Underwater cables are the invisible force driving the modern internet. They carry almost all our communications and yet — in a world of wireless networking and smartphones — we are barely aware that they exist.
h1.pg-headline { font-weight: bold; } .zn-body-text h3 { font-weight: bold; clear:left; } Hong Kong On July 29, 1858, two steam-powered battleships met in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. There, they connected two ends of a 4,000 kilometer long, 1.5 centimeter wide cable, linking for the first time the European and North American continents by telegraph.
Just over two weeks later, the UK's Queen Victoria sent a congratulatory message to then US President James Buchanan, which was followed by a parade through the streets of New York, featuring a replica of a ship which helped lay the cable and fireworks over City Hall.
Submarines a centerpiece of Russia's navy 01:57Submarine spying Tapping underwater cables is not a new thing. During the Cold War, US submarines transported divers with specially designed equipment that they attached to Soviet cables in the Sea of Okhotsk to intercept all communications.
Huawei and 5G: What's at stake 01:32No Huawei Of course, if you control the cable itself, you don't need to worry about the difficulties of tapping it. This was the concern when Chinese telecoms giant Huawei -- which has faced intense pressure from Washington and its allies over surveillance fears -- began moving into the undersea cable market.In 2017, Australia blocked a plan for Huawei to install a 4,000 kilometer undersea cable linking Sydney with the Solomon Islands.
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