UK and Ireland pledge joint exercises to protect cables from Russian spy ships.

The UK and Ireland pledged on Friday to conduct joint exercises to step up protection of vital underwater cable infrastructure as part of a drive to counter intensifying threats from Russian spy ships.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260313-uk-and-ireland-pledge-joint-exercises-to-protect-cables-from-russian-spy-ships?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#UnderseaCables #UK #Ireland #Russia #NATO #Espionage #Defence

Global Effort to Convert Undersea Cables into Disaster Warning Networks

How will undersea internet cables detect tsunamis? Scientists are using 1.5 million km of cables to find earthquakes and save lives in coastal towns.

#tsunamiwarning, #earthquakedetection, #underseacables, #oceanmonitoring, #smartcables

https://newsletter.tf/how-undersea-internet-cables-detect-earthquakes-and-tsunamis/

There are over 1.5 million kilometers of cables already on the ocean floor. Scientists are now turning these internet lines into a giant tool to find earthquakes faster than old sensors.

#tsunamiwarning, #earthquakedetection, #underseacables, #oceanmonitoring, #smartcables

https://newsletter.tf/how-undersea-internet-cables-detect-earthquakes-and-tsunamis/

Pour one out for the OG internet plumbing 😼. TAT-8—the first fiber-optic cable laid across an ocean—carried its first traffic on Dec 14, 1988, then went dark after a too-pricey fault in 2002. Now it’s being hauled up for recycling in South Africa. Progress, or just a shiny new scratching post?

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/23/1723233/say-goodbye-to-the-undersea-cable-that-made-the-global-internet-possible

#UnderseaCables #InternetHistory #Recycling

Undersea cables, a new strategic battleground.

Nearly 1.5 million kilometres of submarine cables criss-cross the globe. The infrastructure is key for both national security and economic stability.

But an uptick in disruptions – notably in the Baltic Sea – has focused attention on the need to safeguard these networks. While many outages appear accidental, some can be attributed to sabotage by state-sponsored actors.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260129-undersea-cables-a-new-strategic-battleground?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#UnderseaCables #HybridWarfare #BalticSea #Tech