‘China Developing Tech to Cut Through Hard Cables’: Why India Is Building Defences|Sagarmanthan 2026

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How vulnerable is the critical undersea infrastructure that powers the global digital economy? In this session, Erin Watson, Chief Executive Officer, Baker & York, Australia, speaks with Tuneer Mukherjee, Non-Resident Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India, moderated by Tim Sweijs, Director of Research, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, Netherlands. They discuss the growing strategic importance of submarine cables, rising concerns over sabotage, Chinese investments across the Indo-Pacific and India’s increasing focus on protecting critical undersea infrastructure. The discussion explores India’s efforts to strengthen subsea security, including talks to deploy undersea sensors, while highlighting the need for greater information sharing, cable-repair capabilities, spare cables and redundancy to ensure connectivity can be maintained during disruptions. Watch the full video on Firstpost in collaboration with ORF to learn more. --- China | India | Undersea Cab

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