financial ...
As explained in the 2 preceding sections, the purpose of submarine power cables is the transport of electric current at high voltage. The electric core is a concentric assembly of inner conductor , electric insulation , and protective layers (resembling the design of a coaxial cable ). [ 5 ]
On 17–18 November 2024, [1] two submarine telecommunication cables, the BCS East-West Interlink and C-Lion1 fibre-optic cables were disrupted in the Baltic Sea.The incidents involving both cables occurred in close proximity of each other and near-simultaneously which prompted accusations from European government officials and NATO member states of hybrid warfare and sabotage as the cause of ...
The International Cable Protection Committee — at ISCPC.org, includes a register of submarine cables worldwide (though not always updated as often as one might hope) United Kingdom Cable Protection Committee — at UKCPC.org.uk; Kingfisher Information Service — at KISCA.org.uk, source of free maps of cable routes around the United Kingdom ...
The U.N. technology agency has created a new body to boost protection for submarine cables, aiming to help shore them up against damage and accelerate repairs after a series of high-profile failures.
Finally, States have the obligation of making damages to submarine internet cables a punishable offence (article 113), except if it is unavoidable with lives or ships at stake. [6] With the growing discussions following climate change and environmental issue, submarine cables' sustainable protection ought to be a priority.
Vietnam alone plans to have 10 new submarine cables by 2030. Undersea cables are at the centre of the Sino-American tech war, with the two powers vying to win contracts, especially in Asia, to ...
The vulnerability of these cables was ... the damage after earlier suggesting on social media that the nearby infrastructural hotspot—there are 16 crucial submarine cables in the Red Sea ...