Quad and Europe boost seabed security amid sabotage threats.

Europe and Quad countries are deploying advanced drones, surveillance systems, and underwater robots to protect critical undersea pipelines, cables, and terminals from sabotage by hostile actors. Mapped in relatively shallow waters, these cables are prime targets. 150 to 200 cables are damaged annually, and fishing gear or anchors can mask state-sponsored attacks by “shadow fleet” vessels. Attribution is difficult, damage alerts arrive only post-incident, and multiple jurisdictions hinder coordinated responses. Experts urge public-private cooperation, naval patrols, deep-sea sensor arrays, and pre-positioned repair teams to treat subsea networks as sovereign territory.

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