Do we have a plan on how to deal with subsea cables sabotage?
There are more than 500 undersea cables worldwide. Often connecting continents, from Europe to Australasia, they provide internet connectivity to billions of people, many of whom have no idea that they even exist. They are one of those components of our global infrastructure that is fundamental to our way of life and yet largely unappreciated. Unappreciated, that is, until the internet is disrupted. And that looks like an increasing possibility. Over the last few months, Houthi rebels in the Middle East have been alleged to have sabotaged four major communication cables, belonging to the AAE-1...