Should Britain be doing more to protect its subsea networks?

The UK must do more to defend its subsea telecommunication networks from international espionage and attack, according to Britain's chief of defence. "There is a new risk to our way of life, which is the vulnerability of the subsea cables that criss-cross the sea beds," said air chief marshal Sir Stuart Perch in a speech given to the Royal United Services Institute defence think tank. Perch said that an attack on Britain's subsea networks would "immediately, and potentially catastroph