Dutch Security Minister David van Weel said Europe should consider reinforcing cables in the Baltic Sea to protect against sabotage, according to Euractiv.
Speaking on the sidelines of an EU internal affairs meeting in Warsaw on Thursday, van Weel said the undersea cables were laid in accordance with rules that did not take into account deliberate sabotage.
Those cables have been built by regulations that never took into account active sabotage at sea.
Van Weel said the ministers had discussed the idea of reinforcing underwater infrastructure at a behind-closed-doors meeting in Warsaw, although not in detail. He also resented the fact that current regulations did not demand additional protection for underwater infrastructure if it was placed in a shipping lane.
Why? Because, normally, people do not anchor in the shipping lane.
Submarine cables are easily damaged if a ship anchors, so European politicians are increasingly discussing the need for additional cable protection.
