Can Russia "shut down" the Internet in the event of a conflict with the West?
A few days ago came the news that the Russian submarine in the event of a conflict with the West, could "cut off" the Internet.
The article said that the various military sources concerned about the rise of the Russian naval activity in the proximity of underwater cables that are essential for the smooth operation of the Internet.
Thousands of kilometers of such cables extends below svjetskhi sea, but is it realistic that Russia is considering their intersection?
Member of the Royal Institute for International Relations Keir Giles said that it is unlikely Russia can cut off the Internet in the United States because of the large number of Kabbalah who associate the country with the rest of the world.
He adds that there are parts of the world where it is possible to do.
As an example the Crimea where Telekom Ukraine reported delays on key cable during the Russian military activities in early 2014.
"Can not connect to the Internet infrastructure in order to get full control over the information in a particular region," said Giles. Also, the documents revealed zvidač NSA Edward Snowden state that spy agencies like the NSA and said GCHQ can intercept data on prislučnim places like Bude in Cornwall, where the land comes a large number of transatlantic Kabbalah.
Even in 2008, reported a series of delays in the Middle East, which is explained at the end of "awkward discharged anchors of ships in the Mediterranean and the seas around the UAE and Oman." Five years later, Egypt arrested three divers who were trying prerzetai important an Internet cable that linked Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia, the BBC reported.
- 27 Oct, 2015
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