Beijing now has the power to disrupt global communications after scientists revealed a device that can sever undersea cables.

The tool, which is able to cut lines at depths of up to 4,000 metres (13,123 feet) – twice the maximum operational range of existing subsea communication infrastructure – has been designed specifically for integration with China’s advanced crewed and uncrewed submersibles like the Fendouzhe, or Striver, and the Haidou series.

  • optissima@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3111·
    4 days ago

    We literally have starlink and the US run by fascists with nukes. I don’t mind seeing other countries that they threaten ready to combat their information systems.

      • Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        115·
        3 days ago

        Dictatorships don’t exactly have a history of stopping after „defeating“ their enemy. They’ll find new ones

        Fr dawg.

        Also, I don’t really want to have to learn Mandarin, nom sayin’?

        I’m firmly in middle age and don’t have the mental capacity to memorize 30,000 Chinese characters or whatever the count is.

      • optissima@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Is this like how they targeted African countries economies with the Belt and Road Initiative?