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A Russian cargo vessel that spent 14 hours anchored less than a mile from five transatlantic undersea data cables had to be chased out of British waters by a Royal Navy attack helicopter this week, The Telegraph reports.

The incident, reported on Tuesday, is a sign of the growing importance of undersea infrastructure, which links nations and carries vast amounts of communication data, and the increased vigilance over its protection.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

its really long past time this was done. And if the same ship does it twice, sink it. Its the only way they will learn.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Turkey had a problem with Russians invading their airspace.

HAD

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

EU is heavily reliant on these cables and they are definitively maped out by russia and others. They probably already have drones in place to quickly cut them when needed.

I wonder what the plan is when conflict happens.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 hours ago

The answer is why I hate people who think Starlink being private is a good idea.