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Russia could target undersea cables and GPS to cripple Western communication | The warning comes from NATO, which is taking the threat very seriously

NATO is sounding the alarm about a potential threat from Russia to disrupt vital communication and navigation systems. It warns that Russia may already have plans in...

Tools of disruption: With no viable worldwide alternatives to the undersea cable and GPS networks, the West remains highly vulnerable if Russia opts to leverage these systems as bargaining chips or as a means of sabotage. According to Robert Dover, an international security professor at Hull University, who spoke to Business Insider, these cables have long been seen as potential military targets, dating back to the Cold War era when the US and Soviet Union closely monitored them. Even if Russia wasn't involved, the country's deputy Security Council chairman Dmitry Medvedev in June warned of such actions following perceived Western sabotage of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline last year.

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