Protecting Undersea Internet Cables Is a Tech Nightmare
World map showing submarine cables in 2015 via Wikipedia Cable data by Greg Mahlknecht
Whenever I remember undersea cables I get a little surprised. In some ways it seem like the solution a fifth grader would come up with. How do you connect two continents? with a massive cord of course.
Very interesting article on IEEE Spectrum talking about the trials an pitfalls of protecting these vital lines of communication.
In other words, while the idea of uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs) regularly patrolling internet cableways is still in the realm of science fiction, it’s not that far removed from science fact as to be out of the realm of soon-to-be-realized possibility.
But then comes the lion’s share of the undersea internet cables around the world—the lines of fiber that traverse open oceans across the globe.
In these cases, Clark says, there are two regions of each cables’ path. There’s the deep sea portion—the Davy Jones’ Locker realm where only top-secret missions and movie directors on submarine jags dare venture. And then there are the portions of cable in shallower waters, typically nearer to coasts, that are accessible by present day anchors, submersibles, drones, and lord-knows-what-other kinds of underwater tech
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