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Russia a 'risk' to undersea cables, defence chief warns
The UK's most senior military officer has warned of a new threat posed by Russia to communications and internet cables that run under the sea. Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, the chief of the defence staff, said Britain and Nato needed to prioritise protecting the lines of communication. He said it would be an "immediately and potentially catastrophic" hit to the economy if they were cut or disrupted.
The cables criss-cross the seabed, connecting up countries and continents. [...] Speaking to the Royal United Services Institute defence think tank, Sir Stuart said the vulnerability of undersea lines posed a "new risk to our way of life".
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(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday December 16 2017, @07:40PM
Since the first day I took office, all you hear is the phony Democrat excuse for losing the election, Russia, Russia, Russia. Despite this I have the economy booming and have possibly done more than any 10 month President. It hasn't been easy, folks. The Establishment and special interests are absolutely killing our country. Our politicians are never going to do what's right for you -- the people of our country. They are only going to do what's right for them, meaning contributions to run for office now, and in the future.
We're a debtor nation. Something has to happen over the next number of years with this country because you can't keep on losing $49 billion on trade every month. And yet we let China come in and dump everything into our markets. It's not free trade. If you ever go to China right now and try to sell something, forget about it. Just forget about it. It's almost impossible. They don't have laws against it, they just make it impossible.
They come over here, they sell their vegetables, their TVs, they knock the hell out of our companies. And, hey, I have tremendous respect for the Chinese people. I mean, you can respect somebody that's beating the hell out of you, but they are beating the hell out of this country. Kuwait, they live like kings -- the poorest person in Kuwait, they live like kings -- and yet, they're not paying. We make it possible for them to sell their oil. Why aren't they paying us 25 percent of what they're making? It's a joke. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 🇺🇸