Microsoft and Facebook aren’t the only tech giants plotting their own private cables. In 2014, Google struck deals to build two, intended to link the US with Japan and Brazil. This article appeared in print under the headline “Under the sea”
"the industry is accustomed to cables breaking," stronge said. "they are armored when they are close to shore and generally they are buried slightly under the sea floor closer to the beach." a single submarine cable is anywhere from 0.75 to 2.5 inches thick. the armored cables closer to ...
Last year,underwater cablesin the Red Sea, lying between Africa and Asia, were cut and disrupted internet service. It was unclear how the cables were damaged and Yemen’s Houthi rebels denied attacking the lines to pressure Israel to end its war on Hamas in Gaza, theAsso...
We still don’t know the locations of all the faults on Earth, particularly in hard-to-measure locations such as under cities or on the sea floor. Distributed acoustic sensing could be used to turn other existing cables that aren’t in use into offshore seismic sensors to map underwater...
The incident was the latest in a string of episodes of apparent sabotage—including the cutting of data cables beneath theBaltic Sea—that have called attention to the security of what is viewed as critical infrastructure across the world. ...
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The new center will provide technical assistance and training across the Indo-Pacific. It will also support other governments in the region to develop better policy regardingundersea cables. This continues Australia's longstanding commitment to protecting undersea cables from threats such asaccidental dama...
For Pacific Island countries, undersea internet cables can be crucial. The number of Pacific Island countries with such connections has increased substantiallyin recent years. Even so, many countries still rely on a single cable and others have no cable at all. Each undersea cable is about the ...
What happens if an undersea cable is cut? CNN explains The bank transfer you made earlier, the movie you streamed last night and the video you're viewing right now - all possible because of a vast network of undersea cables that power the global internet. But how do these cables actually...
Tapping underwater cables is not a new thing.During the Cold War, US submarines transported divers with specially designed equipment that they attached to Soviet cables in the Sea of Okhotsk to intercept all communications. The secret surveillance lasted almost a decade, until information about the...