The existing internet infrastructure, of vulnerable submarine cables, must be redesigned to account for a world where geopolitical instability puts these lines of communication at risk. The discussion around cable management from national leaders is changing to reflect this. Recent plans from the US unveil a desire to capitalize on the divisions. The underwater web of cables that carries over 99% of international data exchange has survived with intermittent disruption from largely accidental damage. But the threat of state-sponsored malicious activity targeting submarine cable infrastructure is on the rise. In 2024 and 2025 there were four incidents in the Baltic Sea involving eight cable damages, five incidents around Taiwan involving five cable damages. Most of these events are considered to…