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Submarine Cable Resilience

Submarine cable resilience has become a focal point of infrastructure security discussion, given the cables' critical role in global connectivity and their exposure to sabotage, accidents, and geopolitical risk.

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Discussion of submarine cable resilience highlights the vulnerability of global internet infrastructure to physical and geopolitical disruption, an area of growing strategic concern as undersea cables carry the vast majority of international data traffic (APNIC Blog, October 14). The topic intersects with recent incidents of suspected sabotage against critical infrastructure (e.g., satellite ground stations) and broader concerns about resilience of the networks underpinning global commerce and communications.

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