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Vulnerable to attack. One factor is the complex ownership and maintenance structure of cable networks. The cables are privately owned by telecommunications companies, which are responsible for ...
Undersea cables between Finland-Germany and Lithuania-Sweden were cut, potentially sabotaged. The incident is one of a number of similar incidents in recent years, highlighting the vulnerability ...
The vulnerability of these cables was emphasized in late February, when a few were damaged in the Red Sea, markedly degrading people’s online experience in parts of East Africa and South Asia.
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.
Fishing, aging cables and marine species that collide with or become entangled in cables can damage cables and spread toxic and harmful substances into the sea. However, the impact of submarine cables is limited compared with other sources of ocean pollution. There is also a risk of releasing pollutants buried in sediments.
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 transatlantic cables incident was the first enforcement action taken under the Submarine Cables Convention. [13] On about November 20, 2024, in what was cited as the second enforcement action under the convention, a Royal Danish Navy warship detained the Chinese merchant vessel Yi Peng 3 while investigating the damaging of two undersea ...
The UK is sending submarine-hunting aircraft to participate in a new NATO operation in the Baltic Sea. The operation is a response to recent incidents in which several undersea cables were damaged.