Who Repairs the Internet in Wartime?

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The article examines how internet infrastructure could be restored during wartime, drawing on a 2026 operation in which Britain, Norway, and the United States disrupted a covert Russian undersea exercise near Norway. The simulated threat targeted submarine cables linking Svalbard to mainland Norway, raising concerns about communications resilience and cable repair after an attack.

In spring 2026, Britain, Norway, and the United States tracked and disrupted a covert Arctic exercise off the coast of Norway involving Russian deep-sea submersibles simulating the deployment of a weapon designed to disable the two 1,400-kilometer submarine cables linking the islands of Svalbard to mainland Norway. Svalbard hosts a satellite ground station serving Europe, the United States, and Japan. This encounter revealed that NATO allies can detect a covert subsea operation and, if caught in time, disrupt it.Had it been a real attack, the first question would have been where and how quickly internet and sensitive government traffic could The post Who Repairs the Internet in Wartime? appeared first on War on the Rocks.