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   UK strengthens subsea cables against Russian interference   
      
   Date:   
   Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:20:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Project Atlantic Bastion is kicking off and should help secure UK undersea   
   critical infrastructure from the Russians.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   The UK government has started working on Atlantic Bastion, a new military   
   program aimed at strengthening the security of its undersea critical   
   infrastructure.    
      
   In a press release published on the UK.gov site earlier this week, it was    
   said that Atlantic Bastions goal was to secure these assets from Russian   
   undersea threats.    
      
   Russian submarine and underwater activity has reportedly picked up in recent   
   years, and the country has been hard at work modernizing its fleet to target   
   critical undersea cables and pipelines. Europes eastern neighbor has    
   allegedly been seen mapping out key locations of undersea critical   
   infrastructure , with the UK government mentioning Russian spy ship Yantar   
   that was recently spotted around UK waters.    
      
   This year alone, the UK will have invested millions of pounds into    
   development and testing of innovative anti-submarine sensor technology.    
      
   Atlantic Bastion will be a combination of autonomous surface and underwater   
   vessels, cutting-edge digital infrastructure, and warships and patrol   
   aircraft. This will enable the UK navy to act against its adversaries with   
   unprecedented effectiveness across vast areas of ocean.    
      
   The next phase of action, which should kick off in the coming weeks, is to   
   take the projects from concept to the frontline. Some capabilities are   
   expected to be deployed in the water next year, with investments accelerating   
   in the year that follows.    
      
   In recent months, multiple undersea internet ( fibre-optic ) cables in the   
   Baltic Sea region have been damaged or cut. Many observers believe it to be   
   closely tied to the Russia-Ukraine war. In November 2024 two major submarine   
   data cables, including CLion1 (which connects Finland and Germany), were   
   discovered damaged or severed, and around the same time, a fibre-optic cable   
   between Lithuania and Sweden (via the island of Gotland) was also cut.    
      
   In late December 2024, another incident hit a power cable between Finland and   
   Estonia, and multiple associated telecom cables were reportedly disrupted    
   too. A vessel believed linked to Russias so-called shadow fleet was seized by   
   Finnish authorities in connection with that outage.    
      
    Via The Register    
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/uk-strengthens-subsea-cables-against-ru   
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