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Submarine Cables, The Backbone of The Internet, Are Under Threat of Sabotage by Russia, Raising Warnings About Global Communications Security.
The recent threat from Russia to cut submarine cables, responsible for most of the world’s internet connectivity, brings to light the vulnerability of this essential infrastructure for the global economy and military defense.
These cables, which run over 1.3 million kilometers on the ocean floor, carry about 95% of global data traffic, including financial operations, government communications, and military control systems. The alert is seen by many as a Russian maneuver in a hybrid war, where covert sabotage gains traction in power strategies.
Submarine Cables Have an Enormous Strategic Importance
They not only maintain our connectivity for daily services, such as social media and emails, but are also critical for security and defense communications in countries.
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Russia, with intelligence ships and equipment capable of operating at extreme depths, has been spotted near these cables, especially in areas of high military sensitivity, such as the North Atlantic. This proximity raises suspicions that Russia might be inspecting or even planning to sabotage these cables in the event of conflict.
US and UK Plan Sabotage Operations?
The presence of Russian ships with mini-submarine capabilities and depth manipulation technologies does not go unnoticed. Recently, Nikolai Patrushev, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, suggested that the US and UK could be planning sabotage operations, in an apparent strategy to divert attention from potential Russian actions.
This type of “modus operandi” has been observed during the Cold War, and now it seems to be returning, but with a sharper focus on technological infrastructures.
The threat to submarine cables goes beyond a possible loss of connection. A coordinated attack could isolate entire continents and cause multibillion-dollar damages to the global economy. Financial institutions, which rely on real-time transmissions, and global logistics operations would collapse, in addition to the direct impact on military forces.
NATO
In a sabotage scenario, NATO, which relies on these cables for coordination among its bases on different continents, would lose part of its immediate response capability.
With this imminent threat, security experts advocate for the need for new international agreements and constant monitoring to protect these critical structures. Collaboration between governments and technology companies is crucial to ensure that submarine cables are more secure and less exposed to covert attacks.
Não vão chegar a esse nívei de loucura, pois o resto do mundo vai pra cima e a Rússia vira pó
E ai, tem alguém com um atlas para você?
Assunto que nem deveria ser veiculado se tão sério, vejamos pelo lado médico, hoje existem a medicina virtual, as operações robóticas pela rede….. e qualquer dano nesta pode abalar o mundo todo, até mesmo quem provoca-lo. A rede é mundial e não só da OTAN ou do CREMILIM, ou da China, ou do Brasil…. ela é planetária, e os danos nela é um suicídio tecnológico para o mundo.