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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 16 2017, @02:43PM (4 children)
That one just doesn't ring true.
If you cut a few cables, you might manage to isolate a 3rd world country.
To disconnect something major, you would have to cut a lot of cables.
That's going to cause an international incident with an evidence trail.
Seems improbable, unless the act is part of a much bigger conflict.
In which case, the cut cables are the least of the problem.
If he's the new naval commander, he doesn't have much interesting to say.
Maybe that's good because there is not much going on.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 16 2017, @02:44PM
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(Score: 3, Informative) by janrinok on Saturday December 16 2017, @03:40PM (2 children)
Air Chief Marshall Stuart Peach [wikipedia.org] is not navy, he is Royal Air Force, and he's also the current Chief of Defence Staff- the highest military office in the UK.
I am not interested in knowing who people are or where they live. My interest starts and stops at our servers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 17 2017, @02:07AM
And with an RAF that struggles to get 3 planes aloft simultaneously, a bathtub navy, and an "army" that doesn't add up to a full brigade.
Truly a Great Captain. Alexander and Julius Caesar, move over.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 17 2017, @07:45AM
And .... Colin Powell of Iraq WMD fame was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - the highest position in the US Military.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErlDSJHRVMA [youtube.com]