# The Pentagon's Undersea Cable Defense Plan

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Published: 2026-06-11T08:06:33+00:00
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Episode 44 of The Defense Tech Podcast examines the Pentagon's growing concern over deep-sea communication cables—the physical fiber-optic lines that carry 95 percent of global data traffic. Lucas and Luna discuss a recent Defense Department pilot program to harden key undersea cable landing points against sabotage, drawing on a classified 2025 Navy assessment that identified 14 critical chokepoints worldwide. They explore the technology behind armored repeaters and dynamic rerouting systems being tested by L3Harris and a small startup called OceanIQ, plus the $1.2 billion budget request for the Cable Security Initiative in the fiscal year 2027 defense bill. Tied to today's headlines about escalating tensions in the Middle East, the episode asks whether the military's 20th-century approach to protecting seabed infrastructure can keep pace with 21st-century threats. This is a deep dive into the physical layer of information warfare. #UnderseaCables #Pentagon #DefenseTech #CriticalInfrastructure #CyberWarfare #L3Harris #OceanIQ #CableSecurity #DeepSea #Navy #InformationWarfare #SupplyChain #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #MilitaryTech #InfrastructureProtection Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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