"Underwater, not in space": What are the new directions of Russian strikes - Admiral
In addition to the possible attack on space satellites, the Kremlin can damage the submarine cables, and this will destroy the world economy. The details of the new threat Admiral US Navy retired James Stavridis on the Bloomberg portal. Stavidis published an overview based on the Policy Exchange Research Center report. The report refers to the vulnerability of submarine cables that can easily damage the attackers from the Russian Federation.
According to Admiral, it is "Achilles heel that threatens global trade, worldwide military readiness and logistics, as well as the Internet itself. " The report states that 95% of the network is transmitted through the fiber, laid through the bottom of the seven seas, not through space satellites. Approximately, through these communications, "10 trillions of financial transactions, commercial payments and trade operations". Under the water they are completely unprotected.
There is also no protection at the points of exit of these cables on land. "The war is approaching on the seabed," the US exquisite. The map posted in the report indicates the cable output points. The observer stressed that it was previously thought that they should be protected, for example, from international terrorists. However, there were no special protective measures. According to Stavidis, the structure of the World Wide Web has recently been in danger.
In particular, the capabilities of the submarines of the Russian Federation, as well as the so-called "research vessels" that can act in any sections of the seabed, are dangerous. Thanks to these tools, the aggressor country can either cut underwater cables or be unauthorized to connect to them.
"Russian submarines (and some of their surface" research "vessels, which are actually reconnaissance ships) are likely to have the ability to fall into very deep cable areas and break them-either destroying them or connecting them to manipulate data" Meanwhile, in 2022, the French Minister of Defense spoke about the "strategy of war on the seabed": it was about how to act to protect their interests, if necessary.
The Naval News portal posted a scheme of such "war" and explained that the military intends to expand the possibilities of conducting some action to a depth of 6 thousand m. Admiral Navy retired that the US government, in his opinion, ignores both this threat and threat In space. Meanwhile, he proposes to take a series of urgent measures to protect the Internet: note that in the first months of a full-scale Russian invasion there was a blasting of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea.
According to the investigators, a few days before the explosion, a "Research Ship" of the Russian Federation, which could be lowered to the bottom of divers for laying explosives, was seen nearby. However, according to other sources, other forces are suspected of diversion, as if related to Ukraine. We remind you that in Roszma they spoke about the continuation of the construction of submarines, which will replenish the fleet of the aggressor country.